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It Helps to Have a Partner: The key decision for Verizon was finding the right law firm to work with on pro bono

Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
October 11, 2017

John P. Frantz is senior vice president and general counsel of media and telematics at Verizon. In 2009, then-general counsel Randy Milch decided he wanted to create a pro bono program for the company, and he asked Frantz to create one. “With two months of work and preparation,” Frantz said, “we put the program together and launched it.” It must have been a busy time, but Frantz isn’t given to dwelling on such things. He continues to chair the program, and he has no intention of quitting. “I love doing this,” he said.

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