Latham Recognized as a Pro Bono Innovator

Bloomberg Law has honored Latham with its Pro Bono Innovators award for the fourth year in a row, highlighting the firm’s role arguing on behalf of Ava Tharpe, a student who had been denied reasonable accommodations for her disabilities in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act. Following a unanimous US Supreme Court victory in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, it is now easier for students with disabilities and their families to prove discrimination and ultimately seek relief under federal law. The firm’s work in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools builds on a unanimous victory Latham secured in 2023 in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, in which the Court also expanded legal protections for children with disabilities.

Latham was also recognized for its work with Green Era Campus, a project that transformed a vacant brownfield site into a renewable energy and urban farming campus in the Auburn Gresham area of Chicago, Illinois. With the firm’s experience advising on low-carbon energy matters, our lawyers prepared a renewable natural gas offtake agreement and negotiated feedstock supply agreements that allowed Green Era to optimize its anaerobic digester — placing it at the forefront of sustainable urban development.