{"id":26614,"date":"2015-10-06T17:08:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T21:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=26614"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:08:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T21:08:20","slug":"pro-bono-legal-advice-big-firm-makes-big-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=26614","title":{"rendered":"Pro bono legal advice: Big firm makes big announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"header-wrapper\">\n<nav class=\"menu-nav\" data-jsmodule=\"menuNavMod\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">A number of years ago I inquired of a partner in a big law firm <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/law\/2006\/03\/10\/whats-a-white-shoe-firm-anyway\/\">(in the &#8220;white shoe&#8221; category)<\/a> why big firms like his did not have easily accessible pro bono sectors. That is, did his firm have lawyers to whom indigent people could apply when they needed but couldn&#8217;t pay for a lawyer in a civil matter?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">His response was typical of his (major law firm partner) character. Yes, his and other big firms did pro bono work but&#8230;didn&#8217;t make it known to the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">Huh? Then, with the caveat that I couldn&#8217;t use it or tell anybody about it, he sent me an expensively produced, even glossy packet from his firm referring to their pro bono section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">I did ask him how the hell people could bring their cases to such a lawyer at a big firm if they had no way of knowing there were such lawyers. His response must have been limp because I do not remember it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">You get this, right? Yes, there are big time lawyers out there working for famous big time law firms who will take on pro bono legal work but no, you can&#8217;t find out who they are and how to reach them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">So I read this, um, courageous announcement in the New York Law Journal with a certain degree of dry pleasure. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proskauer.com\/\">Proskauer Rose,<\/a> a huge New York City based law firm, has come out of the pro bono closet, creating a position for a full-time partner&#8211;not just a couple of new associates or summer interns&#8211;but a PARTNER who will handle pro bono work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">The partner even has a real name: William Silverman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"menu-div\" data-jsmodule=\"sectionMenuMod\">I don&#8217;t know what has caused this remarkable burst of altruism and sanity, but hey. Let&#8217;s congratulate them. Maybe other big law firms will follow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"articlebody\">\n<div id=\"page-container\" class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"main-container main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"span8 left-container\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"title-div\">\n<div>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Proskauer Creates Full-Time Pro Bono Partner Position<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><small class=\"authors\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorklawjournal.com\/id=1202619849577\/Christine-Simmons\">Christine Simmons<\/a>, New York Law Journal<\/small><time> October 7, 2015<\/time> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row main-page-div\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"span7 stalkerOffset \" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p class=\"article-text basic-article-text\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Proskauer Rose has tapped William Silverman to head the firm&#8217;s pro bono efforts. Silverman, who is leaving Greenberg Traurig, will be the first partner-level lawyer to lead Proskauer&#8217;s pro bono practice on a full-time basis.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of years ago I inquired of a partner in a big law firm (in the &#8220;white shoe&#8221; category) why big firms like his did not have easily accessible pro bono sectors. 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