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We have a strong tradition of commitment to pro bono legal work and community service. All lawyers in the firm are encouraged to participate in pro bono legal work, and to be good corporate citizens.
- East San Jose Community Law Center (ESJCLC).
Many lawyers from Hoge Fenton have partnered with ESJCLC in providing direct legal services to the disadvantaged. For example, Hoge Fenton attorney Rob Coelho tried a case as co-counsel for an ESJCLC client, and obtained a favorable verdict in an employment law case. Hoge Fenton attorneys Steve McCray and Kelley Pitroff Reinhard have volunteered to work in the small business clinic of ESJCLC. Hoge Fenton attorney Jim Towery has served as co-counsel with ESJCLC in a case alleging fraud by a used car dealer against a Spanish-speaking client, winning a judgment in Superior Court that is now on appeal.
- Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services (SVCLS).
Hoge Fenton has played a leading role in this important community-wide fund raising consortium, that has raised over one million dollars in the past three years, for the benefit of seven legal services organizations in our community. This effort helps provide direct funding to organizations that provide legal services in such basic areas as housing, health benefits, domestic violence, and immigration rights. Hoge Fenton attorney Jim Towery was the co-founder and first President of the Campaign, and remains an active board member. As a firm, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel has fully participated in the first four annual campaigns of SVCLS.
- Lincoln High School Mock Trial Team
Hoge Fenton attorneys have been coaching the Lincoln team for over 15 years, helping Lincoln achieve eight county championships, and state championships in 2001 and 2002. Lincoln High School finished fifth in the nation in 2001, and fourth in the nation in 2002. Hoge Fenton attorneys Victoria Maxwell and Colleen Kelley are the principal attorney coaches for Lincoln this year.
- Silicon Valley and Tri-Valley Community Service
A hallmark of Hoge Fenton is its dedication to community service. Many Hoge Fenton attorneys have served, and continue to serve, as leaders of community and professional organizations. In Silicon Valley, Hoge Fenton attorneys have been leaders of such groups as the San Jose Repertory Theater, Symphony Silicon Valley, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank, the Peninsula Open Space Trust, the Diabetes Society, the Valley Medical Center Foundation, Guadalupe River Park and Gardens, and many others.
In the Tri-Valley community, HFJA lawyers have served or do serve as leaders of the Pleasanton School Board, the ValleyCare Health System Board, the Tri-Valley Business Council, and the Tri-Valley Advisory Board of Junior Achievement of the Bay Area.
- Leadership in the Legal Community
Over
the years, members of our firm have been recognized
for their commitment to the legal community. Hoge
Fenton is home to a past president
of the State
Bar of California, and three former presidents of the Santa
Clara County Bar Association. One of our attorneys
serves on the Board of Trustees of the Santa
Clara County Bar Association;
two serve on the Board of Directors of the Eastern
Alameda County Bar Association; and another serves
on the Board of the Alameda
County Law Library Foundation. Seven Hoge Fenton
alumni now serve on the Bench: two on the Santa Clara
County Superior Court; two
on the Monterey County Superior Court; one on the
California Court of Appeals, Fourth District; and
two on the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California.
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