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Simpson Thacher Wins Asylum for Honduran Teenage Girl

06.12.15
Simpson Thacher successfully secured a grant of asylum on behalf of an unaccompanied minor who feared persecution in Honduras by a former boyfriend who battered her after she became pregnant. The matter was referred to the Firm by Kids in Need of Defense in Washington, D.C. The Simpson Thacher team included Janet Whittaker, Ravi Romel Sharma, Jonathan Kelley, and Michele Nelson and was supervised by partner Peter C. Thomas.