PRO BONO: WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
“WHETHER YOUR CLIENT IS PAYING OR NOT, THEY EXPECT YOU TO WIN. LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION,” SAYS REGINALD BROWN, A PARTNER AT WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR. “It was defi nitely a major pro bono win for us this fall when President Obama signed a bill protecting Peace Corps volunteers from sexual assault, as well as giving assistance and protection to assault victims and whistleblowers, respectively.” Titled the Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer
Protection Act (named for a Peace Corps volunteer who was murdered in Benin in 2009), the legisla- tion amends the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, the development of a sexual assault policy, and calls for the establishment of victim advocacy and a sexual assault advisory council. T e journey from Wilmer taking on the case
in early 2011 to the November 12, 2011, Oval Offi ce signing ceremony was swift. In January 2011, ABC’s “20/20” featured six women who spoke about their experiences of
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