HOGAN LOVELLS NAMES NEW PRO BONO ASSOCIATE, MELISSA GIANGRANDE JACOBS, AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Jacobs also helps lead the Hogan Lovells legal team representing six families separated at the southern border under the Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy. Following the continuation of the Zero Tolerance Policy under the current administration and increased restrictions on asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hogan Lovells, alongside immigrant rights nonprofit RAICES and Am Law 200 firm Lewis Roca, filed multiple lawsuits on behalf of families who were unlawfully and inhumanely separated at the U.S. – Mexico border while exercising their right to request asylum. More about these cases can be found here.
“The policy, which marked a radical break from longstanding federal border policy that prioritized keeping arriving families together, marks a dark spot in the nation’s history,” said Jacobs, in a piece authored for the Texas Lawyer.
“For more than a half century, Hogan Lovells has championed racial equity and equal access to justice, and we will continue to advocate for underrepresented and marginalized groups,” added U.S. Pro Bono Partner T. Weymouth. “The Pro Bono team and I thank Joe and wish him well as he returns to his billable practice, and look forward to working closely with Melissa as she begins this important assignment.”
