Jenner and Exelon: A Business Case for Pro Bono

Darryl Bradford, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Exelon Corporation, started his career at Jenner & Block in the 1980s. One of the reasons he picked Jenner was its commitment to pro bono work: “There weren’t a lot of firms that said ‘It’s OK to do pro bono work,’ but Jenner said, ‘We want you to do pro bono work, and you should get out there and do that.’”

Four decades later, Bradford still maintains close ties to the 450-lawyer Jenner firm: In 2003, he joined the $27 billion energy provider Exelon, which uses the firm for much of ...