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Experience:
Marcia Tavares Maack, a lawyer based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, assumed the position of Assistant Director of Pro Bono Activities for the U.S., Germany, and Paris in October 2006. Ms. Maack works closely with Marc Kadish, the Director of Pro Bono Activities and Litigation Training, Julie Dickins, the Pro Bono Partner in charge of London and Brussels, and the Pro Bono Committee, to administer the firm’s pro bono program.
Ms. Maack’s responsibilities as Assistant Director of Pro Bono Activities include identifying, developing, and selecting new pro bono opportunities for the firm that will benefit society, while also providing our junior lawyers with important training and skills development opportunities. Additionally, Ms. Maack is involved in case management and works to ensure a broad range of participation in the firm’s pro bono activities. Most recently, Ms. Maack helped develop and launch the firm’s internal pro bono opportunities website, which allows our lawyers to search for pro bono opportunities, as well as access pro bono training materials and information on pro bono training programs. Ms. Maack also works with the Director of Pro Bono Activities and the Pro Bono Committee to implement the firm’s pro bono strategic plan, which is designed to provide even higher quality pro bono opportunities to lawyers from all of our offices and practice areas, achieve results commensurate with the quality and challenge of our paying client work, and realize significant results for the public good.
Before becoming the firm’s Assistant Director of Pro Bono Activities, Ms. Maack was a lawyer in Mayer, Brown’s litigation practice group.
Education:
Brooklyn Law School, JD, cum laude, 1996, Cornell University, BA, 1987. | 