Story source: The American Lawyer, April 15, 2021, Justin Henry
Photo source: Washington Post
More than 45 law firms and 17 general counsel from Fortune 1000 companies have dispatched their pro bono programs to provide Asian American communities with legal support in the wake of a surge in reported hate crimes against a population organizers say is frequently marginalized in the legal system.
The Alliance for Asian American Justice went public … launching a nationwide coalition to provide “culturally responsive” legal support and advocacy to victims of anti-Asian hate crimes and harassment. The founding board members include lawyers from McDermott Will & Emery, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, White & Case and Norton Rose Fulbright, while a number of other Am Law 200 firms are on the list of members. The full list is below.
| Supporting Law Firms | Supporting General Counsel |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Alan Tse, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. |
| Alston & Bird | Amy Tu, Tyson Foods Inc. |
| BakerHostetler | Anshu Pasricha, Astec Industries Inc. |
| Bird Marella | Arthur Chong, Altaba Inc. |
| Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | Caroline Tsai, Western Union Co. |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel | Curtis Lu, FTI Consulting |
| Chung Law Office | David Gan, AECOM |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Hannah Lim-Johnson, Meritor Inc. |
| Constangy Brooks, Smith & Prophete | Hyun Park, FirstEnergy Corp. |
| Cooley | Ivan Fong, 3M Corp. |
| Covington & Burling | Marie Huber, eBay Inc. |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore | Mark Brazeal, Broadcom Inc. |
| Davis Polk | Michael Tang, Agilent Technologies Inc. |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | Nathan Vitan, Public Storage Inc. |
| Dechert | Rishi Varma, Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| DLA Piper | Rohan Weerasinghe, Citi |
| Dorsey & Whitney | Thomas Dare, Old Republic International |
| Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | |
| Goodwin Procter | |
| Jones Day | |
| K&L Gates | |
| Kirkland & Ellis | |
| Krieger Kim & Lewin | |
| Latham & Watkins | |
| McDermott Will & Emery | |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | |
| Munger, Tolles & Olson | |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | |
| O’Melveny & Myers | |
| Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe | |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | |
| Pham Harrison | |
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | |
| Quarles & Brady | |
| Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | |
| Reed Smith | |
| Shearman & Sterling | |
| Sidley Austin | |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | |
| Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | |
| White & Case | |
| Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | |
| Winston & Strawn |
Services they will offer include filing lawsuits in pursuit of compensatory and other civil remedies and coordinating with law enforcement to ensure hate crime perpetrators are held accountable, according to organizers.