Connecticut Movers: Outstanding Pro Bono and Bond Work Rewarded
McCarter & English recently received the American Bar Association’s 2019 Pro Bono Publico Award, and Day Pitney's Namita Tripathi Shaw has been elected a fellow at the American College of Bond Counsel.
August 16, 2019 at 08:37 AM
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Moy N. Ogilvie, managing partner of McCarter & English’s Hartford office.
McCarter & English Receives Pro Bono Award
McCarter & English received the American Bar Association’s 2019 Pro Bono Publico Award during the ABA’s Annual Meeting Aug. 10 in San Francisco.
The Pro Bono Publico Award is the top honor given by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, recognizing outstanding commitment to providing free legal services to underserved people and communities. McCarter was one of two law firms and three individuals to be honored.
McCarter lawyers dedicate tens of thousands of hours each year to unmet legal needs including work for veterans, asylum-seekers, victims of human trafficking, transactional services for nonprofits, cutting-edge civil and constitutional rights cases and animal rights.
In 2018, a team of partners traveled to rural Georgia to serve people held in immigration detention. The team represented several people and secured a client’s release via an appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Also in 2018, the firm launched the McCarter & English Pro Bono Fellowship for the City of Newark, which dedicates a full-time attorney to a designated area of urgent unmet housing-related legal needs in Newark, New Jersey.
Mike Kelly, the firm’s chair, said: “It was a wonderful surprise to hear we had been selected for the ABA’s Pro Bono Publico award this year. I have never been prouder of this firm. Service to those in need is central to the firm’s identity, and expanding our pro bono practice has been one of my top priorities since becoming chair.”
Together with Connecticut Legal Services, McCarter’s Stamford office recently launched a clinic to assist applicants seeking pardons under state law. The firm’s Stamford and Hartford offices also work with the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center to assist military veterans with disability claims and appeals. The offices also provide assistance to homeless veterans.
Moy N. Ogilvie, managing partner of McCarter’s Hartford office and 2019 Connecticut Law Tribune Attorney of the Year finalist, said, “We take on pro bono matters because these cases make a real, meaningful difference in the day-to-day lives of underserved men and women. Offering legal aid for veterans who have been left behind has been a transformative, eye-opening experience for McCarter’s attorneys, and we look forward to continuing our work to serve Connecticut’s most vulnerable individuals and communities.”
Namita Tripathi Shah Elected Fellow of ACBC
Namita Tripathi Shah of Day PitneyDay Pitney partner Namita Tripathi Shah has been elected Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel. The college was formed in 1995 to recognize lawyers for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of bond law.
Shah chairs Day Pitney’s private equity and finance business unit, and is a member of the firm’s institutional finance and commercial lending and municipal finance practice groups. She serves as the primary attorney in Day Pitney’s roles as lead bond counsel and lead disclosure counsel for the State of Connecticut and is actively involved in all aspects of public finance.
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