A Firm Whose Lawyers Live Pro Bono
The Editor interviews Steve Schulman, Pro Bono Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
August 2009 [P. 47]
Advancing Pro Bono To The Next Level The Editor interviews Kenneth H. Zimmerman , Partner, and Melissa Toner Lozner , Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler PC. August 2009 [P. 48]
Pro Bono - A Top Priority At Proskauer The Editor interviews Scott Harshbarger , Chair of Proskauer Rose's Pro Bono Initiative Committee, and Stacey Fahey , Pro Bono Counsel at Proskauer Rose. August 2009 [P. 50]
Experienced Lawyers Lead The Way The Editor interviews Jean C. Berman, Executive Director, International Senior Lawyers Project. July 2009 [P. 37]
Healthy Homes For Healthy Families Project For Children The Editor interviews Lynn Girton, Chief Counsel, Volunteer Lawyers Project (“VLP”) of the Boston Bar Association, Samantha Morton, Deputy Director, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (“MLPC”) and Leiha Macauley, Associate, Day Pitney LLP. August 2008 [P. 40]
Pro Bono Is Part Of Our Heritage The Editor interviews Andrew A. Chirls , Partner, and Aliza Karetnick , Pro Bono Partner of WolfBlock LLP. August 2008 [P. 53]
High Integrity: The Pro Bono Partnership And GE In light of the publication of Ben Heineman's book High Performance With High Integrity, the Editor interviews Rick Hobish , Executive Director of the Pro Bono Partnership, about GE's work with his organization. July 2008 [P. 23]
Bringing General Counsel Leadership Into The Nonprofit World The Editor interviews Frank M. Lesher , former Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Sony Electronics and currently President of the Greater North Jersey Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. October 2007 [P. 58]
The New York County Lawyers' Association: Moving A Great Tradition Forward The Editor interviews Catherine A. Christian , Counsel for Special Projects, Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York, and President of the New York County Lawyers' Association. October 2007 [P. 61]
A Gift From The Heart To End Violence Against Women The Editor interviews Howard J. Rubin , Partner, Shirin Keen , Associate, Davis & Gilbert LLP; and Purvi Shah , Executive Director, Sakhi For South Asian Women. August 2007 [P. 53]
Disabled Veterans: A Cause To Unite All Of Us The Editor interviews Jennifer Bragg , Partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding LLP, and Ronald Smith , Deputy General Counsel of Disabled American Veterans. August 2007 [P. 55]
Lawyers Alliance For New York: Exemplary Pro Bono Commitment The Editor interviews Edward F. Greene , General Counsel of Citi Markets and Banking and Chair of the Board of Lawyers Alliance for New York, and Jill L. Rosenberg , Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and Vice Chair of the Board of Lawyers Allliance for New York. August 2007 [P. 62]
LCJ - Uniting Inside And Outside Counsel For Reform The Editor interviews the following officers of Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ): William C. Roedder, Jr. , President, LCJ, and Partner, McDowell, Knight, Roedder, Sledge ; David E. Dukes , President-Elect, LCJ, and Partner, Nelson, Mullins, Riley, & Scarborough, LLP ; and Gregory M. Lederer , Vice President, LCJ, and Partner, Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood. November 2006 [P. 41]
Atlantic Legal Foundation - How You And Your Law Firm Partners Can Best Support Its Activities The Editor interviews William H. Slattery , President , Martin S. Kaufman , Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Briscoe R. ("Sandy") Smith , Senior Vice President and Counsel, Atlantic Legal Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"). The Editor (Al Driver) is a member of the Foundation's Advisory Council. November 2006 [P. 50]
Supporting Pro Bono Initiatives Is Common Sense The Editor interviews Aaron Krauss , Member, Cozen O'Connor. A third generation Philadelphia lawyer, he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation. September 2006 [P. 72]
Advocating Children's Best Interests The Editor interviews John Vanarthos , Member, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., and Board Member, CASA of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties (CASA of SHaW); and Tracey L. Heisler , Executive Director, CASA of SHaW. September 2006 [P. 74]
The Boston Bar Association: Extending A Hand To Boston's Youth The Editor interviews George P. Field , Partner in Charge of the Boston Office of Verrill Dana LLP, and Jeffrey F. Jones , Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Co-Chairs of the Boston Bar Association's Summer Jobs Program. September 2006 [P. 75]
Pfizer's Commitment To Pro Bono: Giving Back To The Community A Top Priority The Editor interviews Margaret M. Foran , Senior Vice President Corporate Governance, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Pfizer Inc., and Jean A. O'Hare , Senior Corporate Counsel and fulltime Pro Bono Counsel of Pfizer Inc. August 2006 [P. 39]
