Pro Bono

BuckleySandler has a strong commitment to public service and encourages all of its lawyers to participate in pro bono work. The firm’s pro bono practice focuses on providing legal services to economically disadvantaged individuals as well as to non-profit organizations in our surrounding communities and throughout the United States.

BuckleySandler pro bono representations involve a wide variety of subject areas that reflect the diverse interests of our attorneys.  In one recent successful representation, a BuckleySandler attorney helped secure Supplemental Security Income benefits for a homeless and disabled individual through an appeal before the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.  The attorney conducted a factual investigation and presented a case to the Administrative Law Judge, resulting in a favorable decision finding that the client was entitled to benefits over three years after the client initally applied for them.  This representation was undertaken through an intake session organized by the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, which is just one of several local and national organizations with which BuckleySandler attorneys have worked on a pro bono basis.

In another matter, BuckleySandler attorneys assisted the family and estate of a 20-year-old man who was one of eight people killed in a tragic drag racing accident in Accokeek, Maryland in February 2008.  The attorneys represented the family and the estate in a special masters proceeding in Prince George's Circuit County Court and filed a lawsuit with the family's insurance company for uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage.  The family had greatly depended on their son and suffered both emotionally and financially from his death.  BuckleySandler succeeded in settling with the insurance company for the full amount of the family's insurance coverage, which was significant for the family.