Townsend's lawyers devote significant time and effort to assist individuals, non-profits and other entities in need of legal representation that would otherwise be unable to obtain the level of representation that our attorneys can offer. While we strive to find opportunities to perform pro bono work related to our intellectual property focus, our recent experience covers a broad range of disputes, including patent, trademark and copyright counseling and litigation, ecclesiastical law, immigration, asylum, education, prisoner rights and death penalty appeals and real estate disputes.
Townsend provides numerous opportunities for its attorneys to participate in pro bono matters, and more than 40 of the firm's attorneys participated in pro bono representations in 2007. In recent years, Townsend lawyers have appeared as special prosecutors in a criminal matter in Colorado, participated in a court-appointed pro bono mediation, obtained restraining orders to protect victims of domestic violence in San Mateo County, assisted non-profit organizations in seeking trade mark rights, provided advice to a non-profit charter school, represented an individual in an employment discrimination case, accepted court appointment to successfully represent a prisoner in his civil action against Adams County Colorado, and represented a minister in ecclestical court after she was threatened with church discipline for performing same-sex wedding ceremonies.