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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers (for Sept. 14, 2020)

Robert Galloway  (Courtesy photo) Houston Alumnus of STCL Houston to Lead Advocacy Program South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) has announced…
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel, Big Law Join Lawyers for Racial Justice Initiative

"We're really looking for ways to mobilize as many attorneys as possible in the fight for social justice," said Traci Love, executive director of Lawyers for Good Government Foundation, which created the initiative.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Forget the Auction: Miami Bankruptcy Attorneys Help Send Toy Store Inventory to Homeless

"The landlord could have taken possession of a toy store full of toys, but then what were they going to do with it?" one bankruptcy attorney said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Big Law, Big Heart: Meet Holland & Knight Partner Championing Pro Bono Work

Frances De La Guardia is the current president of the Cuban American Bar Association.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

How Arnold & Porter Got a $200K Settlement in a Case Where Trump Officials Admitted to Lying

A new filing lays out the behind-the-scenes work attorneys did in the case, where Trump officials eventually admitted to making false statements in court—as well as the lawyers' billing rates.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Koch Industries General Counsel Ray Geoffroy Wants to Expand Access to Justice Through Pro Bono Efforts

"One group we have a partnership with is the Midwest Innocence Project. The organization had a backlog of cases and it didn't have the people to review those cases from folks who are incarcerated. "So through our internal attorneys and team members, we are working with them to get those cases screened," Ray Geoffroy, general counsel of Koch Industries, said.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Impact of Private Public Interest Law Firms on NJ Civil Rights Litigation

If more private practice lawyers embrace the private public interest law firm model, both they and society are likely to benefit.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pro Bono Representation From Kramer Levin Helps Low-Income Brooklyn Families Keep Building

The residents had nearly paid off a loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by the time the tax abatement expired, but their loan was sold to a private debt holder.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GlaxoSmithKline Attorneys Seek to Build Healthy Communities Through Pro Bono Work

The multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline saw its global pro bono program volunteers increase to 49 legal department members in 2019, a 77% increase from the prior year.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Law Firm Helps Burundian Asylum Seeker End 5-Year Flight From Tyranny: A Q&A With Sidley's David Sillers

Texas Lawyer spoke with Sidley Austin attorney David Sillers about a pro bono case that secured permanent asylum for a Burundian journalist and Red Cross employee who had been tortured and marked for death.
10 minute read

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