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01.26.24

Manatt Obtains Asylum for LGBTQIA+ Burkinabe Client

A Manatt team successfully secured asylum for an LGBTQIA+ man from Burkina Faso after an eight-year process before the USCIS.


01.17.24

Manatt Secures Asylum for Afghanistan Air Force Veteran

A Manatt pro bono team successfully secured asylum for a client who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in 2021. 


12.05.23

Manatt Files Amicus Brief in First Amendment Content Moderation Case Before Supreme Court

Manatt Partner Nathaniel Bach and Associates Marina Shvarts and Thomas Worger filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether laws intended to restrict content moderation efforts of social media platforms comply with the First Amendment.   The brief ...


10.25.23

29 Recognized as Pro Bono Champions on Manatt’s 2023 Pro Bono High Honor Roll

Manatt is proud to highlight 29 professionals across the Firm on its third annual Pro Bono High Honor Roll. The 2023 honorees have displayed an extraordinary dedication to the Firm’s pro bono efforts and are helping Manatt build the Pro Bono Practice of the Future.This year’s pro bono ...


10.23.23

Manatt Celebrates Pro Bono Week 2023

Manatt is proud to celebrate National Pro Bono Week 2023 and continue its deep commitment to ensuring that everyone retains the liberties and protections to which they are legally entitled.In just this past year, the entire Manatt community—including attorneys, consultants and business ...


10.19.23

Manatt Successfully Represents Marine Veteran in Request to Change Service Discharge

Manatt successfully represented a Marine veteran, T.M., in his request to upgrade his service discharge from Under Other Than Honorable Conditions in a hearing before the Naval Discharge Review Board (NDRB or Board). While stationed overseas, in Japan, T.M. was confronted by an inebriated ...


10.02.23

Olberg Named to VOLS 2023 Pro Bono Dean’s List

Manatt Corporate and Finance Partner Peter Olberg was named to the 2023 Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Pro Bono Dean’s List, which honors individuals who have made a tremendous impact in helping low-income and under-resourced New Yorkers access legal support. Olberg was recognized ...


09.20.23

Manatt Files Amicus Brief in New York Rent Control Takings Dispute Before SCOTUS

Manatt Appellate Senior Counsel Michael Berger filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute in a case before the United States Supreme Court about if rent control is considered a physical taking.  The brief, filed in support of the Community ...


09.12.23

Manatt Obtains Asylum for Mexican Single Mother Client

A Manatt team successfully secured asylum for a single mother from Mexico, prevailing in a hearing before the Santa Ana Immigration Court.  The asylum seeker—referred to as P.G.A.—fled her home country after a lifetime of persecution at the hands of a powerful and dangerous ...


09.07.23

Manatt Advises Love, Vera in Fund Raise and Operational Strategy

Manatt’s Digital and Technology Consulting team recently advised pro bono client Love, Vera in the company’s efforts to gain access to resources and networks to raise investment capital, to which minority, and women, founders typically have disproportionately low access.