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Derek actively supports pro bono clients in litigation and corporate counseling roles.
On behalf of a global organization devoted to combatting poverty, he successfully sued the federal government to promulgate rules addressing transparency in global resource extraction industries.
Derek also participates in legal clinics that provide representation to homeless and low-income clients on a number of matters impacting housing and personal welfare.
He has helped run the firm’s Citizens School Mock Trial Program for local high school students as well.