Merck And Street Law Work Together To Introduce Inner-City Students To Legal Careers The Editor interviews Kenneth C. Frazier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc. Their dialog reflects the perspectives that Mr. Frazier shared with students from Hoboken and Orange High Schools in New Jersey, who participated in a full-day Street Law, Inc. program at Merck's Corporate Headquarters in Whitehouse Station, NJ on May 2. July 2006 [P. 45]
Post 9/11: In-House Counsel's Commitment To Pro Bono Continues The Editor interviews Karen Sacks , Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ), a comprehensive pro bono program of the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County, based in Newark, New Jersey. July 2006 [P. 52]
Pro Bono Finding Pro Bono Opportunities For In-House Transactional Lawyers Rachel Epps Spears , Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, talks with Happy R. Perkins , Vice President of the General Electric Company and General Counsel of GE Energy, about the Atlanta in-house legal community's commitment to pro bono service. For more information visit www.pbpatl.org . December 2005 [P. 59,66]
Pro Bono - Law Firms Ballard Spahr's Pro Bono Work - AFirmwide Commitment The Editor interviews Mary Gay Scanlon , Executive Director of Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll's Pro Bono Program. The firm has been chosen for the Philadelphia Bar Association's Citizens Bank Pro Bono Award to be presented at the Alexander Hamilton Ball this year. Prior to this award, Mary Gay was the recipient of the Fidelity Award, the Philadelphia Bar Association's highest honor for public service, for her work in improving access to justice for children. December 2005 [P. 60]
Pro Bono - Organizations Lawyers Alliance For New York Establishes Elder Services Initiative Jairo G. Cano, Intern and Law Student, Seton Hall University School of Law, interviews Linda S. Manley , Senior Staff Attorney, Lawyers Alliance for New York; Ashley R. Altschuler , Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, and Igal Jellinek , Executive Director , Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City, Inc. (CSCS). August 2005 [P. 59]
Pro Bono - Organizations Boston Bar Association's Attorney-For-The-Day Program At The Housing Court Jairo G. Cano, Intern and law student at Seton Hall University School of Law, interviews Samuel "Sandy" B. Moskowitz , Shareholder, Davis Malm & D'Agostine P.C., and Andrew H. Cohn , Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Sandy and Andrew are Co-Chairs of the Boston Bar Association's Real Estate Pro Bono Committee. August 2005 [P. 60]
Pro Bono - Corporate Counsel State Bar Of Texas Honors Charles Matthews The following report on the exemplary pro bono and community service of Charles W. Matthews, Jr. , Vice President and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil Corporation, is reprinted with permission from the State Bar of Texas. August 2005 [P. 61]
Administering Justice For All Americans The Editor interviews Robert J. Grey Jr. , President, American Bar Association, and Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP. March 2005 [P. 01,50,51]
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Awards Bankruptcy Law Section Highest Honor The Editor interviews Janet Bostwick and Christopher Mirick of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Boston Bar Association on the Section's pro bono efforts. Janet, a solo practitioner, led the effort to organize the pro bono efforts some 10 years ago as chair of the then Bankruptcy Law Committee (now Section). Chris, who practices at Weil Gotshal & Manges in Boston, is incoming chair of the Bankruptcy Section. The Supreme Court's Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services names the Bankruptcy Section the winner of the highly coveted John Adams and John Quincy Adams Pro Bono Publico Award, the first to be awarded to a section of the Boston Bar Association. The award was presented by Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall and Justice Francis X. Spina at a ceremony at Boston College Law School on May 6, 2004. August 2004 [P. 44]
Helping Foster Children Find Permanent Homes Last year we interviewed David Keyko, Former Chairman, and Lynn Kelly , Executive Director of MFY Legal Services, Inc. ("MFY") about New York City's social safety net for low-income individuals and how MFY focuses on the complex legal problems that other service providers within that safety net cannot. In this interview, Ms. Kelly and Sara Wienkes , Supervising Attorney, Pro Bono Adoption Project, MFY Legal Services, Inc., describe MFY's newest initiative. This interview was conducted by Jairo G. Cano, an intern and third year law student at Seton Hall University School of Law. August 2004 [P. 46,47]
Pro Bono: The Measure Of A Law Firm's Values The Editor interviews Hal Segall , Principal of Beveridge & Diamond, PC, Washington, DC, chair of the firm's pro bono program, as well as a member of its Management Committee. August 2004 [P. 50m]
Jones Day's Pro Bono Program: A Hands-On Experience The Editor interviews Robert H. Klonoff , Independent Of Counsel at Jones Day's Washington, D.C. office and chair of the pro bono program for all of the firm's offices. August 2004 [P. 52]