2022-2023 Pro Bono Program Review

2022-2023 Pro Bono Program Review

Recent Honors

O’Melveny Honored with the Feerick Center for Social Justice’s Spirit of Service Award

O’Melveny Named 2022 Pro Bono Partner of the Year by Community Legal Aid SoCal

O’Melveny Named to Disability Rights Maryland’s Pro Bono Honor Roll

O’Melveny Lawyers Honored by The Legal Aid Society

O’Melveny’s Dallas Office and Emma Jones Received Pro Bono Service Awards from Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program

The Law Society of Hong Kong Honored O’Melveny’s Pro Bono Contributions

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

To Our Clients and Friends,

Few lawyers have embodied our firm’s commitment to public service and pro bono work as thoroughly as our late partner Walter Dellinger, a fixture on what I call O’Melveny’s Mount Rushmore. A constitutional scholar and appellate practitioner whose résumé includes stints as head of the Office of Legal Counsel and acting Solicitor General, Walter passed away in 2022, at the age of 80, and not a day goes by that I don’t miss his towering intellect, huge heart, and generous spirit. During his 23 years at O’Melveny, Walter inspired us to be the best advocates we could be—and to be our best selves. Reflecting on O’Melveny’s pro bono efforts over the past two years, I see Walter’s DNA in all we have achieved. Whether fighting to preserve access to reproductive healthcare or protect immigrants from persecution in their homelands, our people again devoted extraordinary resources—more than 65,000 hours in 2022 and more than 78,000 hours in 2023—to cases and causes aimed at making the world a more equitable place. Nearly 90 percent of our US attorneys participated in those efforts, some of which drew on years-long commitments from coast-to-coast teams. Among the life-changing highlights in these pages, a 2014 lawsuit we filed against Pennsylvania officials culminated in a historic victory on behalf of the state’s underfunded school districts and disadvantaged schoolchildren. And having achieved a landmark win in 2020 at the US Supreme Court that barred non-unanimous guilty verdicts in trials for serious crimes, we won the acquittal of Evangelisto Ramos, a Louisiana man who had previously been convicted of second-degree murder by a non-unanimous jury. I’ve always believed that, as lawyers, we have a unique opportunity to make this a fairer, more just world for everyone. Walter called it our sacred obligation. Many of us were drawn to O’Melveny precisely because this firm has embraced those ideals since its founding more than a century ago, and as you review this small sampling of the many hundreds of pro bono matters our people regularly handle, I hope you’ll agree that the fight for equal justice remains an innate part of who we are.

Bradley J. Butwin Chair , O’Melveny & Myers LLP

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O’Melveny Fights for Fair Public School Funding

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

1.7 million students’ access to quality and equal public education in Pennsylvania

The Education Law Center and the Public Interest Law Center

Pennsylvania’s legislators were ordered to find a solution to end systemic educational inequities

Photo: O’Melveny attorneys (from left) Anne Marchitello, Daniel Cantor, and Nicole Argentieri litigate on behalf of PA school children.

“To receive that order from the judge was so rewarding, knowing the impact it will have on every student. This has been the most incredible and gratifying experience, both professionally and personally, of my entire career so far.” —O’Melveny attorney Anne Marchitello, daughter of a public school teacher

O’Melveny’s pro bono team won a landmark victory in February 2023 for Pennsylvania’s underfunded school districts and disadvantaged schoolchildren. In a precedent-setting 786-page decision, Judge Jubelirer agreed with O’Melveny’s trial team, finding “no rational basis” for the discrepancies in district funding, which have created a two-tier educational system that shortchanged students in the poorest neighborhoods. She agreed that students in disadvantaged school districts lacked the resources, curriculum, and facilities available to their wealthier counterparts, in violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Schools in these districts suffered from crumbling facilities, non- working bathrooms, a lack of functional desks, an insufficient number of text books, and more. Marchitello was one of nearly 80 O’Melveny lawyers from across the country who helped achieve this precedent-setting win. O’Melveny dedicated nearly a decade to litigating this matter up and down the courts, which culminated in a 49-day trial that featured 41 witnesses and more than 1,100 exhibits highlighting inequities baked into a system that relies on local property taxes to fund schools.

