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Simpson Thacher will receive the 2016 National Public Service Award by the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. The award recognizes significant pro bono legal services that demonstrate a commitment to providing services to the poor in a business context, and recognizes the achievements resulting from the public service work for the clients and the client groups represented. Award recipients have demonstrated dedication to the development or delivery of pro bono business legal services, contributed significant work toward developing innovative approaches to the delivery of pro bono business legal services, and/or provided sustained pro bono business legal counsel to nonprofit organizations or to microbusinesses in aid of community development.

Simpson Thacher’s small business pro bono program has been running for over 10 years and has helped thousands of low income individuals wanting to start or maintain small businesses. This work is done in partnership with nonprofit partners Start Small Think Big, Volunteers of Legal Service, and the NYC Business Solutions Center.  

The program is currently overseen by associates Jeffrey Lieberman, Matthew Farrell and Meaghan Krupa.