Viktor Lim and his family got lucky twice after they were deported from Kazakhstan because of Lim’s work as a Baptist missionary. First, the U.S. Consulate agreed to give them tourist visas; they eventually landed in Houston in 2013. Second, David Baay, a partner in the Houston office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, agreed to take on Lim’s case as a pro bono project. On June 2, Baay helped persuade the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to grant Lim and his family asylum—something that happens to only about 20 percent of applicants. Baay spoke with Texas Lawyer senior reporter John Council about Lim’s case, how he handled it, and why pro bono projects are so important at his firm.
Texas Lawyer: You picked Viktor Lim’s case out of a stack of asylum-seekers files provided to you by the YMCA. What was it about his case that made you want to take it on as a pro bono project?
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