Comments on: Pro bono as profit center III: Skadden and Chinatown restaurant case

By: probonooutrage

probonooutrage — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:14:09 +0000

What a shocking story. Skadden wins a pro bono case on behalf of some down trodden indigent workers, spends 1000s of hours in the process, wins a large verdict for the plaintiffs’ wrongdoing, and then turns around and donates it all to charity to help others. Shocking. How can they live with themselves!!

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:51:40 +0000

The answer to Brett’s question, of course, is not “the public,” but an ethnically-specific portion of the public, and Skadden Arps.

Walter, now might be a great opportunity for a link to your colleague Heather MacDonald’s brilliant evisceration of the whole world of “pro bono” law published in City Journal several years ago.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:16:11 +0000

Cui bono?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:54:47 +0000

From the original article on Law.com:

Skadden partner Mark Cheffo said the firm’s share of the award will be used for “legal and social organizations to support efforts on behalf of Chinese Americans and low-wage workers.”