2012 Pro Bono Publico Award Recipient: Howard Goffen

Howard Goffen, the principal at the Law Offices of Howard T. Goffen & Associates, has provided pro bono legal services to low-income and elderly clients in the Chicago area for more than seven years. Goffen devotes nearly 30 hours to pro bono assistance a week. A total investment of nearly 7,000 hours to the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (now known as LAF) has assisted 160 of its clients, some of Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens.