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1 227 W Monroe Street Chicago, IL Phone: (312) locations Boston, MA Chicago, IL Houston, TX Los Angeles, CA Miami, FL New York, NY Orange County, CA Silicon Valley, CA Washington, DC Brussels Düsseldorf Frankfurt London Milan Munich Rome Seoul Shanghai (strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices) MAJOR DEPARTMENTS & PRACTICES THE STATS No. of Attorneys: 1,000 No. of Offices: 18 Chairman: Jeffrey E. Stone Chairman: Peter J. Sacripanti Hiring Partner(s): Linda Doyle EMPLOYMENT CONTACT Karen Mortell Director of Legal Recruiting Phone: (312) kmortell@mwe.com Careers website: Controversies: Discovery & Dispute Service Center Intellectual Property Litigation IP Prosecution Trial Transactions & Strategy White Collar & Securities Defense Regulatory & Government Affairs: Antitrust/Competition Government Strategies Regulatory Tax: Compensation International Tax Labor & Employment Private Client State & Local Tax U.S. & Employee Benefits Transactions: Corporate Advisory Energy & Commodities Advisory Financial Institutions Advisory Health Industry Advisory 397

2 Who s Who Does the firm have one or more pro bono coordinators and/or partners? If so, how many? 2 For each of your pro bono coordinators and/or partners, please specify how much of his/her time is spent on pro bono work and/ or administering the firm s pro bono program. Pro Bono Coordinator/Partner 1 All of his/her time Pro Bono Coordinator/Partner 2 All of his/her time Please provide the primary pro bono contact(s) s information below. Latonia Haney Keith Firmwide Pro Bono Counsel Phone: (312) lhkeith@mwe.com H. Guy Collier Chair, Pro Bono & Community Service Committee Phone: (312) gcollier@mwe.com Jocelyn D. Francoeur Pro Bono Litigation Partner Phone: (312) jfrancoeur@mwe.com Website: Does the firm have a pro bono committee? How often does the committee meet? The Firm-wide Pro Bono & Community Service Committee meets on a quarterly basis and the Pro Bono & Community Service Committees in each McDermott office meet on a monthly basis. Please describe the composition of the committee. The Firm-wide Pro Bono & Community Service Committee consists of a chair, who must be a partner, and each of the members of the Pro Bono & Community Service Committees in each McDermott office, which include lawyers, non-lawyers and administrative staff, as the Pro Bono Counsel and Chair of the Committee selects, subject to the approval of the Management Committee. THE SCOOP Does your firm have a written pro bono policy? Can associates bring pro bono matters of interest to the firm? How does the firm decide whether to take on a pro bono matter? McDermott s Pro Bono & Community Service Committee selects and designates certain referral agencies, who customarily screen individuals and organizations for free or reduced cost legal services, as approved referral sources for participation in the Firm s pro bono legal services program for each Firm office. Generally, barring any conflict of interest, all matters from approved referral sources are accepted by the Firm. The Firm also encourages lawyers and staff to recommend other pro bono referral agencies or individual matters to the Firm. In such cases, the Pro Bono & Community Service Committee evaluates all relevant information with respect to such matter or agency and determines whether it fits within the Firm s Pro Bono & Community Service Policy. Lawyers are encouraged to work on pro bono matters that align with their personal interests or expertise and that will provide them with professional development opportunities. Has the firm signed on to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge? What are some of the areas of law in which your firm has performed pro bono legal work since 2010? Arts and historic preservation, Asylum, Bankruptcy, Civil rights, Community economic development, Consumer law and small claims court, Death penalty defense, Disability benefits, Domestic and international law and policy, Domestic violence, Education, Elder law, Employment, Environment, Fair housing/ tenants rights, Family law, Financings, First Amendment and constitutional issues, Health advocacy, HIV/AIDS advocacy, Homeless advocacy, Immigration, Indigent criminal defense, International human rights, Juvenile justice reform/ children s rights, Mergers, Nonprofit corporate law, Nonprofit incorporation/tax exemptions, Nonprofit intellectual property, Parole hearings, Police misconduct, Prisoners rights, Probate law, Public benefits, Real estate transactions, Social Security law, Tax controversy, Tax preparation and counseling, Veterans benefits/appeals, Voting rights Are there areas of law in which, as a matter of policy or practice, your firm does not perform pro bono work? No Vault.com Inc.

