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As the legal industry celebrates Pro Bono Week, Litigation Partner Linton Mann III was featured in Reuters’ Daily Docket discussing the Firm’s recent pro bono initiatives. The profile highlighted Simpson Thacher’s work with the Northern California Innocence Project in securing the release of Jeremy Puckett—a Black man who had spent 18 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit—as well as with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in filing a federal lawsuit in North Carolina challenging a vague and racially discriminatory law that makes it a felony to vote for those on parole, probation or post-release supervision for a felony conviction, among other matters.

Linton said Simpson Thacher’s ongoing work in these spaces is more important than ever, and he remains motivated by thinking about his children. “I think about what I will say when they ask me later what I did to make our community and world a better place when I was a partner at one of the world's leading law firms with access to tremendous resources,” he said.

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