#pro-bono-work

#pro-bono-work

‘Most normal people can't afford to have a lawyer fight for them, but Doug and Sherry are just salt of the earth kind of people,’ Mary Ann O'Hara said. ‘There was no way we could have abandoned them without following through with everything.’

When Kamala Harris became first Black, South Asian, and female vice president in American history, her husband, Doug Emhoff, became the country's first-ever second gentleman.

Ever since the elite law firms Paul Weiss and Skadden reached deals with President Trump to scuttle executive orders that could have crippled their businesses, the firms' top partners have closed ranks in support of the agreements. But there is discontent among the vast army of lawyers who may not have much sway in decision-making at the two firms but who do much of the work: their associates.