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Stacey Slater Appointed Pro Bono Partner of Nixon Peabody LLPNew York. Stacey Slater, who has been a litigator at Nixon Peabody for the past ten years, has been named the firm’s first pro bono partner. She will administer the firm’s expanding pro bono program, and head Nixon Peabody’s Pro Bono Committee, which meets regularly and consists of at least one partner from most of the firm’s sixteen offices. The appointment demonstrates the firm’s dedication to pro bono work and its desire to give back to the community. 10/19/2005 “Pro bono and community outreach are integral parts of the Nixon Peabody culture,” said Ms. Slater. “Our strong commitment to pro bono stems from an understanding that many individuals have no access to counsel because they simply cannot afford it. We believe in giving back to the community through our pro bono work and in doing so, helping to safeguard the legal rights of the less privileged.” Through her work with Human Rights First, Ms. Slater has successfully represented several refugee clients seeking asylum in the United States, including a monk from Tibet, two young men from Sudan and the Republic of Congo, and a young woman from the Gambia. In these cases, the clients seeking asylum were fleeing persecution in their homelands and would have faced arrest, torture, and possible execution if deported. Ms. Slater had been a partner at Nixon Peabody in the Business Litigation Group and Technology and Intellectual Property Group prior to being appointed pro bono partner. She has represented domestic and foreign corporations, investment banks, owners of power plants, and individuals in a variety of business and commercial disputes on issues ranging from breach of contract to fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. Ms. Slater has also represented several large landlords of commercial office buildings in New York City . Ms. Slater began her pro bono work at Fordham Law School, where she worked on behalf of victims of domestic violence and helped to found Fordham’s Battered Women’s Advocacy Project. About Nixon Peabody LLPNixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest law firms in the United States with over 600 attorneys working in 15 major practice areas and in 16 offices across the country. The firm’s size, diversity, and advanced technological resources enable it to offer comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. |
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