The San Francisco office hosted a reception to celebrate Karla Baday’s release from prison after serving 17 years for a crime that she did not commit. Working alongside the Northern California Innocence Project, Duane Morris attorneys, Andrew Gordon, Christine Ross and William
Arfat Selvam, Managing Partner in the Duane Morris & Selvam, LLP Singapore office was recently profiled by the Law Gazette of the Law Society of Singapore. In 2017 Ms. Selvam was Pro Bono Ambassador for the Society. In this profile, Ms. Selvam answers questions on her pro bono work: How did she get
In a 5-3 decision today, the Supreme Court of the United States in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, No. 15-275, slip op. (June 27, 2016) reversed a decision of the Fifth Circuit and overturned as unconstitutional a Texas law that (1) required physicians to have “active admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles
In March, the USPTO launched the Pennsylvania Patent Pro Bono Program through the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, a non-profit community based legal services provider for the arts and invention community.
The Patent Pro Bono Program provides free legal assistance to low income
Duane Morris pro bono attorneys regularly prepare amicus briefs on behalf of community-based organizations, professional associations, and industry groups in cases with important social implications. Most recently we participated as amicus counsel in Kingdomware Technologies Inc v. United States, U.S.Docket No. 14-916; Whole Women’s Health v. Cole, U.S. Docket No. 15-274 and Froio
Partner Jolie-Anne S. Ansley of the San Francisco office and Christopher B. Yeh of the Los Angeles office were named Keta Taylor Colby Award recipients by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCR).
The Colby Award recognizes pro bono attorneys who have provided outstanding representation to the poor and
The firm’s Miami and Boca Raton offices were awarded the 2016 Supreme Court of Florida Chief Justice’s Law Firm Commendation Pro Bono Award on January 28, 2016. This award recognizes a law firm that has contributed significant hours and effort to pro bono legal services to individuals or groups that cannot otherwise afford those services
As discussed in our earlier post, New York and Illinois are noteworthy for their early adoption of state laws to help put an end to human trafficking and prosecute traffickers. However, many states are still struggling to make policies that will stop traffickers.
In Pennsylvania, the battle to reverse age old polices that harmed trafficking
As discussed in our previous posts, Human Trafficking is a global problem. Attorneys at Duane Morris have regularly represented victims of trafficking in immigration matters, including U and T visas as well as in Violence Against Women Act petitions for various immigration benefits. While the federal response has been meaningful, it has failed to solve