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Post a CommentDetainee fight gets bigger, costlier for long-battling Boston law firm Six Algerian terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay for more than six years without charges have won the right to petition for release, increasing the stakes for their pro bono defe
Farah Stockman Globe Staff
6/27/2008 publication: The Boston Globe June 25, 2008 Wednesday WASHINGTON - The Wilmer Hale law firm, one of the largest and most respected in Boston, has a reputation for championing unpopular causes: President Nixon during impeachment. The US Army during the McCarthy hearings. Even defending serial killer Ted Bundy. But the firm's past efforts pale in comparison with the free legal assistance that it has given to six Algerian terrorist suspects held without charge at Guantanamo Bay. Since 2004, lawyers with the firm have provided 35,448 billable hours of legal help, worth an estimated $17 million, making this case the largest pro bono effort in the 90-year history of the firm. "We understood back in 2004 that this was about as important as anything we could take on," said Stephen Oleskey, a Boston-based partner who has helped lead a team of up to 30 lawyers to challenge the US government for holding the detainees indefinitely without trial. "This was clearly a legitimate effort to solicit lawyers to help out with a significant constitutional issue."' Return to Latest News for New AttorneysBack to top
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