Law Practice
Dec. 21, 2018
Firms balance pro bono work against their clients’ views
For Republican-leaning firms like Jones Day, which represented Trump during the presidential campaign, the advent of the new administration appeared to pose a business conflict.
David Daniels, Public Counsel's pro bono director, says certain law firms are now more sensitive about getting involved in certain issues for political reasons associated with their client base or public profiles.
By John Roemer
Special to the Daily Journal
An armada of amici packed an oral argument hearing at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena in February to argue that it is unconstitutional to forbid U.S. citizens from encouraging foreigners to remain in the country illegally.
Evelyn Sineneng-Smith, a San Jose immigration consultant, had been busted on two counts of encouraging and inducing a...
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