Dyan Gershman is the founder and partner at Gershman Law, PLLC, a New York City-based boutique corporate law firm established in 2014. In addition to her corporate and M&A work with startups, private equity investors, and large and mid-market companies in the United States and abroad, Dyan Gershman is an active member of the New York City Bar Association and related nonprofits, such as the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice.
The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice is a provider of pro bono legal services to social justice groups and law firms around the world. The philanthropic organization manages numerous programs with this goal in mind, including the Pro Bono Promotion program. First established in 2011, the program now functions as the cornerstone of all Vance Center efforts, with over 10,000 lawyers in 21 countries performing upwards of 200,000 hours of pro bono work every year. Members represent more than 540 international law firms.
While pro bono legal services are valued in virtually all industries and communities around the world, Vance Center programming often focuses on the nature of pro bono work itself, emphasizing markets where pro bono culture is unknown or in its earliest stages of development. The program has developed the Pro Bono Network of the Americas to advance pro bono activities throughout Latin America, while the Pro Bono Declaration of the Americas functions as a set of standards and expectations for providers of pro bono legal representation.
Other Vance Center programs include the Lawyers Council, Women in the Profession, and African Legal Fellows. More information about these programs and other justice center resources can be found online at vancecenter.org.
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