Innovation Award: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Within two hours of asking for help to create and launch our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Relief Center, we had 400 volunteers. We launched the project in just 10 days.
October 20, 2020 at 10:16 AM
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Brad S. Karp, chairman of the firm, answered the questions.
What are some of the firm's most satisfying successes of the past year and why? I am extremely proud of our firm and gratified by our lawyers' comprehensive and passionate response to the pandemic. Within two hours of asking for help to create and launch our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Relief Center, we had 400 volunteers. We launched the project in just 10 days. I don't believe that any other law firm has ever attempted such an all-encompassing project to benefit the community in a time of profound need.
The scale and scope of the information we have synthesized and continue to provide are remarkable. The response of our network of clients, many of which employ tens of thousands of hourly workers, and our public interest and community services partners, has been incredible. With this platform in place, we can leverage the resources we created to offer more direct pro bono services to individuals and organizations in need, including producing training manuals and Q&As for hotlines and virtual consultations, and staffing the hotlines and virtual clinics themselves. Nothing could be more important—or more rewarding—to us.
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