Administers the pro bono efforts of Association members on behalf of Veterans. To that end, the Committee manages the assignments and screenings of cases to Committee members seeking to provide pro bono legal services for Veterans.
Educates Association members regarding Veterans issues and legal developments. It studies issues that come before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), including those that develop at the CAVC and educates and assists Association members in providing competent pro bono representations to Veterans or survivors who have taken appeals to the CAFC and who wish to be represented by counsel.
Committee Chairs
April Donahower
Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD
Matthew Traupman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Katherine Dominguez
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Board Liaisons
Erik Puknys
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Irene Yang
Sidley Austin LLP