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Press Releases | April 30, 2025

Steptoe Attorneys Named to 2024 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll

Overview

(April 30, 2025, Washington, DC) – Steptoe LLP is pleased to announce that 74 of the firm's attorneys have been listed on the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll. Additionally, 46 of those attorneys are listed on the High Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes the contributions of DC Bar members and others authorized to perform pro bono legal work who completed 50 hours or more of pro bono service during the previous calendar year. Those who performed 100 hours or more of pro bono work in 2024 are included in the High Honor Roll. The 2024 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll members reflect more than 150 law firms, solo practices, federal and local government agencies, corporations, associations, and public interest organizations.

In a joint letter to the honorees, Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the DC Court of Appeals and Chief Judge Milton C. Lee, Jr., of the DC Superior Court wrote, “The District of Columbia is fortunate to have a truly exemplary cadre of legal services organizations whose attorneys work every day to make access to justice a reality. Yet there remains a significant gap between the number of people they can serve with their limited resources and the number who need help. The continued participation of pro bono counsel is simply indispensable to our civil justice system. It takes all of us, working together, to ensure access to justice in the District.”

High Honor Roll

  • Andrew K. Magloughlin
  • Bryant Gammon Fain
  • Cannon Marie Jurrens
  • Christopher R. Bjornson
  • Ciara Davis
  • Elise Kyla Haverman
  • Elizabeth Goodwin
  • Emma S. Marshak
  • Emma Staats
  • Haley Ann Schlinger
  • Ida Adibi
  • James E. Rocap
  • Jason A. Abel
  • Joseph Bower
  • Kane Timothy Smith
  • Karl V. Hopkins
  • Kaung Myat Ahkar
  • Kirsten N. Bickelman
  • Kristina Woodward
  • Kylie Clouse
  • Laura Niday
  • Lauren Rachel Goldschmidt
  • Lee F. Berger
  • Lewis Murphy
  • Linda C. Bailey
  • Lindsey B. Lang
  • Lorrie M. Marcil
  • Maia Danna
  • Marc L. Spitzer
  • Matthew J. Flynn
  • Megan McDowell
  • Meredith Lewis
  • Micaela D. Hyams
  • Michael R. Bromwich
  • Michelle L. Castaline
  • Molly Bruder Fox
  • Myles Ashong
  • Nathaniel Francis Sans
  • Nicholas P. Silverman
  • Patrick F. Linehan
  • Paul Lee
  • Sabra Messer
  • Shannen W. Coffin
  • Steven K. Davidson
  • Susan G. Esserman
  • Tyler Evans

Honor Roll

  • Brigida Benitez
  • Caitlin Conroy
  • Caitlin E. Ames
  • Carolyn Perez
  • Christopher A. Suarez
  • Coy Garrison
  • Daniel A. Mullen
  • Dwight John Draughon
  • Edward J. Krauland
  • James M. Carolan
  • Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov
  • John Cobb
  • John J. Kavanagh
  • Joseph Ecker
  • Karen Bruni
  • Lisa M. Zarlenga
  • Martin J. Willner
  • Matthew Y. Sim
  • Mert Ermen Arkan
  • Micah S. Green
  • Michael J. Baratz
  • Nicholas John Sutter
  • Roger E. Warin
  • Rose Margaret Beattie
  • Scott Sinder
  • Surya Kundu
  • Tarrian Ellis
  • William G. Fletcher

 

About Steptoe

In more than 110 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, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.

Professionals

Andrew Magloughlin
Andrew's practice focuses on telecommunications, antitrust, and regulatory litigation. He represents companies before the Federal Communications Commission in every capacity. Andrew has drafted dozens...

Associate

Antitrust/Competition, Internet, Telecom & Media

B. Gammon Fain
Gammon Fain is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and international arbitration. Gammon has represented and advised multinational corporations, non-profit organizations...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation

Cannon Jurrens
Cannon Jurrens’ practice focuses on commercial litigation and complex commercial disputes. She has assisted clients with all phases of pretrial litigation, including written discovery, motion practice...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Consumer Law and Litigation

Christopher Bjornson
Chris Bjornson represents companies who provide satellite, internet, wireless telecommunications, and video programming services before the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Federal...

