As the COVID-19 pandemic started sweeping across the United States in March, top pro bono counsel in Big Law across the country began mobilizing to meet significant demand for free legal help.

Attorneys with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are offering legal guidance for scientists trying to develop new prototypes for badly needed ventilators. Counsel for Dechert argued for the release of detained immigrants and against state abortion bans implemented during the pandemic. Paul Hastings lawyers are finding ways to prevent counterfeit protective gear from entering the U.S. from China.