NEW YORK, December 5, 2023: The Financial Times named Morgan Lewis the winner of the Innovative Lawyers in Access to Justice & Civil Rights category as part of the FT Innovative Lawyers North America Awards 2023, held December 4 in New York. The firm is also ranked among the Top 15 Most Innovative Law Firms in North America in the publication’s 2023 Innovative Lawyers North America Report, which assesses firms’ innovation, use of data and technology, policies, approach to social responsibility, and financial growth.
The Access to Justice & Civil Rights Award recognizes Morgan Lewis’s representation of enlistees in the US Department of Defense program Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) and the firm’s role in establishing a two-year fellowship to help guide noncitizen soldiers and veterans through the naturalization process. The noncitizen US Army soldiers and veterans who will be counseled through the fellowship were members of three federal class actions Morgan Lewis led against the US Department of Defense, US Army, and US Citizenship and Immigration Services following their delay and denial of citizenship that was promised to the MAVNI enlistees in exchange for the vital language or medical skills they brought to the country’s armed forces.
Morgan Lewis was additionally recognized as a standout in the Innovation in Knowledge & Data category for launching ML Client Intel: Know Your Client, which provides client information in a frequently updated dashboard containing reports from multiple sources. The firm was also commended in the Innovation in Digital Solutions category for VizBridge, an application designed in-house that gives clients a view of their trademarks around the world.