Former BigLaw Attorney Spends His Mornings Feeding the Homeless
A lawyer who formerly practiced labor and employment law at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has switched to the plaintiffs side—at the same time that he made a switch in his morning routine.
For the past year, Washington, D.C., lawyer Rob Farley has been helping feed breakfast to the homeless at the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church. The Washington Post has the story in its “On Faith” column.
“For Farley, the routine has given his faith a purpose, his vow to be a better person a tangible test,” the story says.
“This was a guy who, until a few years ago, couldn’t remember going to church aside from the time that, decades ago, his mother threatened to take away his Super Bowl-watching privileges if he didn’t attend. A guy whose initial intention was just to end his morning jog by waking the homeless and kindly urging them to move on.
“Then God happened. Or something like that.”
Farley arrives around 7:30 a.m. to open up the church, and works with other volunteers to help provide breakfast, the story says. On one morning when a reporter was present, he read Scripture and took some good-natured ribbing from the homeless guests. Farley is a tightwad, too bossy, a fanatic, they teased. Another questioned his cooking skills.
Farley first attended the Methodist church in 2004 after his then-wife suggested they try attending some different church services. He was baptized within the next year.
The website for Farley’s law practice says he practiced at Morgan Lewis for eight years and played on the National Rugby Team.
