pro bono

Example Sentences

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“It was Agent Crook who escalated,” Ricardo A. Nicol, a defense attorney who represented Hipolito pro bono, told the jury.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A few weeks later, represented pro bono by the Institute for Justice, Gil appealed the ruling.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Hill claimed to be working pro bono, although the center’s IRS filings revealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, and on one occasion he invented a phone conversation with me that never happened.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

After Paul Weiss received such an order, Karp negotiated with Trump for the firm to provide $40 million in pro bono work in exchange for absolution—a deal that shook the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Martha Cook, the attorney who handled our termination case pro bono, is now a family court judge in Tampa.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter