Pro Bono Corner: Berger Montague Proud to Support Community Legal Service’s Breakfast of Champions

Berger Montague, a leading national plaintiffs’ law firm, is a proud sponsor of Community Legal Services (CLS) and was pleased to take part in the 35th anniversary of the Community Legal Services’ Bar Campaign’s Breakfast of Champions. The event’s keynote speaker was Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who received an award from CLS.
“This is a remarkable organization that we are proud to support,” said Berger Montague Associate and Pro Bono Co-Coordinator Julia McGrath. “We have supported CLS for decades and are deeply committed to their mission of providing free legal assistance to low-income Philadelphians,” said Ms. McGrath. “Our firm is deeply committed to pro bono work,” added Ms. McGrath.
The support for CLS is strong across the firm. Associates William Fedullo and Julia McGrath are both on the Executive Committee for Justice Rising Advocates and Shareholder and Antitrust Co-Chair Caitlin Coslett is on the Board of Directors.
As Philadelphia’s oldest and largest legal aid organization, CLS has been providing excellent legal representation for nearly 60 years. Last year, CLS served almost 13,000 clients when they faced the threat of losing their homes, healthcare, jobs, and even their families.
Berger Montague is one of the nation’s preeminent law firms focusing on complex civil litigation, class actions, and mass torts in federal and state courts throughout the United States. The firm is active in the fields of antitrust, commercial litigation, consumer protection, defective products, environmental law, employment law, securities, and whistleblower cases, among many other practice areas. For more than 50 years, Berger Montague has played lead roles in precedent-setting cases and has recovered over $50 billion for its clients and the classes they have represented. Berger Montague is headquartered in Philadelphia and has offices in Chicago; Malvern, PA; Minneapolis; San Diego; San Francisco; Toronto, Canada; Washington, D.C., and Wilmington, DE.