ISBN:

0046-8185

Accession Number:

10332906

Abstract:

With law firms facing ever-increasing pressures to boost revenues, and private practitioners facing constant demands to generate new business, the willingness of private-firm lawyers to devote substantial blocks of time to pro bono work, community affairs, and bar activities is severely tested. At the Vermont firm of Langrock Sperry & Wool LLP (LS&W) however, commitment to working for the public interest and the advancement of civil rights is as much a bedrock principle today as it was when the firm was founded roughly forty years ago. The firm's twenty-three Lawyers, split between offices in Middlebury and Burlington, dedicate an impressive amount of time to defending civil rights, promoting community interests, and contributing to professionalism within the bar. LS&W attorneys have been particularly active in expanding the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. The firm's attorneys, especially Susan Murray and Beth Robinson, have successfully litigated cases addressing second-parent adoption, the rights of nonbiological parents to child custody, and the custody rights of transgender parents.

Notes:

Vol. 30 Issue 3, p24 2p; 3bw

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