When Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle litigation partners Eliot Lauer and Jacques Semmelman agreed to take on the case of Jonathan Pollard in 2000, they did not think they would still be working on it 15 years later.

But after numerous court filings, hearings and clemency applications regarding a case that has international ramifications, the lawyers learned Tuesday that their client would be released on parole in November.