07.21.23
Deborah Kelly, David Schur, Danli Lan, Russell Potter and Douglas Smith were named to the 2022 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll by the District of Columbia Courts, D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center.
07.11.23
Manatt was proud to partner with Legal Services NYC to provide pro bono representation to New Yorkers applying for rental assistance grants during a clinic on July 11.
07.10.23
A Manatt team successfully secured asylum for an LGBTQIA+ Jamaican man after an eight-year process before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The asylum seeker—referred to as OW—fled his home country after a lifetime of physical and sexual abuse that ...
06.21.23
Manatt was named to the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) 2023 Pro Bono Recognition Roster, which honored 44 law firms and corporations who make significant pro bono contributions to the Illinois community.
UPDATE 8/16/2023: Manatt is pleased with the decision from the California Court of Appeal overturning the denial of Jennifer’s domestic violence restraining order and remanding for a new hearing on the DVRO and her request for spousal support. Today the Court granted Manatt’s request to ...
06.02.23
Manatt filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (“NIWAP”) in an appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals decision finding that a Honduran woman who fled an abusive and violent relationship in her home country was ineligible for ...
05.31.23
Sarah Moses was quoted in an article by the Los Angeles Times stemming from her time working as special counsel for the Civilian Oversight Commission investigating “deputy gangs” operating within the county sheriff’s department.
05.20.23
On behalf of its pro bono client the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County (“League”), a team of Manatt lawyers, including Ronald Turovsky and Joanna McCallum, successfully challenged and overturned the adoption of a supervisorial district map adopted in December ...
04.27.23
Manatt recently collaborated with pro bono partner ICAAD—a human rights advocacy center working at the intersection of law, technology and the arts—to host an installation of the visual poetry and art series Dicta in its Century City office.
04.26.23
Manatt has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Rahimi on behalf of the New York County Lawyers Association, one of the largest and most influential county bar associations in the country. The brief was filed in support of the United States of America’s ...