One year after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, dumping rain that resulted in massive flooding in Houston, voters in Harris County overwhelmingly approved $2.5 billion in bonds for flood-prevention projects—an effort supported by pro bono work from public finance lawyers at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

The Orrick pro bono team, led by senior counsel Bob Collie, advised the Harris County Attorney’s Office on the Aug. 25 special election for the bonds, and also worked with the Fight Flooding Political Action Committee, which Collie said raised about $1.35 million to promote the bond votes.