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2020 FIRM REPORT ON




                                 DIVERSITY & PRO BONO





                                                DIVERSITY & INCLUSION IN 2020

                                �  Brinks participated in Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule Pilot Program for Midsize Firms this year,
          AT A GLANCE               having participated in the Mansfield Rule Program since its inception in 2017
                                �  Three Brinks shareholders were named to the Crain’s Chicago list of 2020 Notable Women in Law
          $50K




          IN CONTRIBUTIONS
          TO LEGAL AID
          ORGANIZATIONS
                                                  Betsy J. Derwinski  Laura A. Lydigsen  Virginia Wolk Marino
                                �  Chief marketing officer Sivan Galinsky was named to the Crain’s Chicago list of 2020 Notable
          41%                     �  Shareholder Rashad L. Morgan was elected to both the North Carolina Bar Association Board of
                                    Executives in Marketing

                                    Governors as well as the North Carolina Bar Foundation Board of Directors
          FEMALE & MINORITY
          IP PROFESSIONALS



          FIRST                                                      Rashad L. Morgan




          CHICAGO IP FIRM TO       PRO BONO & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN 2020
          ESTABLISH FORMAL
          PRO BONO PROGRAM      �  Brinks was named to PILI’s Pro Bono Recognition Roster for the 10th consecutive year
                                �  Continued our participation in the Legal Prep Charter Academy’s Mock Trial Program through
                                    COVID-19 restrictions, the program successfully went virtual this year enabling even greater volunteer
          13                    �  Firm attoneys successfully concluded a number of pro bono client matters this year, including:
                                    participation and student interaction
                                    �  Represented a not-for-profit pro bono client in connection with an opposition filed against its

           NEW PRO BONO                 trademark
           MATTERS IN 2020          �  Represented a not-for-profit client with a copyright analysis related to the use of material from a
                                        third-party’s textbook
                                    �  Represented a client on a pro bono basis related to a trademark lawsuit
                                �  Firm attorneys also have a number of ongoing pro bono matters, including:
                                    �  Representing an appointed Illinois state prisoner pursuant to the Northern District of Illinois’s
                                        Trial Bar Pro Bono Program related to a civil rights action
                                    �  Representing various pro bono clients relating to preparation and filing of patent, trademark and/
                                        or copyright applications
                                    �  Representing a pro bono client in a Cook County Chancery Court administrative review action




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