Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP Named Pro Bono Firm of the Year

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP was selected to receive the 2011 Pro Bono Law Firm Award from the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) for its work in representing asylum seekers.  PAIR is nationally recognized for its pro bono model of securing safety and freedom for individuals who have fled persecution, and promotes the rights of unjustly detained immigrants. 

PAIR wrote that "Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP stands as a model law firm in providing outstanding pro bono legal services. The firm has made a generous commitment of attorney time and resources in representing numerous PAIR asylum-seekers, who fled from persecution in Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guinea. Firm attorneys have handled complex asylum cases before the Asylum Office and the Immigration Court and have continued to help with family reunification after winning asylum for their clients. In one case, the firm attorney was so dedicated he called PAIR from the hospital, when he was undergoing emergency back surgery, to discuss strategies for his asylum client."

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP was honored at the annual PAIR Gala on June 8, 2011.