DENVER (July 3, 2007) - The law firm of Holland & Hart LLP celebrates its 60th anniversary this month. As the centerpiece to its anniversary celebration, the firm announced yesterday that it is making a challenge grant of $100,000 to foster education, hunger and homelessness projects, with an emphasis on the needs of children, under the leadership of the Holland & Hart Foundation.
The firm's 13 offices are each being challenged to develop a landmark project with the goal of 100 percent participation. The offices will use the $100,000 to magnify volunteer efforts within the community either through individual office projects or joint projects undertaken by multiple offices. These projects will be chosen by each office's local Foundation representatives.
"The firm's monetary contribution is just the seed money, which the firm hopes will help unleash the time, energy, and participation of everyone in the firm, building community within by helping our wider communities," said Chairman Paul Phillips in a firm-wide announcement. With the grant, the firm challenged each office and individual to match the gift through either time or additional financial support in order to double the total contribution from the firm and Foundation.
For the 60th anniversary, Holland & Hart has doubled the amount it contributed to a community project on its 50th anniversary. In 1997, the firm celebrated its 50th anniversary by building a Habitat for Humanity house in Denver, Colo. The firm's commitment included providing the volunteers to help build and $50,000 for the materials necessary to construct the house. Ten years later, with expanded volunteer and monetary resources, the firm and Foundation hope to see each office carry out a significant project above and beyond what the Foundation accomplishes every day.
"For the past 60 years, Holland & Hart has proven its strong commitment to clients, employees, and the community," said Bob Connery, President of the Holland & Hart Foundation. "With this generous gift, the Foundation will lead the way for the entire firm to honor our past and live up to our principles."
The Holland & Hart Foundation, founded in 1999 by a retired partner and his wife, represents the commitment of Holland & Hart from top to bottom to encourage, enable, and assist each of the firm's employees to work with each other on educational activities and programs that benefit the firm's communities. For more information visit www.hollandhartfoundation.org.
Holland & Hart was founded on July 1, 1947, by Steve Hart and Joe Holland and has since grown to be the largest law firm based in the Rocky Mountain region. Now celebrating its 60th anniversary, the firm has more than 350 attorneys across 13 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia. Holland & Hart is the only firm based in the Rockies to be included in the AmLaw 200 list of leading firms and is the top corporate law firm in Denver according to Corporate Board Member magazine.