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D.C. Bar Names John McCarthy the Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year

Firm News | 2 min read | 06.20.24

Washington – June 20, 2024: The D.C. Bar named Crowell & Moring partner John McCarthy the 2024 Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. The award is presented to a lawyer for “their excellence, achievement, and commitment to providing legal services to the District’s low-income and/or disadvantaged individuals and/or organizations serving such individuals.”

McCarthy has made representing low-income individuals an integral part of his legal career.  Over the past 15 years, he has dedicated more than 100 pro bono hours each year to representing low income clients on child custody, eviction defense, asylum, domestic violence, and veterans’ benefits matters. His pro bono efforts are focused on impacting one individual at a time, helping them with compassion, enthusiasm, and caring at a difficult time in their lives.

McCarthy has made significant contributions to Crowell’s pro bono program and to the larger D.C. community through his willingness to handle the most difficult clients and cases, his mentoring and encouragement of associates and counsel, the hands-on supervision and trial opportunities that he provides to young attorneys through custody and eviction defense cases, his leadership on the firm’s Public Service Committee, and his service on legal services provider boards, such as Catholic Charities Legal Network and the Legal Aid Society.

McCarthy, a member of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has spent more than 30 years litigating all forms of government contracts cases for both large and small government contractors, with a focus on bid protests. He has particular experience in technology related issues, including litigation regarding complex technology and data rights, patent and other intellectual property issues.

The award will be presented at the D.C. Bar’s 2024 Celebration of Leadership Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation on June 20.

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