Of Counsel

Internet, Telecom & Media, Government & Regulatory Litigation

Ciara Davis
Ciara Davis represents corporate and individual clients in internal and government-facing investigations, as well as white collar defense and other litigation matters.Ciara has represented clients in...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations

Elise Haverman
Elise is a trial attorney who represents insurers and other commercial clients in complex insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation, and national class action litigation and appeals.  Elise...

Associate

Insurance & Reinsurance, Professional Liability, Financial Services Litigation, Commercial Trials & Litigation

Elizabeth Goodwin
As a member of Steptoe's Government Affairs & Public Policy practice, Elizabeth Goodwin focuses on the critical intersection of law and public policy. She regularly advises on the development and...

Associate

Government Affairs & Public Policy, Campaign Finance & Political Law, Vetting & Government Ethics, Congressional Oversight & Investigations

Emma Marshak
Emma Marshak is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on judgment enforcement and complex commercial litigation in federal and state court. She regularly handles matters involving contract...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Judgment Enforcement & Asset Recovery

Emma Staats
Emma Staats focuses her practice on International Arbitration. Her educational background in Public International Law and EU Law allows her to serve her clients' best interests in the international...

Associate

International Arbitration, Investor-State Arbitration

Haley Schlinger
Haley is a commercial litigation attorney who focuses her practice on insurance coverage disputes. Haley has represented major insurance carriers in actions alleging breach of contract, breach of...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation

Ida Adibi
Ida Adibi focuses her practice on commercial litigation, investigations, and criminal defense. She has worked on all phases of civil matters, from case origination through trial. As a consequence, she...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Campaign Finance & Political Law, White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations

James Rocap, III
James E. Rocap, III
Over the course of his 46-year career, Jim Rocap has been involved in high profile, major criminal and civil litigation disputes. He is best known for his representation of major casualty and property...

Senior Counsel

Insurance & Reinsurance

Jason Abel
Jason Abel
Jason Abel leads Steptoe's Campaign Finance and Political Law practice and advises clients on a range of government affairs issues, including legislative strategy and process. Jason served as chief...

Partner

Government Affairs & Public Policy, Campaign Finance & Political Law, Congressional Oversight & Investigations, Vetting & Government Ethics

Joe Bower
Joe Bower represents electric utilities and natural gas market participants in front of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). He focuses on regulatory compliance, enforcement, and...

Associate

Energy, Energy Transition, Electric Power, Oil & Gas Pipelines

Karl Hopkins
Karl Hopkins is an internationally recognized legal advisor with extensive experience in infrastructure, energy, compliance, and cybersecurity and privacy matters. Karl counsels clients on a variety...

Partner

National Security & Cross-Border Transactions, AI, Data & Digital, Crisis Management, Independent & Internal Investigations

Alex Kaung Myat Ahkar
Alex Ahkar focuses his legal practice on energy and infrastructure project finance. He represents financial institutions and lenders engaged in developing, financing, building, operating, selling, and...

Associate

Energy, Infrastructure & Project Finance

Kirsten N. Bickelman
Kirsten Bickelman’s practice focuses on commercial and complex litigation and investigations. She represents clients in federal and state courts, as well as before international arbitral tribunals, on...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection, Consumer Law and Litigation

Kristina Woodward
Kristina Woodward focuses her practice on white-collar criminal defense and government investigation matters. She represents both individuals and corporate clients in criminal and internal...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations

Kylie Clouse
Kylie Clouse focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes. She has experience in all phases of litigation, including fact development, written discovery, legal analysis, briefing, and...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation

Laura Niday
Laura Niday focuses her practice on complex commercial and consumer litigation, regulatory challenges, and appellate advocacy. She has experience in all stages of civil litigation from motion practice...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation

Lauren Goldschmidt
Lauren Goldschmidt
Lauren Goldschmidt focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation matters and has experience in the financial services industry. Lauren regularly conducts fact and expert discovery in matters...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation, International Arbitration

Lee Berger
Lee Berger focuses on antitrust law, including civil enforcement, private litigation, criminal investigations, compliance advice, and mergers. Lee has experience working on cases focused on industries...