3 List up to 10 of your firm s pro bono clients or partners since 2010, including legal service providers or clearinghouses. California Lawyers for the Arts (California) Children s Law Center (Washington, DC) Equip for Equality (Chicago) Human Rights First (New York & Washington, DC) inmotion (New York) Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law (National) Medical-Legal Partnership (Boston) National Immigrant Justice Center (National) Public Counsel (Los Angeles) Surfrider Foundation (National) List up to three representative examples of your firm s pro bono matters since Please limit your answer to a short paragraph per matter. McDermott Secures Asylum for Physician Who Implicated Perpetrators of Mass Rape McDermott secured asylum for J.M., a physician who provided medical treatment to women and girls in South Kivu who had been the victims of mass rapes perpetrated by Democratic Republic of the Congo soldiers. McDermott Secures Social Security Benefits for Disabled Woman McDermott secured Social Security benefits for a client with a congenital heart defect and other physical ailments. The client had been denied her initial claim for benefits and her claim for reconsideration, but on appeal, McDermott was able to secure full retroactive and prospective benefits under the adult-disability standard. McDermott Secures Relief from IRS Penalty for Adoptive Mother of Two Children McDermott secured a critical $14,506 adoption credit refund for an adoptive mother of two children with special needs who had been penalized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for mistakenly overstating her adoption tax credit refund. List up to three pro bono matters that are highlights (e.g., a Supreme Court case). Please limit your answer to a short paragraph per matter. McDermott Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court for Family of Civil Rights Pioneer McDermott served as pro bono counsel to the family of Heman Sweatt, one the nation s true civil rights pioneers, in preparing and filing its friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the matter of Fisher v. University of Texas. McDermott Secures Seventh Circuit Victory Overturning Criminal Convictions McDermott secured a victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a client who had been convicted of violating various federal narcotics and firearms laws. McDermott Negotiates Favorable Settlements for Sweatshop Workers McDermott negotiated favorable settlements on behalf of four garment sweatshop workers who were fired by their employer for filing a wage and hour case against a previous employer. BY THE NUMBERS What is the total number of hours that lawyers at your U.S. office(s) spent performing pro bono legal services, as defined by the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, in 2010 and 2011? Do not include summer associate or non-lawyer pro bono hours in your answers. Total number of pro bono hours in 2010: 40,204 Total number of pro bono hours in 2011: 51,365 What was the attorney headcount in your firm s U.S. offices? Number of attorneys as of December 31, 2010: 834 Number of attorneys as of December 31, 2011: 853 Using the number of attorneys listed above, what is the average number of pro bono hours per attorney in your firm s U.S. office(s) during the following years? Average number of hours per attorney in 2010: 48 Average number of hours per attorney in 2011: 60 What percentage of attorneys employed during 2010 and 2011 in your firm s U.S. office(s) did at least 20 hours of pro bono during that calendar year? Percentage of attorneys who did pro bono work in 2010: 41 50% Percentage of attorneys who did pro bono work in 2011: 41 50% SUPERVISION AND EVALUATIONS Is there partner supervision on all pro bono matters? Do partner supervisors or, if applicable, senior associates provide written evaluations of associates work on pro bono matters? Are those evaluations taken into account in determining salary or bonuses?, they are taken into account when determining salary, they are taken into account when determining bonuses Visit for company rankings, ratings and reviews to learn what it s really like to work in an industry or company and how to position yourself to land that job. 399

4 Are those evaluations taken into account in determining advancement within the firm? Is there a pro bono requirement at your firm? No Does the firm give billable hour credit for pro bono work? Does the firm have a maximum number of pro bono hours that can be applied toward the billable hour target? No Does the firm consider pro bono hours when determining bonuses? PRO BONO POINTS What training opportunities are open to associates working on pro bono matters? McDermott s pro bono program offers associates the opportunity to obtain trial and appellate experience, including conducting trials, presenting oral arguments and drafting all relevant case materials. It also offers associates the unique opportunity to engage in substantive transactional projects, including undertaking mergers and acquisitions, participating in complex contract negotiations and finance transactions, and providing corporate governance. To assist our lawyers in representing individuals, families, non-profit organizations and small businesses, McDermott in conjunction with its pro bono referral agencies offers a myriad of training programs to educate associates and partners on a variety of substantive legal and business issues. Does the firm offer the use of support staff in handling pro bono matters? Please indicate how many total hours and average hours per person your summer associates spent performing pro bono in 2010 and Total hours summer associates spent on pro bono work 2010: 1, : 1,945 Average hours per summer associate spent on pro bono work 2010: : 63 Percentage of summer associates in your firm s U.S. office(s) engaged in pro bono work 2010: 100% 2011: 100% Please provide any additional information about pro bono opportunities available to summer associates. During our summer program, we offer our summer associates a comprehensive pro bono and community service program. Please find below examples of the types of pro bono matters and community service activities available to our summer associates: interview witnesses and prepare important evidentiary submissions and briefs in Section 1983, criminal, death penalty and wrongful conviction cases; interview witnesses and prepare affidavits and briefs in asylum cases on behalf of refugees from Belarus, Cameroon, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Russia and Somalia; interview prisoners serving a mandatory life without parole sentence in Massachusetts for crimes committed when they were between the ages of 14 and 16; engage in law and policy matters, including developing an electoral roadmap identifying legal obstacles to free and fair elections in a county contemplating transition to democracy and evaluating the inheritance and succession laws in Kenya as a means of redressing the impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-saharan Africa; participate in the Anti-Defamation League s Summer Research Program by analyzing current civil rights issues, such as hate crimes, discrimination, religious freedom, the First Amendment, asylum and immigration, the separation of church and state and international law; advise Lambda Legal on whether, under the Freedom of Information Act, the Department of State is compelled to disclose the Foreign Service medical clearance guidelines that have recently been revised to allow HIV positive applicants; make valuable contributions to the Lawyers Without Borders World Bank Doing Business project, to the Grameen Foundation microfinance initiative, to the Clinton Foundation HIV-AIDS Initiative s multi-country employment and labor law survey and to the National Council of the Union of Burma s democracy project; assist not-for profit corporations on transactional, governance, real estate, personnel and other issues; participate in negotiations and litigation involving elder abuse issues and claims by elderly individuals for disability, pension and social security benefits; provide invaluable assistance on adoption and guardianship cases, including appearing in a Los Angeles court on behalf of nine different families in connection with Public Counsel s Adoption Day; assist and participate in negotiations in special education, school discipline and custody matters; Vault.com Inc.

