Tom Loran, Head of Pillsbury's Pro Bono Practice, Receives Award from Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

The award acknowledges Loran's long-time support to the Lawyers' Committee and his more than 30 years providing tireless pro bono service advocating for the legal rights of its clients—people of color, poor people, immigrants and refugees.

"This award exemplifies what we, at Pillsbury, already know about Tom. He has been the leader of our pro bono effort for 14 years and made a commitment to helping the less fortunate from the day he started practicing law. Tom is a tenacious and determined advocate for those in greatest need," said partner Jim Rishwain, who attended the award ceremony, along with litigation partner Sarah Flanagan, a Lawyers' Committee Board Member, as well as partners Dick Odgers, Jake Sorensen and Kevin Fong, all of whom, like Loran and Flanagan, are Lawyers' Committee members.

The Lawyers' Committee's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon is the forum in which San Francisco's legal community pays tribute to outstanding individuals who help meet the legal needs of disadvantaged communities.

"Over the many years I have represented pro bono clients, either through the Lawyers' Committee, or through the other nonprofits Pillsbury supports, I've come to realize what a huge impact a zealous attorney advocate can have on people's lives by fighting for them and by trying to protect their interests," said Loran. "It's hard not to feel really good about yourself when you help prevent an indigent client from being evicted from her residence, for example, instead of winding up homeless on the street. I encourage all attorneys regardless of where they are in the career to take on pro bono work—it's not only the right thing to do, but also so personally fulfilling."

For more about Tom Loran and Pillsbury's pro bono practice, please watch this video.

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