Media Mentions
2011
“Shifting the Pro Bono Paradigm”
The Washington Post “Capital Business,” November 21, 2011
Guy Collier, chair McDermott’s pro bono and community service committee, said that providing resources to enable lawyers at or near retirement to continue doing pro bono work is “being internally discussed. It hasn’t quite crystallized yet. One of the things we’re assessing is how interested retiring lawyers will be once they leave partnerships. We’re having those discussions with folks who may be candidates.”
H. Guy Collier, Pro Bono & Community Service
2010
H. Guy Collier was quoted by the Washington Business Journal on June 25 regarding the 2.5 percent increase in pro bono hours reported by 29 Washington law firms to the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Collier, who chairs the Bar’s pro bono committee, cited an overall strong performance by law firms in meeting the Bar’s Pro Bono Initiative, and stated: “Despite the economic downturn, our culture and tradition in the District of Columbia remains at the top of the pack in terms of pro bono legal work.”
H. Guy Collier, Pro Bono & Community Service
H. Guy Collier was mentioned on June 14 by Blog of the Legal Times for his election to a three-year term on the board of governors of the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Collier practices in health law as a partner in McDermott’s Washington office.
H. Guy Collier, Jr. was mentioned in Washington Lawyer (April 2010) for his appointment as chair of the board of directors at the Children’s Law Center. Mr. Collier is a partner in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, counseling health care and other non-profit clients.
H. Guy Collier, Health, Nonprofit Organizations
H. Guy Collier, Jr. was included in a March 29 Blog of Legal Times story about candidates for top leadership positions with the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Collier, a partner in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, is one of 10 candidates for five open positions on the Bar’s board of directors.
2009
H. Guy Collier was pictured and discussed in an October 8 LegalBisnow story covering a Children’s Law Center function honoring Attorney General Eric Holder. The story noted that Mr. Collier is incoming chairman of the Center, and that he gave an impressive presentation describing the Center’s innovative medical-legal access program. The program identifies children receiving pediatric services who may also need legal help and connects them with the Center’s attorneys or staff members.
H. Guy Collier, Pro Bono & Community Service
2008
Guy Collier was quoted in the December 2008 issue of Washington Lawyer in an article regarding the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program Law Firm Clinic recently changing their name to the Advocacy & Justice Clinic. "The Pro Bono Committee felt strongly that the name should do much more to reflect the fundamental importance of the services offered to beneficiaries of the clinic, as well as the richness of the experience to participating law firm attorneys. At its most basic level, the clinic is all about lawyers advocating to ensure that low-income District residents have a voice and secure individual justice in areas that are vitally important in their day-to-day lives – housing, public benefits, and family law," Mr. Collier said.
H. Guy Collier, Health, Pro Bono & Community Service
H. Guy Collier was quoted in the January 2008 national edition of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel in an article regarding the D.C. Bar Association scheduling a four-part Introduction to Health Law Series of CLE Seminars. On January 24, Mr. Collier will provide an introduction to the U.S. health care system.
2007
Guy Collier was mentioned extensively in the Summer 2007 issue of Richmond Law, the magazine of the University of Richmond School of Law, Mr. Collier’s alma mater The article, "Pro bono 'For the Public Good,'" profiles Mr. Collier’s role as a leading advocate for a project that matches older, senior lawyers with pro bono opportunities.
H. Guy Collier, Health, Pro Bono & Community Service
Guy Collier was quoted in the June issue of Washington Lawyer in an article regarding the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program and the work that McDermott has done for the District of Columbia Primary Care Association (DCPCA). McDermott attorneys were noted as “consistently being extremely responsive and great to work with… basically the hit of the board series.” “We tried to cover most of the regulatory issues that would be of interest to their board members, such as corporate compliance, health care fraud and abuse, federal tax exemption requirements,” Mr. Collier said.
2006
An interview with H. Guy Collier was featured in the Washington Lawyer's December issue on the Senior Lawyer Public Interest Project, an initiative of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program. Mr. Collier serves as vice chair of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program and heads the Senior Lawyer Public Interest Subcommittee.
