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Firms Helping Military Employees

BY ljnstaff
June 02, 2015

Many Am Law 100 firms have done extensive pro bono work for veterans since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a decade ago, and are also helping their military employees.

Kirkland & Ellis: In 2006, when the U.S. deployed troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, a Kirkland associate joined the U.S. Army Reserve. David Tressler spent 10 months in war-torn Afghanistan. When Tressler was deployed, Kirkland updated a firm policy to make up the difference between his military pay and his associate salary so he would not receive a pay cut during his tour. Tressler says he didn't ask for the change, but was incredibly grateful for it.

Reed Smith: This is another firm that makes up the difference between military and civilian pay when its employees are called to arms. Litigation partner Jesse Miller, who is also a lieutenant colonel in the California Army National Guard, benefited from that policy each of the three times he was deployed since he joined the firm in 2005. Miller says in the last couple of years, two associates, a paralegal and a secretary at Reed Smith were deployed and benefited from the firm's policy.

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