Stafford Rosenbaum encourages its attorneys and staff to be leaders in their communities.  To this end, we also encourage our attorneys to provide legal services to the indigent and to charitable groups and organizations that would otherwise be unable to afford legal services. 

Our attorneys are expected to contribute at least 25 hours per year to pro bono activities, and we support individual attorneys and paralegals who choose to invest more time. 

We also have a Pro Bono Coordinator who acts as a conduit for information regarding pro bono opportunities and encourages members of the firm to participate in pro bono activities. 

Recent accomplishments:

• Stafford Rosenbaum's Pro Bono Coordinator, Daniel Gustafson, is a member and former chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Legal Assistance Committee, which works to improve the delivery of legal services to low-income persons.
  
  
• In 2002, Stafford Rosenbaum received the Dane County Bar Association’s Annual Pro Bono Award for a law firm. 
  
  
• At the request of the State Bar, the firm represented a reservist called upon to serve in Iraq whose house was being foreclosed upon in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003.
  
  
• Our lawyers assisted victims of the 2005 Stoughton tornado on a pro bono basis obtaining insurance coverage for their property damage.
  
  
• Stafford Rosenbaum partner James B. Egle received the “Extra Mile Award” from The Rainbow Project in 1999 for his contribution of pro bono legal services to that organization. He continues to contribute to the group.
  
  
• In 1998, the Dane County Bar Association presented its Annual Pro Bono Award for individual attorneys to husband and wife team, Janice Bensky (a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum) and Lawrence Bensky. The award recognized their many years of service.
  
  
• Stafford Rosenbaum attorneys Daphne Webb and Janice Bensky regularly volunteer at the Dane County Family Law Assistance Center, and represent pro bono clients in various family law matters. 
  
  
• For over 15 years, our attorneys have regularly volunteered to staff the Lawyer Hotline Program organized by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Lawyer Referral and Information Service. The firm has received the program's Law Firm of the Year Award for its participation.
  
  
• Brian E. Butler, Bruce D. Huibregtse, Daphne Webb, Joseph Wright and other Stafford Rosenbaum attorneys regularly serve as volunteer mediators for the Dane County Circuit Court.
  
  
• For many years, attorneys and paralegals at Stafford Rosenbaum have volunteered their time to provide legal services and community support information to low income families through the Volunteer Lawyers Program of the Dane County Bar and Legal Action of Wisconsin.