When BNY Mellon’s top in-house lawyer Jane Sherburne joined Bank of New York Mellon Corporation four years ago, she immediately recognized the need for a formal pro bono program for her department.
Sherburne enlisted the help of legal services groups like New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, where she serves on the board of directors, to ask where BNY Mellon lawyers could help. By 2012, Sherburne had formed a pro bono committee of in-house lawyers in the New York office, chaired by senior managing counsel Deborah Kaye, to vet potential projects.
