Sprung

On December 21, 2006, Environmental & Natural Resources Group partner Tim Means received a call from the Department of Justice, informing him that President George W. Bush granted a pardon for Crowell & Moring pro bono client Phillip Emmert. Emmert, who after successfully recovering from nearly a lifetime of drug addiction, is able to return from prison to his paralyzed wife and daughter. Motivated by the need to take care of his wife and daughter, he entered a drug treatment program, became a licensed minister, and began volunteering at a hospice to console the dying.