Kathy Ochroch is a Partner and the Director of Pro Bono Services at Blank Rome LLP. As the Director of Pro Bono, she supervises and coordinates all aspects of the Firm’s pro bono program. This includes identifying new pro bono matters and finding opportunities to increase the Firm’s pro bono involvement. Ms. Ochroch also works closely with in-house counsel to develop pro bono partnerships between the in-house lawyers and the Firm. Ms. Ochroch also maintains a substantive pro bono practice. She serves as one of the lead attorneys on a capital appeal in which Blank Rome was successful in getting the client’s death sentence vacated. She also handles pro bono guardianship cases, transgender name change matters, trusts and estates matters, family law matters, social security disability cases, veterans’ discharge cases, and immigration and asylum matters. Ms. Ochroch serves as a child advocate for abused and neglected children and volunteers to represent children who have been the victim of sex trafficking. Ms. Ochroch has received multiple awards for her pro bono work, including being named a 2020 “Champion of Justice” by the SeniorLAW Center. In addition, she has received the “White Hat Award” from the Legal Clinic for the Disabled, the Pro Bono Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Craig M. Perry Community Service Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, and the “Distinguished Advocate Award” from the Support Center for Child Advocates. Ms. Ochroch serves as the co-chair of the Law Firm Pro Bono Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. She also is a member of the Board of Directors of Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, and a member of the Board of Directors of CeaseFirePA. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Ms. Ochroch practiced in the litigation department of another Am Law 100 firm and served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her J.D., with High Honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where she was a member of The George Washington Law Review and the Moot Court Board. Ms. Ochroch earned her B.A., cum laude, from Dickinson College.