Press Release
| November 19, 2011
Dewey & LeBoeuf Wins PILnet European Pro Bono Award
(Warsaw - November 19, 2011) A team in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Warsaw office has been awarded the prestigious PILnet 2011 European Pro Bono Award, which recognizes human rights work in the public interest.
Dewey & LeBoeuf was awarded the prize for its work with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights – specifically for successfully challenging Polish police regulations that resulted in the automatic dismissal of HIV-positive officers.
This is first time that PILnet's European Pro Bono Award has recognized pro bono partnerships working in the public interest. The awards highlight productive relationships between charitable and non-governmental organisations and law firms working on a pro bono basis. The award ceremony was held on 18th November in Berlin.
The Dewey & LeBoeuf team in Warsaw consisted of Counsel Małgorzata Bednarek, Associate Łukasz Gorek and Local Partner Robert Lis.
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