Law Firms Step Up Voting Rights Fight in Tomorrow’s Midterms (1)

Nov. 7, 2022, 10:30 AM UTCUpdated: Nov. 7, 2022, 6:08 PM UTC

Big Law attorneys by the hundreds are staffing phone lines and fielding complaints in pro bono efforts to ensure voters’ rights are upheld in tomorrow’s midterm elections.

Latham & Watkins and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison are sponsoring fellows to work on voting-rights issues. Reed Smith, Hogan Lovells, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Troutman Pepper, and Blank Rome lawyers, in addition to attorneys from many other firms, are hosting or staffing call centers that field complaints about voting difficulties.

“This election is unlike any other midterm I’ve seen,” said Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith counsel Jeffrey Wilhelm. “There are higher levels ...

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