How to Use pro bono in a Sentence
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The Does’ team of lawyers has grown to more than 15, all working pro bono.
—Rozina Ali, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
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Grady’s firm, Baker and Hostetler, took on the case pro bono (as well as the lawsuit from the K2 client).
—Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2021
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Sommerman told The News that his firm has worked the case pro bono.
—Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2022
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Her role model's true love, Janeway said, was pro bono work.
—Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2021
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The school charges a small fee for services, while Rocky Mountain’s program is pro bono.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
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There are thousands of lawyers in the United States who work pro bono to represent kids in court.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
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TriMet staff wrote in the letter that the agency could not use state transportation funds to pay for pro bono work.
—Jayati Ramakrishnan, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
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Jackson referred him to a high-profile law firm, which took his case pro bono.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2022
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Her goal is to work in a law firm focusing on family and pro bono work.
—oregonlive, 21 June 2021
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Butler said Fanning's Tree Service of Berryville sent a crew out with a 65-foot bucket truck and did the work pro bono.
—Mary Jordan, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2021
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The group is currently looking for pro bono attorneys who will help the Afghans at no cost to them.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2022
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An attorney could request to do pro bono work to help displaced Afghan refugees.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
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Because there’s abuse, there are family and divorce lawyers who will help her pro bono (for free).
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2022
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Meyers ended up working, pro bono, on the bear-hunting case.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
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The couple returned to Utah to retire in the early 2000s, though Adams continued to take pro bono cases.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
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Unsurprisingly, the witch has dragged him along to carry her bags in return for a past pro bono job.
—Ty Galiz-Rowe, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
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Jones, 31, who has a background in civil rights work and the backing of a pro bono legal team, has refused to take a settlement.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
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Lara enlisted the help of a private attorney, Robert J. Nelson, who agreed to work with her pro bono.
—New York Times, 30 June 2021
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Human Rights First is seeking pro bono lawyers to assist Afghan evacuees.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
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Critics were primed for bad news, said Tamara Caldas, who oversees the pro bono program at the law firm Kilpatrick Townsend.
—Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 1 Nov. 2022
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But the justices worked pro bono, and after two hearings in 2021, the court found the government officials guilty of genocide.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
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While awaiting the appointment of a new justice to the Texas Supreme Court, Beckham said his law firm is working pro bono with landowners.
—Dallas News, 8 July 2021
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Attorneys for King’s family - a trio of lawyers with military records from the firm Morgan Lewis - took the case pro bono to clear King’s name.
—Justin Wm. Moyer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2023
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They are being represented pro bono by the Simpson Thacher & Bartlett law firm.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 24 June 2024
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And other free clinics offer services either pro bono or at a low cost.
—Jennifer Chesak, Health.com, 28 Oct. 2021
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As part of their mission, lawyers in the group also provide pro bono legal aid to help in such situations.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2022
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And don't forget that the folks that the Kettlemans are taking advantage of are pretty much Kim's clientele in her pro bono world.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
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Boos later went into solo practice in 2020 and resumed his pro bono work with Grayeyes and Maryboy.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
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But Musk has complained about the cost of this pro bono technology, at one point tweeting that the cost to his company SpaceX would exceed $100 million by the end of the year.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
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Peltier's attorney, Kevin Sharp, a former federal judge, has been representing Peltier pro bono for four and a half years after being approached about the case.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
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