Anne Geraghty Helms

Past representations also include:

• Obtaining T-visa relief for a client who forced by her employer into domestic servitude
• Representation of a stalking victim in obtaining a protective order
• Representation of domestic violence survivors in applying for immigration relief under the Violence Against Women Act
• Representation of a nonprofit organization in a small claims action
• Representation of an individual with a criminal history in obtaining a Certificate of Good Conduct for employment purposes
• Helping to represent a young Iraq war veteran suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder who was charged in federal court with second-degree murder
• Working with a federal trial team that successfully challenged Maryland's lethal injection procedures

• "INSIGHT: Legal Aid Chicago Responds to the COVID-19 Crisis —A Conversation With AKD Partners," Bloomberg Law, July 28, 2020
• Author, "Pro Bono Collaboration Supports Survivors of Domestic Violence," The Pro Bono Wire, January 2018
• Co-Author, "The Suburban Pro Bono Experience: Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence," American Bar Association, June 1, 2017
• Co-Author, "Integrating Pro Bono Activities with the Law Firm’s Business," book chapter in, Beyond Elite Law: Access to Civil Justice for Americans of Average Means (Publication Forthcoming)
• Contributor, Legal Services Corporation, Report of the Pro Bono Task Force, 2012

• Panelist, Do Legal Clinics Work? Creating Pro Bono Clinics that Serve Both Volunteers and Clients Well, Equal Justice Conference, 2014 and 2015
• Panelist, White House Forum on Increasing Access to Justice, 2014
• Panelist, The Changing Face of Poverty, Pro Bono Institute, Washington, DC, 2013
• Presenter, Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors Meeting, 2012
• Panelist, Challenges and Opportunities in International Operations, University of Texas at Austin School of Law 29th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute, 2012
• Panelist, National Legal Aid & Defender Association annual conference, 2012 and 2014

Anne has been profoundly committed to pro bono work throughout her legal career. She comes to AKD Partners from a large international firm, where she was a litigation associate in that firm's Washington, DC office. While there, Anne was active in the firm's pro bono program. In 2004, she helped represent a young Iraq war veteran suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder who was charged in federal court with second-degree murder. Anne also was part of a federal trial team that challenged Maryland's lethal injection procedures as cruel and unusual, and she co-authored a brief for the Maryland Supreme Court which argued that the state’s lethal injection procedures violated the Administrative Procedures Act – an argument that ultimately was successful in bringing Maryland's capital punishment system to a halt.