Pro bono and other community service activities are an important professional responsibility. Dewrell Sacks subscribes to the American Bar Association Code of Professional Responsibility core principles that "the basic responsibility for providing legal services for those unable to pay ultimately rests upon the individual lawyer" and that "[e]very lawyer, regardless of professional prominence or professional workload, should find time to participate in serving the disadvantaged." The commitment to pro bono work and civic/community involvement is supported by the firm's management committee and the entire partnership.

The firm has engaged in a number of activities reflecting that commitment. First, the firm treats all attorney time spent working on pro bono issues, on all reports used to evaluate and compensate all attorneys and legal assistants, as billable time that has been reported, billed, and collected at standard hourly rates. Pro bono and civic/community involvement are among the factors considered in evaluation and compensation decisions.

Second, the managing attorneys regularly review firm policies and practices in order to develop means of encouraging pro bono involvement by and providing pro bono opportunities to interested firm personnel. To facilitate these efforts, the firm adopted a listing of many pro bono organizations seeking volunteer assistance. The listing is available on-line to all firm personnel. Finally, the firm supports the pro bono activities of firm personnel to ensure that firm pro bono clients receive quality representation.

Dewrell Sacks actively supports the arts and numerous pro bono, civic, and charitable organizations through financial contributions and generous donations of pro bono legal services. We strive diligently to be great citizens as well as great lawyers.

The following list is but a sample of the diverse organizations and programs to which employees of the Firm are encouraged to contributed their time and personal efforts: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Atlanta Lawyers for the Arts, Boy Scouts of America, Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, Legal Aid Society, March of Dimes, Meals on Wheels, United Way, World Foundation for AIDS Research and YMCA.