Harter Secrest and Emery LLP Attorneys and Counselors, Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY, Albany, NY, Naples, FL

Community Involvement

Community service is woven deeply into the fabric of our culture. From raising funds for international relief initiatives to tutoring and mentoring children in local urban schools, our attorneys, staff and their families regularly share their skills and resources for the benefit of the communities in which we live and work.

Community Involvment

Board Representation and Fundraising. We support a wide variety of charitable organizations through volunteer service, fundraising, pro bono legal work, ongoing legal counsel, and a number of our attorneys serve as directors for not-for-profit organizations. With an emphasis on education, the arts, and workforce development, HSE supports the following organizations and events that focus on serving our diverse community:

Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc.
Action for a Better Community
Al Sigl Community of Agencies
Alternatives for Battered Women
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
American Red Cross
Anthony L. Jordan Foundation
Artists Unlimited
Baden Street Settlement
Baobab Cultural Center
Bar Association of Erie County
Bivona Child Advocacy Center
Black Bar Association Annual Dinner
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo and Rochester
Buffalo Community Foundation
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Sabres Foundation
Buffalo Urban League
Burchfield Penney Art Gallery
Canandaigua Family YMCA
CareNet Pregnancy Center
Catholic Health System
Charles Settlement House
Children's Rehabilitation Foundation
Clairebear Foundation
Clifton Springs Foundation
Community Foundation of Collier County
Community Place of Greater Rochester, Inc.
Daystar for Medically Fragile Infants, Inc.
Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga County
Empire Justice Center
Empire State Pride Agenda
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities
Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.
Erie Law Institute
Fairport Baptist Homes "Swing for Seniors"
Finger Lakes Health Plan
Flower City Habitat for Humanity
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies
Foundation of the Monroe County Bar
Friends of the Rochester Public Library
Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
Geneva Community Lakefront Playground
Geneva General Hospital
George Eastman House
Geva Theatre
Grantmakers Forum
Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA)
Health Care Foundation of the Finger Lakes
Heil Luthringer Association
Hillel Community Day School
Hillside Children's Center
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Honeoye Central School Race for the Vase 5K
Hospice Buffalo
Humane Society of Naples
Image Out Film Festival
Jewish Community Center
Jewish Community Federation
Jordan Foundation
JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge
Kaleida Health
Lakeside Hospital Foundation
Lawyers for Learning
Legal Aid Society
Legal Services for the Elderly

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Literacy for Life
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester
Lockport Memorial Foundation
Lollypop Farm
Marshall Law Academy
Mary Gooley Triathlon
McQuaid Jesuit High School
Medina Memorial Hospital
Memorial Art Gallery
Mercy Flight Central
Mercy High School
Minority Bar Association
Mommies for Miracles
Monroe County Foundation
Monroe County Volunteer Fireman's Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Music is Art Mardi Gras Jam
National Federation for Just Communities
Nazareth College
NCCC Foundation
Newmeadow School
Niagara Falls Housing Authority Pathways Program
Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region
RCIPA Foundation Toy Fund
Rise Up Rochester
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rochester Black Bar Association
Rochester Community Baseball Big Hitters Club
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester Education Foundation
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Rochester Oratorio Society
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Rochester Rehab
Rochester Rehabilitation
Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus
Salvation Army
School of the Holy Childhood
School Without Walls
Scleroderma Foundation
Seneca Diabetes Foundation
Seniorsfirst Communities & Services
Society for the Protection and Care of Children
Sojourner House at Pathstone
Soldiers and Sailors Hospital
St. Ann's Community
St. Ann's Foundation
Strong National Museum of Play
Susan B. Anthony House
The Caron Foundation
The Friendly Home
United Way of Greater Rochester
University of Buffalo Law Alumni
University of Buffalo Students of Color
Upstate NY Families for Effective Autism Treatment
Urban Land Institute
Urban League of Rochester
Verona Street Animal Society
Veterans Outreach Center
Volunteer Legal Services Project
Western New York Women's Fund
Wilmot Cancer Center
WNY Chapter of Women's Bar Association
WNY Food Bank
Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Women's Fund of Western New York
Workplace Diversity Network