In this pro bono spotlight, we discuss recent pro bono representations with Chelsea Loughran of Wolf Greenfield. Chelsea is a Shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice, Chair of the firm’s Public Service Committee, and Chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. While maintaining a strong and active life sciences IP practice, Chelsea manages a consistent docket of pro bono work.

Chelsea Loughran: I typically take pro bono cases in the area of family law/domestic violence. Several years ago, I represented (through trial and post-trial logistics) a terminally ill victim of domestic violence in securing a divorce and favorable division of marital assets for estate planning purposes. The client was seeking a divorce from her husband and sought to gain ownership of the marital house to leave to her children before she passed away. Our representation led to her achieving both of those goals. That case was extraordinarily meaningful and prompted me to take on several other family law cases since then, including most recently a case where we secured a divorce and favorable division of assets through settlement for another client seeking relief from a partner with a long-standing struggle with substance abuse. We continue to help this client with the modification and enforcement of her separation agreement. I also supervise associates across a variety of other types of pro bono cases, from immigration/asylum cases, to research for cases on behalf of sexual assault victims, to helping clients with unemployment benefits denial appeals, to aiding non-profit, charitable organizations with trademark disputes.