Annual Review
Our 2024 Year in Review
Pro Bono
In 2024, Hughes Hubbard achieved success for pro bono clients facing deportation, seeking asylum, engaging in a rental subsidy class action lawsuit and more.
Asylum for Afghan Family That Fled ISIS and Taliban
Hughes Hubbard won asylum for a family of eight who fled Afghanistan to escape death threats from members of ISIS and the Taliban.
Firm Wins Groundbreaking Settlement in Rental Subsidy Class Action Against NYC
The firm won a major settlement in its pro bono rental subsidy class action litigation against New York City, in which the firm alleged the New York City Department of Social Services was unlawfully terminating rental vouchers for low-income New Yorkers.
Asylum for Cameroonian Refugee
Hughes Hubbard – in partnership with the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project – won asylum in a Maryland immigration court for a Cameroonian refugee who fled her home country in 2019 after she was falsely accused of being a separatist and imprisoned.
Fordham Law’s Consumer Debt Litigation Index
The firm provided pro bono assistance to National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School’s National Center for Access to Justice in the creation of its published Consumer Debt Litigation Index.
Relief for LGBTQ+ Peruvian Woman Facing Deportation
Hughes Hubbard obtained withholding of removal relief for a transgender woman born in Peru who is facing proceedings for deportation from the United States.
Special Immigrant Juvenile Visa Status for Honduran Child
The firm secured Special Immigrant Juvenile visa status in the U.S. for a child who had been abused, abandoned and neglected while growing up in Honduras.
Pro Bono Amicus Brief Supports Application of Torture Victims Protection Act
Hughes Hubbard submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on behalf of two former U.S. ambassadors, arguing for the affirmance of the district court’s application of the Torture Victims Protection Act in a case stemming from extrajudicial torture and killing ordered by Jean Morose Viliena, the former mayor of Les Irois, Haiti.
Asylum for LGBTQ+ Colombian
The firm secured asylum for a Colombian woman who was detained after being physically and sexually abused over the course of six months due to her LGBTQ+ status.
Asylum for Honduran Musician
Hughes Hubbard won asylum in a Texas immigration court for a well-known musical artist from Honduras who was persecuted for his protest songs against the government.
Three Siblings from El Salvador Obtain Green Cards
After more than nine years, the firm obtained legal permanent residence in the U.S. for the last of three El Salvadorian siblings who fled violence and instability in their home country and sought reunion with their mother.
Posthumous Release of Jazz Records
Hughes Hubbard assisted Aida Brandes-Hargrove – the widow of influential American jazz musician and composer Roy Hargrove, whose primary instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn – on a pro bono basis with negotiating the release of three posthumous records.