Skadden Associate, Once Homeless, Pioneers New Resentencing Law

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we look at a bond forged by a Skadden associate and an inmate she helped become the first Illinois defendant to earn resentencing under a new law. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings.

Corzell Cole fought for freedom from prison for years without success until he met Shelisa Thomas, who struggled with homelessness before becoming an attorney and taking his case, which “screamed injustice” to her.

As a result Cole became the first Illinois ...