Arnold & Porter offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Honored

The Public Interest Law Center and co-counsel Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer received the Innovation in the Rule of Law and Access to Justice Award from Financial Times on Dec. 10 at the North America Innovative Lawyers Awards, recognizing the firms for their successful challenge to partisan gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.

The awards and rankings “assess lawyers on their innovation for clients and in their own business.” The North America awards were presented in a ceremony held at Gotham Hall in New York City. 

Elected and Appointed

Daniel Mateo, a partner in Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office, was appointed general counsel of the Hispanic National Bar Association's Vision in Action Fund, effective Dec. 7, 2018.

HBNA VIA is the charitable arm of the HNBA. Mateo will serve as general counsel on a pro bono basis.