Pro Bono & Community Commitment

Berger Montague attorneys are fully encouraged to work with non-profit organizations, community programs and associations, and to perform pro bono legal work.

Since its founding, Berger Montague has encouraged its attorneys and staff to support charitable causes and volunteer in the community. Our employees understand that participating in pro bono representation is an essential component of their professional and ethical responsibilities, and is just good for the soul.

Berger Montague has always been strongly committed to charitable causes and giving. The firm’s founder, David Berger, was prominent in a great many philanthropic and charitable enterprises, including serving as Honorary Chairman of the American Heart Association; a Trustee of the American Cancer Society; and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross. This tradition continues to the present.

In multiple years, Berger Montague has received the Chancellor’s Award presented by the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (“VIP”), which provides crucial legal services to low-income Philadelphia residents each year. VIP relies on volunteer attorneys to provide pro bono representation for families and individuals. In multiple years, Berger Montague has also received an award for its volunteer work with the VIP Mortgage Foreclosure Program.

Berger Montague attorneys have engaged in pro bono work and/or served in leadership or board positions for many non-profit organizations, including:

• Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (“PILCOP”)
• Community Legal Services (“CLS”)
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance
• Education Law Center
• Legal Clinic for the Disabled
• Support Center for Child Advocates
• Veterans Pro Bono Consortium
• AIDS Law Project of Philadelphia
• Center for Literacy
• National Liberty Museum
• Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program
• Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Program.

Berger Montague is proud of its written pro bono policy that encourages and strongly supports having its attorneys and staff get involved in projects that support the community, and other important and rewarding legal work. Many attorneys at Berger Montague have been named to the First District of Pennsylvania’s Pro Bono Honor Roll.

Berger Montague also makes annual contributions to the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, an umbrella charitable organization dedicated to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, and discrimination.

Berger Montague has also held numerous clothing drives, toy drives, food drives, and blood drives. Through these efforts, our employees have have donated thousands of items of clothing, toys, and food to local charities including the Salvation Army, Toys for Tots, and Philabundance, a local food bank. Blood donations have been made through the American Red Cross. Berger Montague attorneys also volunteer at MANNA, a Philadelphia non-profit organization that prepares and delivers nourishing meals to those suffering from serious illnesses.

Beyond Philadelphia, Berger Montague and its attorneys support charitable foundations and national organizations working to provide a better quality of life for people around the country and the world.