Government
Jun. 19, 2007
Public Counsel Honors Holland & Knight's Pro Bono Work
Robert L. Ivey, a Holland & Knight lawyer, handled the asylum case of a surgeon in Iraq who served American forces as a translator and medical adviser at the beginning of the war. The case is one of the reasons the firm will be honored Tuesday by Public Counsel at its annual William O. Douglas Award Dinner.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Caesar Alshibli was a surgeon in a hospital 100 miles south of Baghdad when the Iraq War began. While others fled, Alshibli stayed and welcomed the U.S. forces, having lost friends under Saddam Hussein's rule.
He agreed to assist the Americans as a translator and medical adviser. But soon, Alshibli and his family began rece...
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