Recognizing the need for low-income individuals to have access to quality legal services, he served on the original Board of Directors for the Marion County Legal Aid Society that formed in the mid-1970s. During the 1980s and 1990s, his pro bono support expanded to Withlacoochee Legal Services, where he donated financial assistance, provided legal advice and brief services, and gave full representation to low-income individuals in Marion County. During the last year, Hightower and members of his firm have given more than 100 hours of pro bono service to the indigent. Murray Bruce Silverstein Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pasco and Pinellas counties)