Partner

Antitrust Investigations & Litigation, Antitrust Mergers, Acquisitions, & Joint Ventures, Antitrust, Antitrust Investigations

Lewis F. Murphy
Lewis F. Murphy focuses on complex multidistrict and cross-border, bet-the-company and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience in securities and fiduciary duty litigation — both class...

Senior Counsel

Insurance & Reinsurance, Capital Markets/Securities, Financial Services, Commercial Trials & Litigation

Linda Bailey
Linda C. Bailey
Linda Bailey focuses her practice on civil litigation, with a particular focus on national defense and foreign relations litigation, white-collar criminal defense, appellate, and administrative law....

Of Counsel

Government & Regulatory Litigation, Commercial Trials & Litigation, Appeals & Advocacy, White-Collar Defense

Lorrie M. Marcil
Lorrie Marcil has over 30 years of experience advising oil and natural gas pipeline clients on complex regulatory, judicial, compliance, and transactional matters. Her main focus is representing...

Partner

Energy, Energy Transition, Oil & Gas Pipelines

Maia Danna
Maia Danna's practice focuses on internal and government investigations and white-collar defense, representing both individuals and corporate clients. Her experience includes defending clients in...

Associate

Independent & Internal Investigations, White-Collar Defense, Commercial Trials & Litigation, Higher Education - Year in Review

Marc Spitzer
Marc L. Spitzer
Marc Spitzer served as a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from July 2006 until December 2011. His practice involves counselling and representing utilities and energy...

Partner

Electric Power, Energy, Energy Transition, Oil & Gas Pipelines

Matthew J. Flynn
Matthew is a seasoned attorney, strategic advisor, and military officer with extensive political experience and institutional knowledge. He focuses his practice on assisting clients with navigating...

Associate

Government Contracts, Congressional Oversight & Investigations, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Appropriations

Megan McDowell
Megan McDowell's practice focuses on electric utility regulation and litigation. She has also represented clients in venture capital fundraising, private equity fund finance, and mergers and...

Associate

Energy, Energy Transition, Electric Power

Meredith Lewis
Meredith focuses her practice on white-collar criminal defense and internal investigations. She represents both individuals and corporate clients through all stages of government investigations, and...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Securities Enforcement

Micaela Hyams
Micaela Hyams focuses her practice on energy regulatory and policy matters, with a focus on electric work. Micaela represents regulated energy companies in compliance and enforcement issues before the...

Associate

Chemicals, Life Sciences, Energy, Energy Transition

Michael R. Bromwich
Michael R. Bromwich brings more than 40 years of experience to the representation of corporate, individual, and public sector clients. His areas of experience are internal investigations,...

Senior Counsel

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Monitorship

Michelle Castaline
Michelle Castaline assists clients in a variety of federal regulatory matters related to the electric utility, oil, and natural gas industries, including enforcement, litigation, and compliance...

Associate

Energy, Energy Transition, Electric Power, Oil & Gas Pipelines

Molly Bruder Fox
Molly Bruder Fox
Molly Bruder Fox partners with clients to successfully manage high-stakes litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters in a number of industries including railroad, financial services,...

Partner

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Rail Transportation, Judgment Enforcement & Asset Recovery, International Arbitration

Myles Ashong
Myles Ashong represents corporate and individual clients in internal and government-facing investigations and white-collar defense matters.His experience spans all phases of government enforcement,...

Associate

Independent & Internal Investigations, White-Collar Defense

Nathaniel Sans
Nate Sans focuses his practice on federal and state regulation of financial services, markets, and market intermediaries, covering a range of traditional and nontraditional financial products. His...

Associate

Financial Innovation & Regulation, Financial Regulatory Compliance & Policy, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Government Affairs & Public Policy

Nicholas P. Silverman
Nick Silverman is an up-and-coming star of the white-collar defense bar, who has been recognized by Bloomberg Law as one of the "Five Fresh Faces to Know in White Collar Defense."Nick represents...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Campaign Finance & Political Law

Patrick F. Linehan
Patrick Linehan's diverse practice focuses on representing corporate and individual clients in internal investigations, criminal investigations/trials and civil litigation. He has handled numerous...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Cartels & Conspiracies, Independent & Internal Investigations, Securities Enforcement

Paul Lee
Paul S. Lee
Paul Lee coordinates Steptoe's pro bono program and mentors on a variety of pro bono matters, particularly those involving immigration and juvenile law. He has responsibility for all aspects of the...

