Morgan Lewis

Pro Bono Making an Impact

The Power of Pro Bono

News

12/15/08 Class Action Lawsuit for Vets With PTSD to be Filed
National Veterans Legal Services Program will charge that the U.S. Army has shortchanged an entire class of soldiers who returned from service in Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder from the benefits to which they are entitled.
10/26/07 Members Thanked for Participation in the New York City Law Department's Public Service Program
Morgan Lewis associate Denise Backhouse is quoted on her experience with the New York City Law Department's Public Service Program.
10/25/07 Firms Report Increases in Pro Bono Hours, The Philadelphia Lawyer
The Philadelphia Lawyer reports on Morgan Lewis's increased pro bono hours.
07/30/07 Keeping the Swing in Duke Ellington: D.C.'s public arts school gets a creative boost from volunteers at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LegalTimes
The firm's pro bono relationship with the Duke Ellington school is featured in the LegalTimes .
07/25/07 Starting at the Top, The American Lawyer
Francis Milone is featured with the firm's pro bono commitment in The American Lawyer .
07/23/07 Firms That Offer the Best of Both Worlds, The National Law Journal
Morgan Lewis's Public Interest and Community Service (PICS) program is featured in The National Law Journal's article on firms that offer pro bono and corporate experience for summer associates.
08/16/06 Summer Success in Texas — Asylum Cases Test S.F. Interns, San Francisco Daily Journal
Four Morgan Lewis summer associates in the San Francisco and Palo Alto offices pulled off a double victory in immigration court, prevailing for two refugees who fled to the United States to escape persecution in their homelands.
07/13/06 Cell Phone Ban Challenged
Norman Siegel, Esq. and Morgan Lewis are representing eight parents and the Chancellors’ Parent Advisory Council in a special proceeding against the New York City Department of Education, its chancellor, and the mayor.
06/01/06 Preserving Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia, The Washington Lawyer
The DC Bar Association featured the pro bono work of Henry Liu and Ralph Albright, among others, in this article about the affordable housing situation in the District.
09/22/05 Morgan Lewis Assists Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
In response to the overwhelming need posed by the thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has organized a litany of free legal services.
12/09/04 Morgan Lewis Helps a Mother Attain Asylum and Reunite with Her Children
Morgan Lewis today announced a heartwarming victory for a mother who fled her native country to save her own life, only to be detained in U.S. prisons outside of Washington, D.C., and separated from her children for more than seven years.
09/10/03 Blood Work
High-powered lawyering—and a well-timed bit of luck—add up to an eleventh-hour reprieve for an inmate on Louisiana's death row.
09/10/03 Dead Man Walking
When two Philadelphia lawyers took the case of a man on death row, they had one goal: to save his life. After years of work, they discovered they'd been fighting the wrong battle all along.
05/09/03 New Orleans Man Freed After 18 Years of Prison
07/19/02 Morgan Lewis Lawyers Overturn 17-Year Old Murder Conviction

Annual Report

Pro Bono in 2009

More than 90,000 hours were spent on pro bono representations, at a value to our pro bono clients of tens of millions of dollars.

More than 75% of the firm's attorneys contributed at least 20 hours to a pro bono matter; representations span all practice groups and offices.

Representations included more than 1,300 active matters, including nearly 600 new matters.

Full "above the line" credit given for pro bono time charges.

Morgan Lewis is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge.

For more than 100 years, Morgan Lewis attorneys have committed their time and resources to serving the public good. Morgan Lewis has an extraordinarily diverse and innovative pro bono practice and devotes substantial resources to other community service and charitable activities.

In 2009, Morgan Lewis lawyers contributed more than 90,000 hours to pro bono representations, at a value to our pro bono clients of tens of millions of dollars and equaling an average of more than 70 hours per lawyer. We are proud of the fact that these representations span all practice groups and all Morgan Lewis offices; in 2009, more than 75% of the firm’s attorneys billed 20 or more hours to a pro bono matter.

Morgan Lewis is a signatory of the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, and in 2010 we have again pledged to spend at least 3% of our billable hours each year on pro bono matters. We encourage our lawyers to become involved in public service at the earliest stages of their careers by treating pro bono hours as billable hours and by recognizing and rewarding associates who have achieved success in pro bono representations.

Our Pro Bono Practice strengthens our bonds to the communities in which we practice and makes a profound difference in the lives of our clients.