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unusual facts about Pro bono



Erika Holzer

As lawyers, the Holzers have been involved in several pro bono cases, most notably the struggle of the 12-year old defector Walter Polovchak to avoid being forcibly returned to the Soviet Union.

Freehills

Freehills had a pro bono program which, under the leadership of the late Keith Steele, saw the establishment of the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in Kings Cross.

Harry Schneider

:"passionate citizenship for his leadership, dedication and groundbreaking work defending Salim Hamdan. Schneider's pro bono representation of Hamdan, the first detainee to receive a trial, has laid the groundwork for others to challenge the legality of their indefinite imprisonment. Schneider's landmark work exemplifies our Constitution's guarantee of due process and fundamental fairness, even for society's most unpopular individuals."

Hauwa Ibrahim

She was especially cited for her pro bono work defending people condemned under the Islamic Sharia laws that are in force in the northern Nigerian provinces, including her defence of Amina Lawal, Safiya Hussaini and Hafsatu Abubákar.

Julian Thomas

Between 1994 and 1999 Thomas was secretary of the World Archaeological Congress and became academic series editor (a pro bono (unpaid) position held jointly with Martin Hall) of the Routledge series Themes in Archaeology – which moved to Left Coast Press as the One World Archaeology Series in 2008.

Norbert Wollheim

Wollheim provided his services on a pro bono basis to organisations like the US Holocaust Council and the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors.

Paul Thissen

Thissen clerked for James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and then went to work at the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs & Morgan, where he specialized in general litigation and appellate work and served as chair of the firm's Pro Bono Committee.

Ruby v. Texas

The defendant, represented pro bono by famed attorney Melvin Belli, requested that the trial be moved out of the Dallas area because of the enormous publicity.

Van Orden v. Perry

The appeal of the 5th Circuit's decision was argued by Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law scholar and the Alston & Bird Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, who represented Van Orden on a pro bono basis.


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Advocates for Informed Choice

On May 14, 2013, Advocates for Informed Choice, The Southern Poverty Law Center, and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), Greenville Health System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant who was in the state’s care at the time of the surgery.

Arthur Teele

After his honorable discharge from the US Army, Teele provided pro bono services to the defendants in the Wilmington Ten which was the most prominent civil rights case in America during the 1970s.

Center for Justice and Accountability

In a related case, CJA and pro bono co-counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP filed a lawsuit on July 11, 2007 in a Maryland federal district court against Rivera Rondón, a Peruvian former army lieutenant, for his role in the Accomarca Massacre.

City Bar Justice Center

The Veterans Assistance Project recruits, trains and mentors volunteer attorneys to provide pro bono assistance to veterans in connections with the filing of disability benefits claims before the New York City Regional Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cuban-American Bar Association

Activities of the association include an annual program in cooperation with the Hispanic National Bar Association; a scholarship program for law students funded by an annual golf tournament; the "CABA Smoker," a networking fundraiser honoring Cuba's cigar-making tradition; and the pro bono project in conjunction with the Dade County Bar.

Design Team One

They have also done pro bono work for organizations including Boy Scouts of America, John P. Parker Historical Society and Junior Achievement.

Futures Without Violence

This multimedia campaign, created pro bono by R/GA, includes an interactive website, mobile component, television, radio, print, outdoor, posters, and Web ads.

Kendrick Johnson

In addition to the private pathologist, the family retained the services of attorney Benjamin Crump, known for taking on pro bono cases with civil rights implications.

National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management

Among the members of the volunteer group reported in 2008 were Adobe Systems chairman Charles Geschke, Korn/Ferry chief executive Paul Reilly, former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron, Gerard R. Roche of Heidrick & Struggles, and former McKinsey managing director Frederick Gluck; Lawrence Bossidy, former CEO of Honeywell, has been a pro bono consultant.

No longer enemy combatant

H. Candace Gorman, the pro bono lawyer for Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifta Al Ghazzawi described her surprise when she learned that her client had initially been determined not to have been an enemy combatant, after all.

Ruder Finn

2005 - Pro bono work done for the UN raised speculation when Kofi Annan's nephew, Kobina, worked as an intern at the firm.

Susette LaFlesche Tibbles

Tibbles' coverage of the chief's imprisonment was instrumental in gaining Standing Bear pro bono legal services by two prominent defense attorneys, including the counsel for the Union Pacific Railroad.

Tristan Nitot

Since January 2004 he has been the founder and chairman of Mozilla Europe, the international affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation, a post he first occupied on a pro bono basis.

What Kind of Man Are You?

The campaign was featured on 160 mainstream media outlets, and was created pro bono by McCann Erickson.

William W. Fisher

Fisher was among the lawyers, along with his colleague John Palfrey and the law firm of Jones Day, who represented Shepard Fairey, pro bono, in his lawsuit against the Associated Press related to the iconic Hope poster.