Cravath Donating $6M Charge To Teams Supporting Civil Rights

Law360 (Jun 16, 2021, 4:28 p.m. EDT) – Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP announced Tuesday that it has donated $ 6 million in attorney fees in pro bono work to five national and will donate to local organizations in Alabama that support civil rights and diversity efforts.

The gift goes to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Equal Justice Initiative, the Initiative’s Legacy Museum, Fisk University, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The legal fees come from a government employee discrimination case that the law firm helped with for nearly four decades. The U.S. lawsuit against Jefferson City reformed employment practices in Jefferson County, Alabama, and reached its …

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