If Spiderman was a lawyer, he might be a lot like Kirkland & Ellis associate Rob Bernstein. No, not the part about webs. But because when Bernstein saw something wrong, he jumped in to fight it.

Outraged by a story in the Washington Post about a suburban Kansas City family whose home was wrongfully raided by deputies, Bernstein as a brand-new associate convinced partners Paul Clement and Viet Dinh that he should reach out and offer pro bono appellate representation.