The case would not have made it to trial at all had O’Melveny not won its appeal in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after the 2014 dismissal of a lawsuit brought on behalf of parents, school districts, and advocacy groups. For O’Melveny Counsel Anne Marchitello, this case was personal. “Education is deeply meaningful to me,” she said. “I’m the daughter of a career public school teacher. And my husband taught in an inner-city high school in Philadelphia so starved for resources that it was ultimately ordered closed. I value education and its ability to change lives.”

total number of firmwide pro bono hours in 2023 78,355

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SPOTLIGHT ON:

Leah Godesky

The ACLU honored Leah Godesky as its first Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2022

Pro bono is a constant reminder of our role as attorneys and our obligation to give back to the larger community. Much of my pro bono work is focused on issues of reproductive justice, and I’m very proud of the way our attorneys collaborate so effectively with the fearless advocates at organizations like the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project and the Center for Reproductive Rights. This work is extraordinarily challenging in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, but we’re committed to the fight.

Pro bono work is a tremendous source of energy.

O’Melveny Joined the Steering Committee of the Abortion Defense Network O’Melveny is proud to have joined the steering committee of the Abortion Defense Network, which provides critical support to abortion providers and defenders, connecting them with attorneys and defense funds. The network helps individuals access abortion care across state lines and guides healthcare providers in treating out-of-state patients. By fostering connections and sharing expertise, the Abortion Defense Network removes barriers to reproductive care access.

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O’Melveny Frees Juvenile Offender from Life Sentence in Adult Prison

The Outcome

At Stake

After serving over 15 years behind bars, O’Melveny’s 30-year-old client was released from prison

The freedom of a man who was sentenced to life in prison at age 14

Photo: After the court ordered the client’s release, O’Melveny arranged a celebratory Zoom for him and his family.

O’Melveny’s pro bono team achieved a life-changing victory for a 30-year-old man who had been sentenced to 80 years to life in prison. He was just 14 when he was tried as an adult, a practice now forbidden under California law. The defendant, who maintained his innocence, had exhausted nearly all his legal options. An O’Melveny team sought his release under Penal Code section 1170(d), which allows defendants to seek recall and resentencing if they were under 18 at the time of the offense, have been incarcerated for at least 15 years, received a life sentence, and meet at least one enumerated mitigation factor. Because California law now prohibits juveniles from being tried as adults, his case was transferred to juvenile court, which granted his petition in a courtroom full of family and friends.

O’Melveny Secures Stay of Execution for Texas Woman on Death Row

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

The imminent execution of a woman who maintained her innocence after the tragic accidental death of her 2-year-old daughter

Federal Defender for the Western District of Texas, the Innocence Project, and the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide

Stay of execution granted after 15 years on death row

O’Melveny played a crucial role in obtaining a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, a Texas capital defendant. Lucio had spent 15 years on death row following her conviction after investigators coerced her false confession in connection with her 2-year-old daughter’s accidental fall. The case was premised on unreliable scientific evidence and the contested confession.

average number of hours per US O’Melveny attorney in 2023 102

With Lucio’s execution date set for April 27, 2022, O’Melveny and several pro bono partners took swift action, filing a clemency petition and multiple court submissions seeking legal relief. Just two days before Lucio’s scheduled execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution based on her compelling showing of innocence and other claims. This decision allowed Lucio to present new evidence in the trial court and secure the opportunity for a new trial.

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Retrial Acquittal After Non-Unanimous Conviction

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

The freedom of a man convicted of murder by a non-unanimous jury permitted under Jim Crow-era laws

Sarah Chervinsky of The Chervinsky Law Firm, New Orleans

Non-unanimous juries were found unconstitutional and Ramos was acquitted after retrial

Photo: Evangelisto Ramos celebrates his release from prison.

