Law.com August 27, 2019 In recent years, in-house legal departments have stepped up their commitment to pro bono work. But here’s something you don’t often see: an in-house lawyer litigating and winning a pro bono case that could affect hundreds of thousands of people and result in billions of dollars in government benefits. Dominion Energy Senior Counsel […]

Corporate Counsel Business Journal July 1, 2019 McGuireWoods and Verizon partner on more than the telecom’s legal matters – they have collaborated on a legal clinic for underserved people in Northern Virginia for more than a decade, benefiting those clients, the participating lawyers and both organizations in equal measure. Read more…

Fortune Media June 18, 2019 The rule of law paves the way for prosperity, and American corporations have a major stake in keeping the country’s promise of equal justice under law. Without it, the communities where we work and live are less prosperous, and so are the customers we serve. Corporations have a responsibility to […]

Law360 April 28, 2019 General counsel from Walmart, Amazon, General Motors and more than 250 other American companies are urging Congress to increase federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation, the country’s largest single funder of civil legal aid, despite the Trump administration’s repeated calls to ax the program. Read more…  

MassLive November 20, 2018 Expanding its relationship with the Hampden Country Bar Association (HCBA) Legal Clinic, the MassMutual Foundation, Inc. – a dedicated corporate foundation established by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) – announced that it is providing the Hampden County Bar Association more than $300,000 to help underserved residents in the Springfield community […]

Law 360 November 25, 2018 With California looking to ease the way for in-house attorneys to donate legal services, access to justice advocates hope rule changes in the largest U.S. legal market will put momentum behind similar reforms in other states with heavy concentrations of corporate legal teams. The California State Bar Board of Trustees is now […]

Legal departments, even those at major companies, often avoid using their lawyering talents to serve any client but their corporate client. But not 3M Co. Ivan Fong, the company’s general counsel, finds that doing pro bono work is an important way for the 260 lawyers he supervises around the globe to gain solid experience doing interesting legal work while supporting their communities at the same time.

Bay Area Corporate Counsel honorees had the sold-out crowd chuckling — and reflecting — throughout the evening at the 2018 Bay Area Corporate Counsel awards dinner on March 1 at the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto.