 | Mayer Brown Honors Pro Bono Achievement
In 2009 Pro Bono Awards
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, today announced the recipients of the firm’s 2009 Pro Bono Awards, which annually honor outstanding pro bono achievements of the firm and its lawyers. The awards recognize work done across the United States on a wide range of pro bono matters, including political asylum, not-for-profit financing, microfinance and women’s advocacy issues. Read >>
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 | A Dream for His Father
Article mentions Mayer Brown’s role as pro bono legal counsel for The GEANCO Foundation, an organization seeking to develop and manage medical, educational, and athletic facilities in Nigeria. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Lawyers Prevent Eviction of Pro Bono Clients
Palo Alto associates Julie Axelrod (Corporate & Securities) and Jack Fitzgerald (Intellectual Property) successfully represented pro bono clients in an unlawful detainer action in the County of Santa Clara in an extremely tight timeframe. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown secures withdrawal of death sentence for client Deryl Madison
24 July 2009 – Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, has secured a withdrawal of the death sentence for longstanding client Deryl Madison in exchange for a sentence of life without parole. Mr. Madison was found guilty of capital murder on June 19, 1989. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown secures dismissal of case against man accused of murder and sentenced to five consecutive life terms
July 7, 2009 – Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, today secured a dismissal of a case against Marvin Reeves who was convicted and sentenced to five life terms without parole for the alleged murder of five people in a drug-related crime 19 years ago. Read >>
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| Michael Gill quoted on client Martin Reeves being released after 20 years in prison
Articles quoting Michael Gill on the dismissal of a case against client Martin Reeves, who served 20 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of five people and being sentenced to serve five consecutive life terms without parole, appeared in several print and broadcast outlets. Read >>
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| American Lawyer Pro Bono Issue
For Mayer Brown structured finance partner Chris Gavin, it was one of the toughest cross-border deals that he's ever handled. At first the job seemed fairly straightforward—arrange a syndicated credit facility for the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). The nonprofit microfinance and development organization, based in Bangladesh, was interested in expanding its operations into Africa. As part of a growing track record in the microfinance sector, Mayer Brown had advised on the creation of BRAC's U.S. arm. It was a logical step to reach out again to the firm to organize the new credit facility. Read >>
Reprinted with permission from the July 2009 edition of American Lawyer © 2009 Incisive Media Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. |
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| São Paulo Office Joins Pro Bono Institute of Brazil
Mayer Brown’s São Paulo office has become a member of the Pro Bono Institute of Brazil’s Pro Bono Project, which seeks to match volunteer attorneys with non-profit organizations of limited resources that are in need of legal assistance. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Wins Veterans Benefits Appeal for PTSD Disability Benefits
The Board of Veterans’ Appeals has reversed a decision by the VA Regional Office and awarded disability benefits to our client, Mr. H. Mr. H., a former US Marine, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of racially motivated attacks against him while at the Marine training unit at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Read >>
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| Successful Pro Bono Defense of Police Officer Accused of Battery
Mayer Brown has successfully defended an off-duty police officer accused of aggravated battery related to a December 2006 fight in a Chicago bar. Read >>
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| Atticus Finch Meets the Khmer Rouge
Interview with Marc Kadish discusses his recent trip to Cambodia to teach trial advocacy to Cambodian law students. Read >>
Reprinted with permission from the June 8, 2009 edition of AmLaw Daily ¸ 2009 Incisive Media Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. |
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 | Seventh Circuit Report
The Seventh Circuit Project is Mayer Brown’s most significant firmwide pro bono litigation project. As of December 31, 2008, the cutoff date for this report, the firm had accepted 117 appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which covers Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Read >>
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| Chicago lawyer teaches Cambodians trial skills
Article discusses Marc Kadish's trip to Cambodia to teach trial advocacy. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Attorneys Secure Pro Bono Win for City of New York
Attorneys from Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, successfully defended the City of New York in a decision issued by US District Court Judge Richard J. Holwell in Zargary v. City of New York. Read >>
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| Philanthropy in Africa Series: The GEANCO Foundation
Mayer Brown is serving as the pro bono legal adviser for the GEANCO Foundation to develop a world-class hospital - Augustine Memorial - in Anambra State, Nigeria. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Captures Victory at the Supreme Court in Immigration Law Case
The Supreme Court issued its ruling today in Negusie v. Holder (No. 07-499), which presents the question whether an alien compelled by threats of death and serious injury to act as a military guard in a prison where people were being persecuted on the basis of a protected ground is barred from seeking asylum. Together with the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic, Mayer Brown provided pro bono representation to the petitioner, Daniel Girmai Negusie, who has applied for asylum. Read >>
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| Victory in Pro Bono Harassment Case Resolves Jurisdictional Split
Charles Rothfeld successfully argued before the US Supreme Court on behalf of the parents of a girl who claims to have suffered peer-on-peer sexual harassment while in kindergarten. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Wins Political Asylum for Ethiopian Diplomat
The Arlington Immigration Court granted political asylum to our client, Mr. A, a former Ethiopian diplomat who was represented pro bono by Gabrielle Butcher, an associate in our Washington office. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown receives 2008 National Law Journal Pro Bono Award
Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, has received a 2008 National Law Journal Pro Bono Award for its work with “The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies.” The List Project is a nonprofit organization that helps resettle Iraqis whose lives are at risk because of their affiliation with the United States military and reconstruction effort in Iraq. Read >>
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| Former Scientist Receives Probation Thanks to Mayer Brown Pro Bono Efforts
10 December 2008 - Partner Marc Harris and associate Lisa Cornehl, from Mayer Brown's Los Angeles office, have successfully represented Abraham Lesnik, a former Boeing scientist, in a criminal case involving the removal of classified documents from his workplace. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Partner Serves as Pro Bono General Counsel to Congressional Commission Issuing New Report on WMD Terrorism
4 December 2008 – Raj De, a partner at Mayer Brown LLP serving as General Counsel to the Commission on the Prevention of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, yesterday joined with colleagues in Washington, D.C. to release the Commission's final report, "World at Risk," urging the President-elect and the next Congress to take immediate action to confront the peril posed by WMD proliferation and terrorism. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Wins CVLS Distinguished Service Award
On November 6, 2008, Mayer Brown received the Distinguished Service award from the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, in recognition of the firm’s work in the pro bono community. Read >>
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