A Louisiana man who served more than eight years in prison for a second-degree murder conviction was declared not guilty by a New Orleans jury in March 2023 after a retrial led by an O’Melveny pro bono team. The firm had appealed his case all the way to the US Supreme Court, earning him a new trial—and ultimately, his freedom. Evangelisto Ramos was sentenced to life without parole in 2016 after 10 of 12 New Orleans jurors convicted him in the fatal stabbing of a Louisiana woman. At the time, Louisiana and Oregon were the only states that allowed felony convictions by non- unanimous juries, a vestige of oppressive Jim Crow- era policies that served to undermine the voices of Black jurors. O’Melveny’s pro bono team argued before the US Supreme Court in 2019 that the Sixth Amendment requires unanimous convictions for both state and federal juries. The high court agreed, opening the door for new trials for hundreds of defendants convicted by non-unanimous juries.

The American Lawyer honored Mermelstein as its “Litigator of the Week” for her trial prowess, but her greatest satisfaction was ensuring that her client received a fair trial: “I will always remember the feeling of standing next to someone who was sentenced to die in prison and has been freed from those shackles.”

Ramos’s retrial was led by O’Melveny Partner Rebecca Mermelstein, previously a federal prosecutor. The three-day trial was her first as a defense attorney, and it carried the highest stakes imaginable. “You’re sitting next to someone whose whole life depends on you,” she said. “It weighed really heavily on me because most criminal trials end in convictions.” After four hours of deliberations, the jury delivered a life-changing verdict: Ramos was acquitted. To his attorneys, Ramos said, “I have Jesus and I have O’Melveny.”

total number of pro bono matters opened in 2023 315

Law Firm Antiracism Alliance O’Melveny is proud to be a co-founder of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, a group of about 300 law firms that combat systemic racism and promote change through pro bono work. O’Melveny attorneys hold leadership roles in the alliance and collaborate with legal aid and civil rights groups to promote racial equality.

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SPOTLIGHT ON:

Esteban Rodriguez

Pro bono work is personal to me. As the son of undocumented immigrants, I saw firsthand how the trajectory of our family changed when my parents obtained legal status in the 1980s. Helping clients secure their rights can have a tremendous, life-changing impact on them. My pro bono work is often around immigration matters, including asylum cases, humanitarian parole, and helping people obtain visas. What really makes pro bono work meaningful to me is the immense gratitude clients express and their visible joy when you tell them they have legal status and are not going to be deported.

All attorneys should take seriously their responsibility to use their legal degree to advance justice and help those in need of legal representation.

I also serve as board chair of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, a non- profit that provides legal aid in housing, public benefits, immigration, and domestic violence— areas of the law that disproportionately affect the poor.

Colombian Survivor of Violence, Mistreatment, and Abuse Receives Asylum An O’Melveny pro bono team and The Bronx Defenders helped secure asylum in 2022 for a Colombian woman who was regularly beaten as a child, sexually and physically assaulted by family members and partners, and coercively sterilized after she was diagnosed with HIV.

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O’Melveny Helps Texas Renter Prevail in Eviction Suit

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

A woman’s housing security

Houston Volunteer Lawyers

O’Melveny’s client avoided homelessness

As part of a firmwide effort to prevent and combat homelessness, O’Melveny twice represented a Texas woman in eviction suits filed by her landlord, who had refused to make necessary repairs to her apartment. When she withheld rent, her landlord sought to evict her and collect back rent. After the tenant lost an eviction proceeding, O’Melveny represented her in an appeal to the County Court at Law. O’Melveny’s motion for a directed verdict was granted after the landlord failed to show he had provided a mandatory “notice to vacate.”

The landlord then filed a second eviction proceeding, again seeking unpaid back rent. At trial, the judge barred most of the landlord’s unpaid rent claim because it had been previously litigated. O’Melveny negotiated a manageable payment plan for the balance, and the client was able to relocate, avoiding homelessness.

portion of pro bono hours in US firm offices (as a % of total hours worked) in 2023 6.7%

Combatting Homelessness Across the nation, and especially in California, homelessness has become a crisis. O’Melveny is working to address homelessness by combatting unjust evictions, ensuring those in need receive the benefits to which they are entitled, and engaging in unique litigation, research, and advocacy to prevent homelessness and address its numerous causes. O’Melveny has worked closely with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to solicit, train, and deploy more pro bono attorneys than ever to advise and represent families facing homelessness.

