Morgan Lewis Adds Trial Attorney to Grow Pro Bono Group

Morgan Lewis has added a sixth full-time attorney to its pro bono group who will focus exclusively on litigation.

Susan Baker Manning‘s addition to the group brings much-needed trial help for pro bono clients but also reveals a trend in the industry for firms to hire specialists and to continue growing their pro bono groups.

In the past two to three years, law firms’ pro bono programs have become more robust, Anthony Perez Cassino, pro bono counsel for Milbank, told Bloomberg Law.

Firms have been adding to their groups so that some have grown from two to three members ...