Pro Bono Work
Representative Cases
Metropolitan Sanitary District v. Ingram Corp., 85 Ill. 2d 458 (1981). The firm opposed excessive attorneys' fees agreed to by public agency in settlement agreement.
Illinois Bell Tel. Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission, 55 Ill. 2d 461 (1973). The firm challenged a rate order compensating a utility for charitable donations, advertising and lobbying expenses, and executive club dues. The subsequent appeal (117 Ill. 2d 90 (1987)) established the availability of refunds.
Cousins v. City Council of Chicago, 503 F.2d 912 (7th Cir. 1974). The irm challenged a 1970 reapportionment of aldermanic wards.
Mitzi H v. Board of Education of Homewood Flossmoor High School, 02 L 11688 (Cir. Ct. of Cook County, Law Div.). The irm, in partnership with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, represented a mother and her teenage son in a civil rights suit arising from the child's exclusion from school when he and his family became homeless.
A long-standing public service commitment
The firm's long-standing public service commitment is reflected in both the cases it takes on a pro bono publico basis, and the activities of firm members. Members of the Firm have served as Chair of the City of Chicago Ethics Board and on the Boards of the City Colleges of Chicago and the Chicago Council of Lawyers. Members of the firm, both professionally and personally, are active in a wide range of public interest organizations, serving as Board members, counsel, consultants, or in other capacities.