The American Lawyer - July/August 2010

THE AMERICAN LAWYER JULY/AUGUST 2010

Putting Haiti Back Together

After the earthquake, more than 35 Am Law 200 firms donated $3 million, and some 70 firms took on pro bono relief projects.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pro Bono

68 Success Stories

BY CLAIRE ZILLMAN

How the five biggest movers in our pro bono rankings overhauled their programs.

80 Shaken into Action

BY ROSS TODD

The Haitian earthquake has mobilized lawyers from Am Law 200 firms.

84 Chart: The Top Firms in Pro Bono The nation’s 200 highest-grossing firms, ranked by their pro bono score.

ITALY MARKET REPORT

54 Secret Weapon

BY JULIE TRIEDMAN

How Italy’s sweeping Law 231 allowed prosecutors to bring criminal charges against banks for a derivatives deal that went bad.

A-LIST

73 Still Growing

BY IRENE PLAGIANOS

Despite the downturn, Am Law 200 firms still posted a small increase in total pro bono hours last year.

ONLINE COVERAGE

Pro Bono at The Am Law 200 For complete pro bono coverage, go to americanlawyer.com/probono. Web-only stories about firms’ pro bono work in foreclosure cases; freeing the Norfolk Four; and the other gay marriage case.

61 Turning Pro

BY AMY KOLZ

Rising pro bono scores help Paul, Hastings and Finnegan Henderson make their A-List debut.

ICON BY MARTIN REFSAL

76 The High Price of Life

BY DREW COMBS

Death penalty work is likely the most expensive sort of pro bono case there is— and the demand is increasing.

Charts: Biggest one-year and five-year pro bono movers.

ON THE COVER: Paul, Hastings’s Stephen Kinnaird won a Sixth Amendment pro bono case at the U.S. Supreme Court in March. Photograph by Michael J.N. Bowles.