Overview
(June 2, 2023, Washington, DC) – Steptoe is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as a platinum-level donor in D.C. Access to Justice's 2022 Raising the Bar Campaign. The platinum-level is the top tier of the campaign which honors firms that have donated at least .11% of D.C. office revenue toward DC-based legal services providers. In 2022, firms donated a record $7.3 million to organizations that serve low-income District residents with legal needs. The Raising the Bar campaign launched in 2010, setting a standard for area law firms to aspire to when giving to civil legal services organizations.
Pro Bono partner and member of the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, Paul Lee, spoke to Law360 Pulse about the importance of the Raising the Bar Campaign: "We all know that the legal industry did not suffer during the pandemic. As law firms do better, we should be giving back more… We want to make sure that we don't forget about the community that's closest to us."
Read, "40 DC Firms Honored In Effort To Improve Access To Justice," at Law360 Pulse.
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, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s Chair is a woman; the majority of the firm’s elected executive committee is female; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; and the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders. The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.
