NC Bar Association Honors Robinson Bradshaw’s Pro Bono Culture

For the second consecutive year, Robinson Bradshaw is the recipient of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Large Law Firm Pro Bono Award. The firm will be honored at the NCBA’s annual meeting in Asheville on June 27.

The Law Firm Pro Bono Award recognizes law firms for their commitment to pro bono service through the contribution of pro bono hours, the percentage of billable hours devoted to pro bono work, the number and percentage of firm attorneys providing pro bono legal service, the firm’s creative approach to pro bono engagement, the consistency and sincerity of its pro bono program, and the presence of a law firm culture that is grounded in the observance of Rule 6.1 (Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Robinson Bradshaw previously received the award in 2024, as well as in 2021 and 2010.

Service to others has been one of Robinson Bradshaw’s guiding principles since the firm’s founding in 1960. The firm partners with community agencies, including Legal Aid of North Carolina, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy and Charlotte Legal Initiative to Mobilize Businesses, to connect with underserved individuals and organizations that are often facing overwhelming and consequential situations. Robinson Bradshaw’s commitment to pro bono service reaches all corners of the firm with 120 attorneys and professionals recording 4,847 hours of pro bono service in 2024 alone, and 98 firm members contributing 1,810 hours so far in 2025.

The NCBA highlighted the recent work of two Robinson Bradshaw attorneys, Ethan R. White and Julian H. Wright Jr., when recognizing the firm. White recently secured a favorable appellate ruling on behalf of a vulnerable tenant in a complex housing dispute against her landlord, and Wright’s track record of pro bono service includes successfully vacating a decades-old death sentence for a death row inmate and winning a six-figure settlement for a class of displaced tenants against an out-of-state slumlord. Wright also serves as Robinson Bradshaw’s director of pro bono services.