Ex-Defender Urges 4th Circ. To Revisit Pro Bono Team Exit

By Abigail Harrison ( September 30, 2025, 9:07 PM EDT) -- A former assistant public defender asked the full Fourth Circuit to remand or rehear the question of whether her pro bono legal team had good cause to quit on the eve of trial in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the federal judiciary, saying a denial would permit any attorney to decamp from a client's case on the "flimsiest of pretenses."...

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