Pro Bono Highlights

Advocating for others, especially those who lack a voice, is essential to who we are as a firm and what we do. Our attorneys regularly dedicate time to pro bono efforts, sometimes spending years on cases. We are proud of our relentless pursuit of justice and willingness to speak up when others may not.

Advocating for Prisoners' Rights

In recent years, the firm has submitted a number of amicus briefs on behalf of parties in cases involving the use of evidence obtained through the use of torture.
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Represented 2,400 Juveniles

The children were victims of one of the worst judicial scandals in American history.
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Champions for Children

Supporting a mission of “securing safety, justice, well-being and a permanent, nurturing environment for every child.”
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Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act Overturned

"We are a better people than what these laws represent."
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"We were fighting for the most fundamental issues of human integrity, respect and law."

Mark Aronchick (Law360.com)

Permanent Resident

Justice for a mother of a U.S. solider
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JUSTICE FOR THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED

Mr. Hale was released from Graterford prison in Philadelphia, having served 33 years for a crime he did not commit.
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Team Prevails For Family Seeking Political Asylum

A team helped a Venezuelan woman and her family obtain refuge.
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Fighting for Prisoners' Civil Rights

We have taken cases through the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Prisoner Civil Rights Panel.
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Mark Aronchick

Mark Aronchick

Mark Aronchick

Mark led the firm’s team in Whitewood v. Wolf, paving the way for same-sex marriage in the state. He also served as the first Chairperson of Lower Merion Human Relations Commission.

Eric Bloom

Eric Bloom

Eric Bloom

Eric is a Volunteer Attorney with the Middle District Pro Bono Attorney Program, which provides attorneys to represent indigent parties in civil litigation.

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

Tom regularly represents indigent clients in veterans’ benefits and housing-related litigation. He is also a member of the Young Professionals Advisory Council of Children First.

Michael Carlson

Michael Carlson

Michael Carlson

Michael is an active pro bono attorney. He helped win political asylum for a Liberian family as well as for a Venezuelan woman and her family who sought asylum.

Helen Casale

Helen Casale

Helen Casale

Helen serves as Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness, which works to eliminate bias within all branches of the government and the legal profession.

Bo Ebby

Bo Ebby

Bo Ebby

Bo is an active pro bono attorney, serving as a volunteer for the Philadelphia Foreclosure Prevention Program, the Support Center for Child Advocates, and Philadelphia VIP.

Andrew M. Erdlen

Andrew M. Erdlen

Andrew M. Erdlen

Andrew’s pro bono work includes challenging the conviction of a death row inmate on habeas corpus grounds and helping represent a homeowner in a mortgage foreclosure action. He is a member of the pro bono team filing amicus briefs on behalf of certain experts in cases involving the use of evidence obtained through torture.

Michele Fenkel

Michele Fenkel

Michele Fenkel

Michele is a member of the Advisory Council of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and was also a member of LEADERSHIP Philadelphia’s 2015 Core Class.

Rick Goldstein

Rick Goldstein

Rick Goldstein

Rick is a member of the Board of the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Southern New Jersey, and he received its Community Service Award. He is also a trustee of the Saltzman Foundation.

Mathew Gomez

Mathew Gomez

Mathew Gomez

Mathew is participating in the Philadelphia Bar Organization’s Board Observer Program and is observing CORA Good Services, LLC,  a nonprofit, community-based agency offering counseling, school support, early childhood help, and other essential  services to children and their families.

Dori Green

Dori Green

Dori Green

Using her extensive family law knowledge, Dori provides regular legal aid to residents of a Philadelphia women’s shelter.

Matt Hamermesh

Matt Hamermesh

Matt Hamermesh

Matt handles various pro bono cases, representing indigent clients in a range of matters, including death penalty defense, prisoners’ civil rights, bankruptcy, and uninsured personal injury defense. He is currently president of the the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, a nonprofit that helps families get a financial fresh start.

