On August 28, 1963, Robert Kapp planned to be a bystander at the March on Washington. But when the march passed by, Kapp said to himself, “I should be part of that,” and stepped off the curb. The next day he returned to work, and brought the principles of Martin Luther King Jr. to the firm then known as Hogan & Hartson. “Bob Kapp is one of perhaps a dozen partners in this country who have led the effort [to establish pro bono],” says Judge David Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. “He has devoted his career to ensuring that law firms fulfill their obligation to make justice work for everybody.”
Kapp’s pro bono career has had two phases, either of which would merit our Lifetime Achiever honor on its own. The first came at the height of the civil rights movement. The second began at the moment of his retirement, in the heyday of global human rights.
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