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Pro Bono Services
Providing
high-quality litigation support services to those who are unable to pay is
critically important to our community, the firm, and the litigation support
profession. That is why CyberControls strongly supports the ABA's Code of
Professional Responsibility, which states that "the basic responsibility for
providing legal services for those unable to pay ultimately rests upon the
individual lawyer," and that "every lawyer, regardless of professional
prominence or professional workload, should find time to participate in
serving the disadvantaged." It is in this same spirit that CyberControls
provides its resources to help conduct digital evidence discovery support to
economically disadvantaged clients and their lawyers.
State and local bar organizations, as well as all non-profit providers of
legal services, increasingly expect law firms to undertake pro bono cases.
Many of these same cases are likely to require support in conducting an
electronic discovery effort in behalf of the client. Local attorneys often
ask CyberControls to help support their indigent clients. Moreover, our
paying clients have requested that we provide pro bono assistance in
deserving cases.
Although we are always extremely busy in representing paying clients and in
managing professional and personal obligations, our commitment to pro bono
service is unequivocal. We recognize that less experienced forensic
examiners, in particular, obtain valuable experience on pro bono matters in
the form of greater responsibilities and client interaction. Managers are
fully aware of the firm's policy of strongly encouraging team members to
participate in our pro bono program consistent with their ongoing caseloads.
Thus, pro bono work should be regarded as a routine, not exceptional, part
of a junior examiner’s experience.
CyberControls’ pro bono support program provides both litigation and
non-litigation support opportunities. We also recognize that pro bono
service is a matter of personal choice, and I am proud that the firm's
Forensic Services team has consistently demonstrated that they share our
institutional commitment.
Robert Guinaugh
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