To learn more about the close relationship between housing justice and racial justice, please scan this QR code to view a video that urges volunteers to commit to what may be the most important social issue of our time.

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O’Melveny Convinces Supreme Court to Narrow “Violent Crime” Definition

The Outcome

At Stake

Collaborators

Whether a defendant must serve additional prison time for an attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act

National Association of Federal Defenders

Defendants can challenge some convictions and sentences

O’Melveny achieved a precedent-setting victory in the Supreme Court by narrowing the definition of “violent crime” to exclude attempted robbery, which will prevent criminal defendants from having their sentences wrongfully extended. The case stems from a 2003 murder, where O’Melveny client Justin Taylor attempted to rob the victim during a drug deal, and his accomplice

of all O’Melveny attorneys did pro bono work in 2023 87%

shot the victim. Taylor pled guilty to offenses including attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, which makes it a federal crime to commit, attempt, or conspire to commit a robbery with an interstate component. O’Melveny argued successfully before the Supreme Court that attempted robbery is not a “crime of violence.” The ruling allows Taylor and other defendants to challenge their convictions and sentences under the Hobbs Act.

O’Melveny Secures Pro Bono Win for Gun Safety Advocates at DC Circuit

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

Use of bump stocks, which convert single fire weapons into machine guns, allowing shooters to fire hundreds of bullets per minute

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Brady, and Everytown for Gun Safety

Government ban on bump stocks is upheld

The appellate court victory underscores O’Melveny’s commitment to gun violence prevention and advocacy for stronger gun safety regulations.

In a significant victory for gun safety, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld the government’s regulation banning “bump stocks,” concluding that these devices—which can convert semiautomatic rifles into automatic weapons—legally fall under the category of “machine guns” as defined by the National Firearms Act.

O’Melveny played a vital role in this win, submitting an amicus brief in support of the government’s position.

This decision closes a significant loophole in Congress’s ban on automatic firearms. A gunman exploited this loophole in 2017 when he used a bump stock device to rapidly fire more than a thousand rounds into a crowd of music festival attendees in Las Vegas, killing 60 people and injuring hundreds.

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O’Melveny Partners with Oceana to Protect Right Whales

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

The fate of one of the world’s most endangered species of whales–the North Atlantic right whale

Oceana

A federal court found current regulations insufficiently protected these majestic mammals

O’Melveny has been representing Oceana—the largest international advocacy organization focused solely on ocean conservation—in connection with its efforts to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, which weigh up to 140,000 pounds and can live up to 70 years. North Atlantic right whales once numbered in the thousands before being hunted to near extinction in the early Twentieth Century. The population rebounded after whaling was banned in 1935, but has been decimated again in recent years by vessel strikes and entanglements in fishing gear, including lines attached to lobster traps. Today, fewer than 350 right whales remain. O’Melveny assisted Oceana in drafting comments on a major rulemaking effort aimed at reducing threats from entanglements in New England lobster gear and other fixed fishing gear. After that rule was remanded by a federal court and determined by the regulatory agency to provide inadequate protection in light of current data, new rulemaking was initiated to better protect the right whales.

O’Melveny Serves as Pro Bono Counsel for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

The Outcome

At Stake

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra continues to benefit the community through its music, education initiatives, and community programs

Meeting the legal needs of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra so it can focus on its charitable mission

Photo: O’Melveny attorneys Cherry Ma (center) and Kiernan Humphrey (right) accept a plaque for their pro bono work from Benedikt Fohr, chief executive of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

O’Melveny’s Hong Kong office serves as preferred pro bono counsel for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Counsel Kieran Humphrey, who has advised the orchestra on various legal matters for many years, leads O’Melveny’s team in this effort. A charitable organization, the Hong Kong Philharmonic is regarded as one of Asia’s foremost classical orchestras. It also provides extensive education and community programs in Hong Kong.

