As Climate Disasters Rise, Firms Play Vital Role In Response

Law360 Pulse covered how law firms are stepping up to provide assistance to victims of increasingly common climate disasters, highlighting Morrison Foerster's pro bono efforts during the 2025 L.A. wildfires.

In 2024 prior to the wildfires, MoFo had been preparing and updating "helping handbooks" to assist communities and individuals affected by natural disasters. But as wildfires occurred more and more frequently, the firm was updating its disaster response materials "almost monthly," said Dorothy L. Fernandez, MoFo's senior pro bono counsel. Law360 noted that MoFo attorneys contributed more than $2.1 million in pro bono legal services to victims of the wildfires.

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