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Education

Oct. 23, 2012

An itchy "trigger" finger when it comes to pro bono work

Kirkland & Ellis LLP and its top litigator, Mark C. Holscher, have gone all in with their pro bono work on behalf of the charter school movement and California's so-called "parent trigger" law.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Most attorneys might think twice about taking on thousands of hours of pro bono work involving tricky and polarizing legislation in addition to a full case docket. But that's exactly what Kirkland & Ellis LLP litigator Mark C. Holscher did when he dove head first into efforts aimed at reforming two failing California schools. Holscher said he and his team have spent 2,500 pro bono hours and coun...

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