Pro Bono Partner

Sabra Messer
Sabra Messer's practice focuses on a wide range of complex commercial litigation, including matters involving contract claims, state and federal class actions, and issues arising under the Foreign...

Associate

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Consumer Law and Litigation, Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection, Class Action Defense

Shannen Coffin
Shannen W. Coffin
Shannen Coffin chairs Steptoe's Appeals and Advocacy practice. He frequently represents regulated businesses in trial and appellate courts in matters involving commercial disputes, constitutional and...

Partner

Government & Regulatory Litigation, Appeals & Advocacy, Congressional Oversight & Investigations, Energy Litigation

Steven Davidson
Steven K. Davidson
Described by clients as a "real international statesman," Steve Davidson handles high-profile arbitrations and complex business litigation across the globe. As a recognized leader in international...

Partner

Commercial Trials & Litigation, International Arbitration, Judgment Enforcement & Asset Recovery, Professional Liability

Ambassador Susan Esserman
Ambassador Susan Esserman is a former Deputy US Trade Representative and former long-time chair of Steptoe's International Trade practice. A principal focus of her practice is on advising US and...

Partner

Trade Policy & Negotiations, Trade Remedies, Government Affairs & Public Policy

Tyler Evans
Tyler Evans is a legal professional focused on resolving complex issues related to US government contracting. He has significant experience in contract negotiations and regularly represents government...

Partner

Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence

Brigida Benitez
Brigida Benitez
Brigida Benitez focuses her practice on internal corporate investigations, global compliance and anti-corruption issues, and complex civil litigation. She draws on more than 30 years of experience...

Partner and General Counsel

Independent & Internal Investigations, Anti-Corruption/FCPA, Global Anti-Corruption Insights: FCPA Years in Review, Commercial Trials & Litigation

Caitlin Conroy
Caitlin Conroy
Caitlin Conroy represents clients in matters arising from contracting with the government, including bid protests, investigations and compliance issues. She assists her clients in a variety of...

Partner

Government Contracts, Vetting & Government Ethics

Carolyn Perez
Throughout her 15-year legal career, Carolyn Perez has been committed to pro bono work, supporting low-income and marginalized clients in both law firm and legal aid settings. She has focused on...

Pro Bono Counsel

Christopher Suarez
Christopher Suarez
Christopher A. Suarez is a member of Steptoe’s Intellectual Property practice and a co-head of Steptoe's interdisciplinary AI, Data, and Digital working group. He is an outside-the-box thinker with a...

Partner

Patent Litigation, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Trade Secrets

Coy Garrison
Coy Garrison, a former SEC counsel and career staffer, is a partner in Steptoe's Government Affairs & Public Policy practice and the Financial Innovation & Regulation practices.  Coy advises private...

Partner

Financial Innovation & Regulation, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Financial Products and Markets

Daniel Mullen
Daniel A. Mullen
Dan Mullen, chair of Steptoe's Energy group, counsels clients on energy and commodities enforcement matters and government investigations and litigation, and assists clients with the development of...

Partner

Energy, Financial Services, Financial Services Investigations & Enforcement, Electric Power

Dwight J. Draughon, Jr.
Dwight Draughon defends corporations and individuals in white-collar criminal cases and government investigations, focusing on matters related to public corruption, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Congressional Oversight & Investigations, Education

Edward Krauland
Edward J. Krauland
Edward J. Krauland represents clients on matters involving US and multilateral economic sanctions, dual use, defense and nuclear export controls, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, anti-boycott,...

Partner

Export Controls, Economic Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption/FCPA

Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov
Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov
Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov focuses on high-stakes, high-profile commercial and class action disputes. Jennifer achieves successful results by implementing purposeful, pragmatic, and creative strategies...

Partner

Class Action Defense, Commercial Trials & Litigation, Education, Energy Litigation

John Cobb
John Cobb
John Cobb uses a combination of deep technical knowledge and sound practical judgment to solve clients’ most challenging tax problems. His experience includes transactional planning, policy advocacy...

