[Unfortunately, I did not save full headers for this Usenet posting,
 and do not have the Date: or Message-ID: available.  However, it was
 definitely posted on or shortly before June 11, 1995. -- Ron N.]

From: Chris Miller <cmiller@lightside.com>
Newsgroups: soc.women
Subject: pro-women law firm not so pro-women

I have been reading with great interest articles which acknowledge 
American businesses with policies which assist women in the workplace.  
As a working mother, I am always on the lookout for such businesses and 
for any cause which supports working women (especially single mothers).  
One leader in this field is the lawfirm of Morrison & Foerster and I was
thrilled when my daughter landed a job there.  Morrison & Foerster has 
been validated for its pro bono work involving women's rights by Working
Mother Magazine, the Bay Area chapter of Women in Communication Inc, the 
Alliance for Children's Rights, and other groups.  I have heard however 
that this stance is more window dressing than truth and that some of 
their clients are actually abusers of women and children. 
I'm told they are doing pro-bono representation of a high 
publicity case involving a deadbeat father 9 years in arrears on child 
support with a history of wife-beating.  It makes me wonder if the pro 
bono work in support of women and children is actually self-serving and 
whether they really deserve their awards.  Does anyone have any 
information in this regard?