Client lunches are on hold for the foreseeable future. There’s no delivery order coming in to feed a team of associates working late to meet a deadline. And that big celebratory night out to mark the ascension to partnership? Not happening.

Instead, Arnold & Porter has found another way to support the ailing restaurant industry, in the form of a 70-plus attorney pro bono effort. The firm has teamed up with the James Beard Foundation, the New York City-based nonprofit that celebrates chefs and food culture, to help restaurant workers and owners respond to the cataclysmic effects of COVID-19 on their livelihoods.