The New York Law Journal turns the spotlight on attorneys who have recognized that practicing law is a privilege that comes with a responsibility to give back. Read More »
Abramowitz helped pioneer the business of defending major commercial and political officials and built a reputation for representing high-profile clients who are under investigation or facing prosecution. Read More »
Boies balances his pro bono cases with those of powerful corporate clients including CBS, the National Football League, Oracle, NASCAR and the New York Yankees. Read More »
Graffeo said she stayed in government service for most of her career "because my jobs became more interesting at each turn." Among the most interesting was serving for 14 years as a judge on New York state's highest... Read More »
"Make the impossible possible." This motto has served James well in his 42-year legal career at the Legal Aid Society and his two years at the New York State Bar Association. Read More »
Prudenti steadily became a leader in the courts and a trailblazer for women in the judiciary. In 2011, she was named state chief administrative judge by then-Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman. Read More »
Sheehan presided over continued growth at Skadden; the firm grew exponentially, revenue more than tripled and the firm expanded its international presence. Read More »
"I thought there could be no finer way to spend your life." Sullivan served 39 years as a judge, 30 of them with the Appellate Division, First Department, including two as presiding judge. Read More »
Bickford began reorganizing the court's existing scheduling process—the trial part reservation system—prioritizing criminal cases based on their complexity and age. He also set out to determine the availability... Read More »
Led by Davis, the Legal Aid Society examined how it would perform its mission going forward. It's a mission—free legal service to the impoverished—about which Davis is passionate. Legal representation for... Read More »
Fitts has a passion for clean energy and environmental justice that she explores as a corporate partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, where she is a member of the firm's mergers & acquisitions group and co-chair of its energy... Read More »
Freedman has worked on behalf of LGBTQ youth, young sexual abuse victims, children affected by domestic violence, teenagers aging out of foster care, children suffering from mental illnesses, young people in foster care... Read More »
Ensuring public access to the vast array of documents held by state and local governments—essential information for a functioning democracy—is the cause that's kept Freeman as executive director of the New... Read More »
Under Linsky's leadership, McDermott has worked with organizations such as Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Center on Halsted's Legal Referral Program, the Howard Brown Legal Clinic, the Sexuality and Gender... Read More »
Malloy has expanded the scope of the Southern District's pro bono program, so pro se defendants can have limited representation during discovery and in mediation—reducing the time required to serve defendants in... Read More »
Peerce became active with the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, chairing its sentencing guidelines committee, and served on its boards of the Federal Bar Council and the Federal Bar Foundation. She co-chaired the... Read More »
Porcellio has been a member of the Commercial Division Advisory Council, established by former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to streamline and improve the efficiency of the state's commercial courts to speed up the judicial... Read More »
the Weinberg Center is forming partnerships with organizations to assist seniors victimized by abuse. An attorney representing the center visits the Manhattan Family Justice Center twice monthly. It's the kind of cause... Read More »
As a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Stephen Broome specializes in commercial trials and appeals. He also has carved out a successful pro bono practice, including one case headed to the U.S. Supreme Court... Read More »
Yekaterina "Katya" Chernyak left her first law firm largely because she wanted a firm with a stronger commitment to pro bono work. That brought her to Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in 2009, where she is an associate... Read More »
On the first day of his legal career, Mitchell Karlan found his lifelong passion for pro bono work. "After my first year of law school I got a job working for minimum wage for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund," said Karlan,... Read More »
Harlene Katzman came to her post as pro bono counsel and director at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett with a long history in social justice issues. Read More »
As a child of two attorneys who ran a family-law practice, Joel Kurtzberg grew up hearing about the law over dinner and about cases at bedtime—upon his request. So it was no surprise he grew up thinking he would... Read More »
For much of David Leichtman's early years, education and the arts held a special fascination. His mother was a New York City public school teacher and he got an early taste of the theater in the first grade when he wrote... Read More »
After graduating from Brooklyn Law School in 1986, Gary Port found himself driving through the desert bound for Fort Bliss, Texas, en route to active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. He spent the... Read More »
For much of his career, Michael Schwamm, a partner at Duane Morris, thought pro bono work wasn't for him. While he saw value in lawyers volunteering their legal skills for those in need, his experience in corporate law... Read More »
In her office, Hannah Sholl keeps a framed copy of a judicial order from a case that is dear to the Holwell Shuster & Goldberg counsel. It pertains to an accusation sought by the state against a mother named Jarayha... Read More »
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