Bill Hangley

Bill Hangley

Bill Hangley

Bill is a member of the IOLTA Board, which funds groups that provide free legal services to the poor. He also serves on the Leadership Council of Community Legal Services.

Adena Herskovitz

Adena Herskovitz

Adena Herskovitz

Adena serves on the Board of Regional Housing Legal Services, which works to create housing and economic opportunity and to effect systematic change for lower-income households statewide.

Bonnie Hoffman

Bonnie Hoffman

Bonnie Hoffman

Bonnie has handled immigration matters for pro bono clients and is a Board member of Girls on the Run.

Matt Klebanoff

Matt Klebanoff

Matt Klebanoff

Matt is a volunteer attorney with the Support Center for Child Advocates, where he represents several children in abuse and custody matters.

Jason Levine

Jason Levine

Jason Levine

Jason works with Philadelphia VIP, representing indigent defendants in both criminal and civil rights matters. He obtained the vacation of a client’s 20-year old conviction and sentence, which was affirmed by the Third Circuit. The client was subsequently released from prison for the first time in more than two decades.

Michael Masciandaro

Michael Masciandaro

Michael Masciandaro

Michael served as a board observer for the Education Law Center and is a member of the team filing amicus briefs in cases involving evidence obtained through torture.

Caitlin McHugh

Caitlin McHugh

Caitlin McHugh

Caitlin has represented pro bono clients through Philadelphia VIP and has volunteered at the Philadelphia Family Court Help Center. She is also active in the Public Interest Law Center.

Sharon McKee

Sharon McKee

Sharon McKee

Sharon successfully brought a Title IX case to require West Chester University to reinstate its women’s gymnastics team. She is also a former board member of the Public Interest Law Center.

Steve Miano

Steve Miano

Steve Miano

Steve is a volunteer with and former Board member of the Support Center for Child Advocates. He was awarded that organization’s Distinguished Child Advocate Award.

Isabel Naveira López

Isabel Naveira López

Isabel Naveira López

Isabel is the vice president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania (HBAPA) and is a member of the Board of the HBAPA Legal Education Fund. Isabel also handles immigration and prisoners’ civil rights matters for pro bono clients; she recently helped a Venezuelan woman and her family obtain asylum.

David Pudlin

David Pudlin

David Pudlin

David is a director and former Board Chair of the Anti-Defamation League, former Chair of the Board of Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, and a Board Member of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.

David Scolnic

David Scolnic

David Scolnic

David represented East Park Leadership and Conservation Center, a joint venture between National Audubon Society and Philadelphia Outward Bound in their creation of a new Discovery Center in Philadelphia.

Dan Segal

Dan Segal

Dan Segal

Dan was co-counsel with the Juvenile Law Center in the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” scandal. He is a past president of the JLC and is Vice President of Hillel of Greater Philadelphia.

Jerry Shoemaker

Jerry Shoemaker

Jerry Shoemaker

Jerry offers free legal clinics at the Women’s Center of Montgomery County and volunteers with the Montgomery Child Advocacy Program.

John Summers

John Summers

John Summers

John serves on the Board of The Reinvestment Fund, a nationally recognized development finance corporation and on the Boards of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, Children First, the Education Law Center, and Pilot Legis.  He leads the pro bono team filing amicus briefs on behalf of experts in matters involving the government’s use of evidence obtained through torture.

Kyle Victor

Kyle Victor

Kyle Victor

Through the Philadelphia Bar Association’s board observer program, Kyle is serving as a board observer for the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania.

Rob Wiygul

Rob Wiygul

Rob Wiygul

Rob handles prisoners’ civil rights cases, including representing a prisoner who alleged he was denied medical treatment and was retaliated against after he raised the issue.

Cheryl Young

Cheryl Young

Cheryl Young

Cheryl is Treasurer of the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project and a Board Member for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania. She is a Past President of the Victim Services Center of Montgomery County.