Toni Anne Nichels, senior managing employment and human resources counsel at Xerox, found the perfect solution for an in-house lawyer with a long-term and serious commitment to pro bono.

For more than 11 years, she has been advising nonprofits on employment and personnel matters as a volunteer for the Pro Bono Partnership, a White Plains organization providing free legal services, a helpline, workshops and other resources to nonprofit groups in Westchester, Orange, Putnam and Rockland counties, as well as in Connecticut and New Jersey.