Former securities litigator honored for pro bono work in Brooklyn
An attorney doing pro bono work helping families in foreclosure out of the Brooklyn Supreme Court was recognized last week by the New York State Bar Association as part of its annual Law Day tradition to spotlight attorneys helping their communities.
Jonathan Plasse, who was a senior partner at Labaton Sucharow LLP before he retired in 2015, said that he has always been proud of his work, but that helping Brooklyn families in distress was especially rewarding.
“In my practice, I used to prosecute securities class action suits for financial fraud, and it always felt good to hold people accountable that way,” Plasse said. “But these are people who really need help, they’re often at their wit’s end being sued in foreclosure, and the result of helping them has been emotionally rewarding in a way that prosecuting securities never was.”
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