Of Counsel

Tax, Transactional Tax, Exempt Organizations, Private Client

John Kavanagh
John J. Kavanagh
John Kavanagh focuses on complex litigation including antitrust, securities matters, government investigations, and criminal defense matters, as well as insurance coverage and reinsurance disputes....

Partner

Antitrust/Competition, Cartels & Conspiracies, Securities Enforcement, White-Collar Defense

Joseph F. Ecker
Joseph Ecker is an experienced litigator and trial attorney focusing on intellectual property and technology disputes in federal district and appellate courts and before administrative tribunals....

Associate

Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets, Copyright, Trademark

Karen Bruni
Karen Bruni
Karen Bruni focuses her energy practice on the regulation of electric and natural gas utilities by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). She has successfully worked on complex regulatory,...

Partner

Energy, Electric Power, Energy Transition, Oil & Gas Pipelines

Lisa M. Zarlenga
Lisa Zarlenga heads Steptoe’s Tax Policy Practice and combines her technical tax knowledge with her understanding of the tax policy process to solve clients’ most challenging problems. Drawing on her...

Partner

Transactional Tax, Tax Policy, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Qualified Opportunity Zones

Martin Willner
Martin Willner
Martin Willner focuses his practice on international regulatory compliance issues, with a concentration on sanctions and export controls. He advises clients on US sanctions law and policy and...

Associate

Economic Sanctions, Export Controls, Vetting & Government Ethics

Matthew Y. Sim
Matt Sim is a seasoned intellectual property counsellor with extensive experience in patents. He has represented clients in patent litigation before the US International Trade Commission, the US...

Associate

Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Section 337

Mert E. Arkan
Mert Arkan advises clients on international trade matters, with a particular focus on antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings. Mert has represented both domestic and foreign...

Associate

Trade Remedies, Trade Policy & Negotiations, Customs

Micah Green
Micah S. Green
Micah Green advises clients on the full spectrum of legislative, regulatory, compliance, enforcement, and litigation issues, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting capital markets, financial...

Senior Counsel

Government Affairs & Public Policy, Financial Services, Financial Regulatory Compliance & Policy, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Michael Baratz
Michael J. Baratz
Michael Baratz focuses on all aspects of commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation, as well as judgment enforcement, including many matters with a cross-border emphasis.Complex Litigation and...

Partner

Commercial Trials & Litigation, Financial Services, Financial Services Litigation, International Arbitration

Nick Sutter
Nick Sutter is a member of Steptoe's Tax and Government Affairs & Public Policy practices who leverages his Capitol Hill experience to advise corporations, trade associations, and nonprofit...

Associate

Tax, Tax Policy, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Campaign Finance & Political Law

Roger E. Warin
Roger Warin is a trial lawyer who served as chair of Steptoe from 2003-2013. While serving as Steptoe's chair, Roger spent more than 100 days in trial.For more than 40 years he has successfully...

Senior Counsel

Insurance & Reinsurance, Commercial Trials & Litigation, Professional Liability, Securities Enforcement

Rose Beattie
Rose Beattie represents both individual and corporate clients in criminal investigations and prosecutions, criminal appeals, internal investigations, and civil litigation.  Her experience includes...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Commercial Trials & Litigation

Scott Sinder
Scott A. Sinder
Scott Sinder, head of Steptoe's Government Affairs and Public Policy practice, offers a unique blend of legal, policy, and advocacy expertise. He draws on over three decades of top-level experience in...

Partner

Government Affairs & Public Policy, Financial Services, Insurance & Reinsurance, Financial Innovation & Regulation

Surya Kundu
Surya Kundu focuses her practice on products liability, false advertising and unfair competition, fraud, consumer protection litigation, proceedings involving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and...

Associate

Class Action Defense, Retail & E-Commerce, Commercial Trials & Litigation, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Tarrian L. Ellis
Tarrian L. Ellis advises banks, non-depository financial institutions, fintechs, and other financial services providers on navigating the complex regulatory landscape governing financial products and...

Associate

Financial Innovation & Regulation, Financial Regulatory Compliance & Policy, Consumer Financial Services, Banking

William G. Fletcher
Bill Fletcher represents both corporate and individual clients in criminal investigations and prosecutions, internal investigations and compliance, and civil litigation. Bill draws on his knowledge in...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations

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