You can sit on ur couch

Agree to disagree as to whether this is an attractive project for a law firm. Big law firms would salivate at taking on a high profile project like this. And yah not purely pro bono but falls in the quasi pro bono realm where billing is lower usually.

Disagree. Even high powered lawyers do not charge their commercial rate when doing pro bono or other public oriented work. It’s one thing for Exxon to pay 500 dollars an hour or whatever but it’s a misuse of city funds that can do good elsewhere. The city should not be paying this much. Very competent lawyers exist who would do this work for much less.