Big Law Alliance Assists Asian Hate Victims, Sees Cases Pour In

A Big Law-backed pro bono alliance formed to assist victims of anti-Asian hate crimes is aiding two Korean American women who were attacked in Baltimore, one of dozens of cases the group says it has been referred since officially launching last month.

Robert Hur, a former U.S. Attorney in Maryland and partner at Gibson Dunn, is representing the sisters, who were beaten by a man wielding a cinder block as they tried to close their liquor store last weekend. Gibson Dunn is one of the law firms organizing the Alliance for Asian American Justice.

The attack was caught on security ...