Overview
(October 12, 2018, Washington, DC) — Steptoe partner John O'Connor has been appointed to the District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission's high volume courts subcommittee. O'Connor was selected due to his extensive pro bono work in the landlord tenant court. The DC Access to Justice Commission was created by the DC Court of Appeals in 2005 to help improve the ability of low– and moderate–income residents to access the civil justice system. The commission is also responsible for raising the profile of the need for equal access to justice in the community.
O'Connor leads Steptoe's participation in the District of Columbia Housing Right to Counsel Project, in which he and other Steptoe lawyers provide pro bono representation to tenants facing eviction from subsidized housing. In 2017, O'Connor received the Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award for his work on the DC Housing Right to Counsel Project, an initiative in which 14 Washington law firms provided pro bono counsel to tenants facing eviction in DC Superior Court’s Landlord Tenant Branch.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
