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The Supreme Judicial Court standing committee on pro bono legal services hosted the 2025 John Adams and John Quincy Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards ceremony to recognize attorneys, law students, firms, and organizations for volunteer legal work across Massachusetts. Committee chair Elana Gelfman opened the program and summarized the committees mission; Chief Justice Kimberly Budd and other justices offered remarks. The committee reported that 1,059 attorneys qualified for the SJC pro bono honor roll in 2024 (508 met the 100-hour high honor standard and 551 met the 50-hour standard), with roughly 80,000 pro bono hours reported for calendar year 2024. The ceremony presented awards to Omar Hajadra, Deepti Silopan, Madeline Rodriguez, Nigel Tampton, and the law firm Proskauer Rose and concluded with a reception invitation.