5 participate in numerous legal clinics at organizations such as the Broadway Youth Center, the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Expungement Help Desk, the Center on Halsted, the DC Bar Pro Bono Law Firm Clinic, the Holocaust Reparations Clinic, the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County s Advance Health Care Directives Clinic, the Legal Assistance Foundation s Family Law Clinic, the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children and Public Counsel s General Relief Advocacy Project; and participate in community service initiatives, including volunteering as tutors through our Partners in Reading program and the Griffith Tutoring program; volunteering to create murals, paint, landscape and revitalize a Los Angeles neighborhood through the L.A. Works Day; and collecting new school supplies for children attending the Riverside Elementary School in Miami and the Brown Elementary School in Chicago. Does the firm have established programs, such as externships, that enable its associates to work in a public interest setting? Please describe the established program(s) and their duration, if applicable. McDermott has launched a project with the TAP Public Defender Program through which our lawyers participate in a two-part course designed to place attorneys in prosecutorial agencies as volunteer pro bono prosecutors. The first part of the program is a 5-week training course. Successful completion of Traditional TAP allows participants to be referred as pro bono prosecutors for a 3-week period. What other law-related public interest and community service programs (that are not pro bono as defined by the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge) do you offer and manage? For example, list any law school collaborations and public interest scholarships, auctions at law schools, monetary support, or fellowships. Each year, McDermott s Charitable Foundation sponsors Equal Justice Works Fellows, young lawyers who work for two years on law reform projects with public interest law firms or agencies, with the goal of establishing new initiatives to support the legal needs of the poor. McDermott recognizes and appreciates the need to give back to the communities of which it is a part not only through its pro bono and community service programs, but also through financial and in-kind contributions. Through the Firm s Charitable Foundation, McDermott provides critical financial support to its public interest agency and law firm partners, as well as to a variety of charities within the United States and internationally. McDermott lawyers and staff also participate in a variety of fundraisers on behalf of nonprofits and charities. Our Washington, DC office participates in the annual Generous Associates Campaign of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia to provide free civil legal services to low-income communities. Our Chicago office also gives generously to the Chicago Bar Foundation s annual Investing in Justice Campaign, which allows public interest agencies to continue to serve the neediest and most vulnerable members of the city s community. Our Boston office also shines during the Legal Food Frenzy sponsored by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley to benefit the Greater Boston Food Bank. What non-law related volunteer opportunities does your firm offer? For example, list any work with high school students and non-legal volunteerism for organizations like Habitat for Humanity. McDermott Will & Emery is proud of the meaningful contributions that its lawyers and staff have made through non-legal and community service initiatives and financial contributions. Kids First Initiative As part of its Kids First Initiative, McDermott s lawyers and staff dedicate countless hours to mentoring and tutoring innercity students, teaching students about their constitutional rights, encouraging students to pursue higher education and careers in the legal profession, and acting as mock trial and debate coaches for schools in some of the poorest communities in the United States. In 2001, McDermott established its Partners in Reading program, a Firm-wide volunteer tutoring program focused on helping elementary school children in inner-city schools develop reading and grammar skills. Each week, more than 100 McDermott lawyers and non-lawyers take the time to teach young disadvantaged children invaluable academic skills. Through the Center for Companies that Care s Aim High program, McDermott lawyers and staff mentor high school students with a focus on encouraging the students to graduate from high school, attend college and gain valuable skills to succeed in the workplace. Through the Griffith Tutoring Group, McDermott provides ACT tutoring to at-risk high school students in Chicago as a means to increase their standardized test scores. McDermott is also a sponsor of the Cristo Rey Corporate Work Study Program, in which the Firm employs high school interns to expose them to the various administrative and management aspects of the legal industry. McDermott lawyers in Silicon Valley and Boston participate in the Citizen Schools Mock Trial Program, while the lawyers in New York participate in both the mock trial and moot courts program with the New York public schools. In our Chicago office, McDermott lawyers and staff also act as debate coaches in Chicago urban high schools in collaboration with the Chicago Urban Debate League and the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL). Community Service and Charitable Giving Through its community service and charitable giving programs, McDermott seeks to revitalize its communities by cleaning up parks and other public spaces; painting and updating schools and community centers; landscaping low-income Visit for company rankings, ratings and reviews to learn what it s really like to work in an industry or company and how to position yourself to land that job. 401

