MINNEAPOLIS (July 7, 2009) — International law firm Dorsey & Whitney is pleased to announce that Dennis Johnson, a partner in the firm's Des Moines office is featured on the cover of the July issue of American Lawyer magazine for his pro bono efforts on behalf of plaintiffs in the same sex marriage case recently decided in the state of Iowa. The cover story article, entitled “The Marriage Broker” traces Johnson multi-year involvement in the case and is the featured story in the magazine's annual review of pro bono work by America's largest law firms.

In the same July issue, American Lawyer magazine ranks the top 200 U.S. law firms based on pro bono hours worked in 2008. In that survey, Dorsey ranked #50, up significantly from #73 in 2007.