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And who pays the lawyer?

• aaronbrethorst 12y ago
  I expect that any savvy lawyer would be happy to take this pro bono. Think of how much free publicity they'd get for their practice.
  • eps 12y ago
    Ah, excellent plan. That's a variation of a good old "you should write us an app / design a logo / sketch a website for free, just for all the exposure you get".
  • baddox 12y ago
    I see a lot of people on the Internet implying that there are plenty of lawyers just sitting around waiting for interesting and potentially high profile cases to take on for free. I've never seen any evidence of this, and I suspect there are very few.
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    • aaronbrethorst 12y ago
      http://www2.nycbar.org/mp3/DoingWellByDoingGood/pbi_businesscase.pdf http://www2.nycbar.org/mp3/DoingWellByDoingGood/pbi_business... Major pro bono matters, or smaller cases with great human interest, are far more likely to receive extensive coverage. Holland & Knight, for example, received highly favorable and extensive coverage of its work in the Rosewood case, including a glowing front page, above the fold, article in the Wall Street Journal and People. Hogan & Hartson, similarly, received a great deal of play in the media concerning its representation of African-American plaintiffs alleging that Denny’s restaurants had discriminated against them. In both instances, the firms undertook these time-consuming, controversial cases because it was the right thing to do. However, their creative, successful lawyering became a front-page story.