Describe your firm’s philosophy on pro bono service.  We believe passionately in protecting the rule of law and pro bono work. We see the law as a profession, not as a purely commercial enterprise; community engagement and pro bono service are indispensable elements of our practice—every bit as important as our work for paying clients. We constantly look for ways to leverage our resources to achieve the greatest impact, and seek out collaborations that multiply what we can achieve on our own.

What are the two biggest cases your firm worked on in 2019? Tell us more about those cases and how you reached the outcome.  We are co-counsel in several significant challenges to Trump administration immigration policies and continue to lead a court-appointed steering committee in the [American Civil Liberties Union’s] class action on behalf of immigrant parents separated from their children. Our role in that case, Ms. L v. ICE, expanded last fall, while the first phase of reunifications concluded in early 2020. We secured a victory in September 2019, when the judge overseeing Ms. L ordered the government to allow 11 parents unlawfully deported during the family separation crisis to return to the U.S. to reunify with their children while they pursue their asylum claims.