6 neighborhoods; and donating clothing, equipment, supplies and financial contributions to schools and community-based organizations. Walks, Runs & Bowls for Charity McDermott s lawyers and staff are always willing to put their best foot forward to walk or run to raise funds for various public interest agencies and law firms, nonprofit organizations and other charities. Our lawyers and staff in Los Angeles serve on the McDermott Football Club and participate each year in the annual America SCORES LA (ALSA) Corporate Cup, which raises funds to empower students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression and service-learning. Our lawyers and staff in London participate each year in the London Legal Sponsored Walk and the Crisis Square Mile Run to provide financial assistance to social welfare legal centers and the homeless. Our Chicago lawyers and staff participate in Race Judicata benefiting the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, and our Boston lawyers participate in the Walk to the Hill. Please list any special recognition or awards your firm has won since 2010 for its pro bono work. The American Jewish Committee s Human Rights Medallion The Association of Fundraising Professionals, Greater Los Angeles Chapter s Legacy of Philanthropy Award B nai B rith Youth Organization Community Service Award The Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation s Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award The DC Bar Pro Bono Program recognized McDermott for its dedication to the program s Advocacy & Justice Clinic Equality Illinois named McDermott as one of the Top Three Most LGBT-Friendly Firms Family Defense Center recognizes McDermott for its dedication to matters preserving the family unit Human Rights First s 2009 Marvin E. Frankel Award Illinois Legal Aid Online s (ILAO) Pro Bono Volunteers of the Month inmotion s 2010 Commitment to Justice Award Lawyers for Children America s Outstanding Volunteer Award The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services 2010 Adams Pro Bono Public Award The National Association of Pro Bono Professionals (NAPBPro) William Reece Smith Jr. Special Services to Pro Bono Award The Orangewood Children s Foundation recognized McDermott for its commitment to supporting abused, neglected and abandoned children The Pro Bono Panel of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recognized McDermott for its dedication to prisoners civil rights cases The Public Interest Law Initiative named McDermott to its Pro Bono Recognition Roster Honored for National Leadership by the Sikh Coalition Surfrider Foundation s Special Recognition Award United Way s 2009 Great Beginnings Award The Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Wiley A. Branton Award 20/20 Features Landmark Human Rights Violations Case Samantar v. Yousef Please add any additional information about your firm s pro bono program. McDermott recognizes and appreciates the need to give back to the communities of which it is a part and to assist those who are unable to afford legal services. We offer a comprehensive pro bono and community service program managed and led by our firmwide pro bono counsel, our pro bono litigation partner and our chair of the Pro Bono & Community Service Committee. Our Pro Bono & Community Service Committee seeks to ensure that the same Firm standards of quality, service and care that are given to our paying clients are also afforded to those we serve on a pro bono basis. We strongly encourage our lawyers and staff to participate in pro bono initiatives, volunteer services and charitable activities, and we recognize lawyer time dedicated to pro bono and community service as equivalent to billable hours for all purposes. McDermott s pro bono program seeks to bridge the gap for lowincome individuals by providing critical legal services in the areas of family law, housing, benefits, special education, school discipline, adoption and guardianship, elder abuse, and asylum and immigration. McDermott also seeks to alleviate poverty, protect human rights and effect legal and social change around the world. Through its program, it also provides much-needed legal assistance to nonprofits and small businesses whose focus is to develop and revitalize low-income communities, and to environmental organizations to help ensure a clean, safe and healthy environment for all. The people of McDermott Will & Emery understand their unique obligation and professional responsibility as lawyers to enhance the lives of those in need and are committed to ensuring that low-income and disadvantaged individuals have access to justice Vault.com Inc.

We encourage and value pro bono work, supporting the desire and responsibility of our lawyers to give back to the community.

We encourage and value pro bono work, supporting the desire and responsibility of our lawyers to give back to the community. We are proud of our award-winning pro bono practice, and as a charter member of the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, our firm provides 3 percent or more of our billable hours to a diverse range of pro bono