Len Maniace

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Like anyone, members of the military may need legal representation. The U.S. Coast Guard, the often-forgotten military branch, is no exception, and Walfrido Martinez has made it his pro bono mission to get its members help.

By Len Maniace

3 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Like the practice of law itself, pro-bono legal work can vary. Some attorneys spend much of their time preparing for the courtroom. Others focus on helping organizations develop the legal infrastructure needed to carry out their mission. The latter is Mark Hoenig's arena.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

When unaccompanied children crossing the border to flee violence in Central America became a media firestorm this spring, Lenni Benson, founder of the Safe Passage Project, knew all too well the legal hurdles that faced them.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

John Kiernan's pro bono work has taken him as far as Mississippi for a civil rights case against that state's attorney general and as close as northern Manhattan, where he represented tenants and squatters who were forcibly evicted.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Some pro bono attorneys help nonprofit organizations carry out their mission. Arthur Siegel went even further—he became president of a statewide group and successfully guided it through a series of crises.

By Len Maniace

3 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

While much pro bono work puts attorneys in courtrooms or working behind the scenes with nonprofits, David Sherman found a different niche—using his legal expertise to help startups and small businesses.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The pro bono community lost one of its staunchest supporters when Steven J. Kolleeny died of cancer on Sept. 18. As head of the pro bono asylum program at Skadden Arps since 1987, he had personally represented 30 to 40 asylum seekers and supervised some 300 others whose cases were handled by Skadden attorneys whom he had trained.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Finding the right educational services for a disabled child isn't supposed to require an attorney. But it may when collaboration between parents and public school breaks down. That's when Caroline J. Heller steps in.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Marnie Berk oversees legal services to a dizzyingly large and varied assortment of clients—more than 500 organizations that include soup kitchens, domestic violence shelters, arts organizations and groups protecting local green spaces.

By Len Maniace

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A 2010 law would allow sex-trafficking victims to have prostitution-related convictions set aside, but taking advantage of it requires these uniformly poor people to be represented by attorneys. Jennifer Kroman is one of the lawyers who stepped up.

By Len Maniace

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