Originally Posted by
phlpsfrnk
Well that is the definition of “Pro Bono” isn’t it? If you wish to believe that nobody is footing the bill for those costs then have it your way. Somebody is putting in the time and as they say “time is money”.
Yes I am very serious. Lets not forget the INS. I have worked overseas in different countries and believe me foreign countries and the USA do not take kindly to people that work in their country without prior approval or the correct passport visa. There is a big difference between what one can do with a work visa and a tourist visa. I very much doubt Trappy had a work visa.
Frank
Well of course someone is "putting in the time", but actually it's undoubtedly a group of people doing this at the firm. Pro Bono in general means without cost, gratis. The firm decided to do that, and Pirker isn't paying. That seems to bug some folks, not sure why. The public isn't footing penny of the bill, nothwithstanding the leaps some will want us to take to believe otherwise. At the end of the day, it's a red herring argument anyway, irrelevant to the issue.
Let's not get the INS involved, that last thing needed is another bureaucracy getting involved. If anything the school should have been investigated for hiring someone who might not have had the correct paperwork, but then again I don't think anyone knows what his status was.