Senior Counsel Barry McNeil was quoted in Texas Lawyer about Haynes Boone and Yetter Coleman’s plan to gift $6 million in attorney fees to launch programs for foster children.
Here is an excerpt:
Rather than wrapping a new pair of slippers for the Christmas tree, there’s a $6 million donation planned by two Texas law firms whose pro bono case declared the Texas foster care system unconstitutional.
Houston-based litigation boutique Yetter Coleman and Big Law firm Haynes Boone want to gift their fees—$4.68 million and $1.53 million, respectively—to launch new programs for Texas foster care children.
Haynes Boone Senior Counsel Barry McNeil said major law firms have a responsibility to represent the disadvantaged.
“From the very outset my firm never thought that we would be undertaking this for any financial benefit,” said McNeil. “We never thought that we would accept any attorney fees if we were so lucky to win.”
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