Winstead supports the right to legal representation. Our attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants donate numerous hours each year to a wide variety of organizations and individuals.  Below are a few representative pro bono projects:

• Volunteer legal time and resources to local county phone lines
• Volunteer legal time and resources to local programs offering Equal Access to Justice for indigent and/or underprivileged individuals
• Working with FUNED of Honduras, a Tegucigalpa-based organization to provide life-transforming business loans in third-world countries
• Assisted disabled individuals with obtaining and sustaining social security benefits
• Counseled individuals faced with deportation and other immigration-related issues
• Assisted in numerous divorce and custody proceedings
• Participated in the ABA’s Death Penalty Representation Project and provided assistance in several habeas corpus proceedings
• Volunteered legal time and resources to assist a Houston nonprofit organization that places hard-to-adopt children in caring homes
• Assisted the South Dallas Inner-City Community Development Corporation in taking ownership of five properties for development of community projects in Dallas
• Counseled ARTS Center Stage, an Austin nonprofit supervising the redevelopment of the Municipal Auditorium
• Donated legal services and other resources to assist in the design, permitting and construction of a building for Vogel Alcove, a day-care facility for homeless children

The following is a list of organizations in which Winstead attorneys currently serve as pro bono general counsel or legal counsel or special counsel for projects.

• Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
• Asian American Forum, Inc.
• Avalon Place Property Owners’ Association
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
• British American Business Counsel - DFW Foundation
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
• Dallas Lutheran School
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Dallas Tennis Association
• Dallas Texans Soccer Club
• DaVinci School
• DIAL - Developing Independent Adult Living
• Family Eldercare
• FUNED, Honduras
• Greater Dallas Chamber Young Professionals
• Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Houston Golf Association
• Houston International Seafarers’ Centers
• Houston Volunteer Lawyer's Equal Access to Justice Champions Program
• Jesuit College Preparatory School Young Alumni Association
• Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
• Kardivas, Inc.
• KIPP, Inc. (Knowledge is Power Program)
• Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
• LifeWorks
• Meals on Wheels and More
• Mercy Street
• The Woodlands Bar Association Law Line