Pro-Bono Work

Preg O’Donnell & Gillett PLLC has been fortunate enough to experience both professional and financial success since its inception in 1996 and has historically encouraged all of its employees to thank their local community for the firm’s success through community involvement and support. This creates a rewarding balance in between our legal practice and outside involvement, which helps enhance and improve our effectiveness as lawyers.

Preg O’Donnell & Gillett PLLC recognizes that attorneys possess unique skills that enable them to navigate and advocate within the judicial process. With these skills comes a professional obligation and responsibility to provide legal services free of charge to under-served communities that would otherwise face difficult legal situations without representation.

Thus, it was with great pleasure that the firm launched its first official pro bono program in January of 2008.  We are committed to providing excellence in pro bono legal services, separate and apart from the non-legal volunteer community activities and charitable contributions in which we have traditionally participated.

For purposes of its pro bono commitment, Preg O’Donnell & Gillett PLLC distinguishes community service from pro bono legal services. We have adopted the Washington State Bar Association’s definition of "pro bono service" as providing legal services without fee or expectation of fee to:

• persons of limited means, or
• charitable, religious, civil, community, governmental and educational organizations, in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs of the persons of limited means.

Preg O’Donnell & Gillett PLLC looks forward to the continued professional development, integrity, and satisfaction it has achieved to date by providing pro bono legal services through its new pro bono program.

For further information regarding our pro bono program, please contact Emma Gillespie, an associate at POG, at egillespie@pregodonnell.com