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Law Practice

Jul. 28, 2025

Appellate pro bono team gives 2nd chance to attorney who lost all

After losing everything, attorney Tina Mehr fought back with help from appellate lawyers Scott Tillett and Norman Pine, winning a reversal that may revive her career.

Appellate pro bono team gives 2nd chance to attorney who lost all
Scott Tillett

One night in 2023, labor and employment attorney Tina Mehr was at the lowest point in her life. She eyed her hotel window and thought about jumping.

She'd lost a fee arbitration and owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to a former client. She was still recovering from a beating by her former boyfriend that left her homeless. The injuries and a bad bout of COVID-19 had caused her to miss a court hearing, so the arbitration award had been confirmed in her absence.

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