Cadwalader plans to do this to satisfy pro bono deal with Trump
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft plans to ask Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez in New York if he needs free legal help defending convictions on appeal or handling other matters. (Photo from Shutterstock)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft plans to ask Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez in New York if he needs free legal help defending convictions on appeal or handling other matters.
The law firm thinks that the work would provide valuable experience to junior lawyers while satisfying its pledge to provide $100 million in pro bono work to causes supported by the firm and President Donald Trump, Bloomberg Law reports.
Nicholas Gravante, co-chair of Cadwalader’s global litigation group, told Bloomberg Law about the plan in an interview.
“If we can deploy some talented attorneys to assist Eric in that office, that is something I am confident would be viewed as meeting the obligations,” he said.
Cadwalader is one of nine firms that agreed to pro bono deals to avoid punitive executive orders that generally call for the suspension of lawyers’ security clearances and imperil their clients’ government contracts. But Cadwalader “faces a steeper climb” to reach $100 million in pro bono hours because it is smaller than the eight other dealmaking firms, the article says.
Gravante said the firm will fulfill its pledge, even if it takes 20 years to do so.
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