
The Firm's members participate in numerous pro bono activities, and in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007, the Firm received state-wide recognition by the Southern Arizona Legal Aid Volunteer Lawyers Program as "Firm of the Year." In 2003, the firm received a Copper Cactus Award for Community Service and John C. Richardson was named among the Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys by the State Bar of Arizona. In 2002, James A. Jutry was named among the Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys by the State Bar of Arizona and in 2007 Lisa Schriner Lewis received the same recognition. The Arizona Bar Foundation recognized Alyce L. Pennington in 2002 with the William E. Morris Pro Bono Service Award. The Foundation also named six of the Firm’s lawyers among the Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys in Arizona in 2001. Wayne E. Yehling received the Arizona Bar Foundation's Pro Bono Service Award in 1999. Former Firm attorney, and now Arizona Court of Appeals Judge J. Wm. Brammer, Jr., was the first recipient of the "Decade of Dedication Award" presented by Community Legal Services for his pro bono commitment to that agency and its clients. Law firm recipients of the Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney award given monthly by the Pima County Bar Association have included Richard M. Yetwin, James A. Jutry, John C. Richardson, Spencer A. Smith, Wayne E. Yehling, Gary F. Urman, Alyce L. Pennington, Nancy J. March, Heather K. Gaines and Lisa Schriner Lewis.
Members of the Firm currently serve on a variety of non-profit boards, including the Arizona Historical Society; Arizona Human Rights Fund; Arizona Kidney Foundation; Casa de los Ninos; Catalina Foothills School District Foundation; Comstock Children’s Foundation; Family Advocacy, Resource and Wellness Centers; KUAT Public Advisory Board; Legal Community Against Hunger; National Center For Missing and Exploited Children; National Police Memorial Foundation; New Beginnings for Women and Children; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation; Tucson Botanical Gardens; Tucson Centers for Women and Children; Tucson Community School; Tucson Symphony Society; and the Tucson Unified School District Educational Enrichment Foundation.