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The orchestra values its relationship with O’Melveny and has praised the Hong Kong office’s lawyers. “We are very appreciative of O’Melveny and the support of Kieran Humphrey and his team,” said Benedikt Fohr, the orchestra’s chief executive, “They have provided us with excellent counsel over many years on a pro bono basis.”

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O’Melveny Defends Black Alabama Voters’ Rights in Supreme Court Amicus Brief

The Outcome

At Stake

Collaborators

The civil rights of Black voters in Alabama

The US Supreme Court ordered Alabama’s Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional districts

The American Bar Association

O’Melveny represented The American Bar Association in an amicus brief asking the US Supreme Court to protect the rights of Black voters in Alabama. The amicus brief urged the Court to affirm a federal district court’s ruling that Alabama’s 2021 congressional redistricting plan violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. The voting map redrawn by Republican lawmakers left just one majority Black congressional district in Alabama, which has a 27% Black population.

of US O’Melveny attorneys did pro bono work in 2023 91%

The Supreme Court ruled in June 2023 that the Alabama Legislature’s redistricting ran afoul of the Voting Rights Act by concentrating a large number of Black voters in a single congressional district and reducing their influence in other six districts. The Court ordered the Legislature to redraw the map.

O’Melveny Secures Asylum for Russian Man Persecuted for His Sexual Orientation

At Stake

Collaborators

The Outcome

The physical safety and mental wellbeing of a gay Russian man

Legal Services NYC

Lifesaving asylum status granted

Roma was raised in Russia in a Christian Armenian household where homosexuality was considered an unforgivable sin. After a university classmate outed Roma as gay, his brother beat him so savagely that he had to be airlifted to Armenia for emergency surgery. Roma knew his life would continue to be threatened if he remained in Russia, and he would be unable to pursue his music career, which got a boost after he was named a finalist on “The Voice.” O’Melveny spent three years representing Roma in his petition for asylum in the United States. He was granted asylee status by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in 2022. He is thriving as a musician who performs with a jazz trio and is grateful to O’Melveny for its unwavering support. Transgender Name Changes O’Melveny lawyers represent transgender individuals in legal name-change cases, guiding clients through this emotional and meaningful process. Transgender individuals whose identification does not match their gender identity can suffer discrimination and physical violence. Obtaining a legal name change helps ensure that transgender clients are treated with respect by employers, government agencies, and employers.

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SPOTLIGHT ON:

Tony Wang

During my three decades of corporate law experience, I have been fortunate to provide strategic counsel to various sports-related national governing bodies that have strong ties to the Orange County community. I have also supported entrepreneurs and small enterprises in Southern California’s underserved communities with their basic corporate and compliance needs. One of my most rewarding experiences has been working with my Newport Beach colleagues to resettle Afghan refugees in the US following the Taliban’s return to power in 2021.

Lawyers have an obligation to serve our communities, and it is a duty and a privilege to give back through pro bono work to those in need.

And as a board member of the Public Law Center, Orange County’s largest pro bono law firm, I help O’Melveny lawyers partner with this group on numerous pro bono assignments.

O’Melveny Helps Piñata Creators Level Up Their Business A team of O’Melveny attorneys provided the artisan crafters of La Piñata Design Studio with pro bono legal advice to better position the Los Angeles business for success. The volunteer attorneys reviewed the business’s contracts, helped founder Yesenia Prieto and co-owner Mia Baez incorporate La Piñata, and answered their legal questions. “Entrepreneurs need to know that they don’t have to do it alone,” Prieto said, “and that there are people who care.”

Photo: A La Piñata Design Studio artist adds creative touches to a piñata.

