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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Marc Kadish, Director of Pro Bono Activities and Litigation Training, has been named a “Partner in Justice” by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, for a career dedicated to civil rights and public service.
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News Release
1 March 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, filed a historic amicus brief today on behalf of 172 Members of the US House of Representatives and 40 US Senators, in United States v. Edith Schlain Windsor, a landmark challenge to Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) before the US Supreme Court. Section 3 of DOMA defines marriage for purposes of federal law as “only a legal union between one man and one woman,” excluding legally married same-sex couples from all marriage-based federal responsibilities and rights.
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On February 6, 2013, after an almost 16-year representation, Mayer Brown lawyers secured a plea agreement with the State of Georgia that avoids the death penalty for a mentally retarded defendant who had been convicted for a double murder in 1988.
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On January 16, a city-wide training event on asylum law and case preparation was hosted by Mayer Brown’s New York office in partnership with Sanctuary for Families, a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to serving domestic violence victims, sex trafficking victims and their children.
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Media Coverage
11 December 2012
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Washington Lawyer
Mayer Brown hosted the poverty simulation event, "Walk a Month in My Shoes: An Experience for Pro Bono Attorneys and Others Who Work With Low–Income Clients," in its Washington, DC office as a part of the weeklong National Pro Bono Celebration in October.
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Media Coverage
11 December 2012
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Financial Times
For the third consecutive year, Mayer Brown has been ranked among the most innovative United States law firms by the Financial Times in its annual special report, “US Innovative Lawyers,” ranking 12th in the 2012 edition. The report ranks “law firms that are bringing fresh thinking and practices to solving business problems in America.”
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News Release
3 December 2012
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For the third consecutive year, Mayer Brown has been ranked among the most innovative United States law firms by the Financial Times in its annual special report, “ US Innovative Lawyers,” ranking 12th in the 2012 edition. The report ranks “law firms that are bringing fresh thinking and practices to solving business problems in America,” the Financial Times said. |
News Release
26 November 2012
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Mayer Brown JSM is pleased to announce that it has been named "Best Firm for Pro Bono Work" at the Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2012 organised by International Financial Law Review (IFLR), leading resource for professionals on financial law which also recognised Justine Lau, senior associate of the Firm, as a "Rising Star".
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Mayer Brown attorneys have secured the release from prison of a 61-year old woman who is dying of cancer.
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Media Coverage
November 2012 issue
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The American Lawyer
Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Anthony Diana (New York) is quoted extensively in an article discussing how the government is now discovering the same burden of electronic data discovery that corporate defendants have been dealing with for years. The article also details Mayer Brown's pro bono representation to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
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News Release
23 August 2012
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced the winners of its sixth annual Pro Bono Awards, which honor the outstanding achievements by the firm’s lawyers to provide legal services to individuals and groups with limited means, and to organizations seeking to protect civil liberties, civil rights and human rights.
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Media Coverage
25 July 2012
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New York Law Journal (subscription required)
Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Anthony Diana (New York) quoted in an article reporting on an important decision in National Day Laborer Organizing Network v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, in which Mayer Brown is providing pro bono representation to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
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Media Coverage
13 July 2012
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Law360
Article notes that Washington, DC litigators Miriam Nemetz, Kathleen Connery Dawe and Michael Kimberly of Mayer Brown filed a pro bono amicus brief on behalf of members of Congress in a key Defense of Marriage Act case.
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Media Coverage
12 July 2012
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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (subscription required)
Article details a Seventh Circuit case in which Frank (Chip) Dickerson provided pro bono representation for Wenfang Liu, a woman seeking support from her ex-husband. The original ruling in the Western District of Wisconsin was overturned.
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News Release
10 July 2012
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Carolyn Osolinik and Evan Tager were named to The National Law Journal’s Champions and Visionaries 2012 list, which recognizes Washington lawyers for work that has advanced the practice of law.
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Media Coverage
9 July 2012
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The National Law Journal
Government Relations partner Carolyn Osolinik (Washington, DC) was named to National Law Journal's "Champions and Visionaries" 2012 list, which recognizes Washington lawyers for work that has advanced the practice of law. Carolyn was selected for her pro bono representation of the United States International Committee on Disabilities in urging the Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Media Coverage
27 June 2012
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American Lawyer (subscription required)
Marc Kadish, Mayer Brown's Director of Pro Bono Activities and Litigation Training, quoted in American Lawyer's Pro Bono Report 2012 on how changes in the law firm business model and smaller associate classes will affect pro bono.
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On April 25, 2012, Mayer Brown pro bono clients Appleseed and Appleseed México won first place honors in the “major investigations” category for the 2011 report, “Children at the Border: The Screening, Protection and Repatriation of Unaccompanied Mexican Minors” at the UNICEF Mexico National Awards.
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On April 25, 2012, Mayer Brown received the Tahirih Justice Center’s Texas Law Firm of the Year Award.
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Mayer Brown associate Noah Liben received the New York State Bar Association President’s Pro Bono Service Award for his volunteer work with InMotion, an organization that provides legal services to low income and abused women.
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Mayer Brown associates Jonathan Helfgott, Hamsa Murthy and Anne Selin, along with the firm, were honored for their pro bono asylum work by the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at the University of California Hastings College of Law.
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Mayer Brown associate Greg Conroy was honored by the Pro Bono Partnership as one of its four Volunteers of the Year.
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On April 9, 2012, a New York immigration judge granted asylum to our client, a female refugee from Mali. Our client was a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) and a forced marriage to her late husband who severely abused her physically, sexually, and psychologically during their nearly decade-long marriage.
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Mayer Brown’s Washington, DC office has received two prestigious honors related to pro bono and charitable giving.
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