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Community Collaborators

ABA Death Penalty Representation Project ABA Immigration Justice Project Abortion Defense Network Advocates for Children The Alliance for Children’s Rights A-Mark Foundation

District of California District of Columbia Bar Association The Door Dress for Success DV Leap/Network for Victim Recovery of DC East Bay Community Law Center EDNY Pro Se Office Education Law Center Emerson Collective Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project Everytown

American Civil Liberties Union Animal Legal Defense Fund Anti-Defamation League Appleseed Foundation Asian American Justice Center

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California Asian Law Caucus The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) Austin Bar Foundation The Bar Association of San Francisco The Bazelon Center Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic Bet Tzedek Legal Services Boys and Girls Club of America Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence The Brennan Center for Justice The Bronx Defenders Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) The California Habeas Project California Rural Legal Assistance California Women’s Law Center Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR) Catholic Charities of Houston

Family Violence Appellate Project The Federal Defenders of New York First Star Ford’s Theatre Freedom from Hunger

Georgetown Center on National Security The Georgetown University Health Alliance (Cancer Law Project) Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Grameen Foundation Homeless Court Hope Events, Inc. Houston Bar Association Houston Volunteer Lawyers Human Rights First Human Rights Watch The Humane Society of the United States If/When/How Immigrant Justice Corps Immigration Equality Inner City Law Center The Innocence Project Institute for Justice International Refugee Assistance Project Irvine Barclay Theatre Jewish Family Service The Jewish Journal Justice & Diversity Center—The Bar Association of San Francisco Justice for Children Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) Kidspace Museum LA Center for Law & Justice LA Library Foundation Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Lamp Community

Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Catholic Charities of New York The Center for Constitutional Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Child Justice, Inc. Children’s Institute Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles

The Children’s Partnership The City Bar Justice Center

Community Legal Aid of Southern California Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Community Organization Representation Project Compassion & Choices Constitutional Rights Foundation Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project Criminal Justice Act Panel Eastern and Southern Districts of New York Northern and Central Districts of California Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program DC Pro Bono Clinic DC Volunteer Lawyers Project (DCVLP) Disability Rights Maryland

Latino Business Chamber of Commerce The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Law Firm Antiracism Alliance The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley The Lawyering Project

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Lawyers Alliance for New York Lawyers for a Sustainable Economy Lawyers For Good Government Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Pro Bono Asylum Program Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law LCCR Legal Services for Entrepreneurs Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center The Legal Aid Society (of New York) Legal Aid Society of San Diego Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center London Legal Advice Centres Los Angeles 2024 (Now called Los Angeles 2028) Los Angeles County Bar Association MacArthur Justice Center MAZON The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office MS Center for Justice/MS Volunteer Lawyers Project NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) National Abortion Federation National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Center for Access to Justice National Health Law Project The National Homelessness Law Center National Veterans Legal Services Program National Women’s Law Center Natural Resources Defense Council Neighborhood Legal Services – Los Angeles New York City Law Department New York Civil Liberties Union New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) Ninth Circuit Pro Bono Appellate Project NY Attorney General Task Force on Reproductive Rights Oceana Office of the Appellate Defenders Office of the Maryland Public Defender OneJustice National Immigrant Justice Center National Immigration Law Center

Public Counsel Public Interest Law Institute

Public Law Center Rainbow Services Rainforest Alliance Riverkeeper San Francisco Food Bank Sanctuary for Families SDNY Pro Se Office SEE-LA The Sentencing Project Sixth Circuit Pro Bono Appellate Project

Skirball Cultural Center SOL-LA Music Academy Southern Poverty Law Center Special Olympics

Start Small Think Big Tahirih Justice Center Teen Court

Texas Defender Service Texas Innocence Network

Third Circuit Pro Bono Appellate Project TMC Development Working Solutions

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Trial Advocacy Prosecution Program (TAPP) TrustLaw United Way Urban Justice Center US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit US District Court, Central District of California, Pro Bono Panel USA Volleyball USA Water Polo The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program VLSP Community Organization Representation Project Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Volunteers of Legal Services (VOLS) Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless The Weingart Center Western Center on Law and Poverty Whitman-Walker Health The Williams Institute

Women for Women International Women’s Cancer Resource Center The Wunderglo Foundation X-Prize XQ Institute YMCA

Orange County Bar Association Partners for Women & Justice Phoenix House PILnet Planned Parenthood Federation of America Post-Conviction Justice Project Pro Bono Partnership

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