Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, the nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for LGBT equality, was quoted as saying about King & Spalding's decision to take the case as "Depressing," and that "I think it's going to hurt them in their recruiting of future lawyers." Interestingly, in 2006 the firm announced national sponsorship of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. Davidson was also quoted as saying: "As legal director, I would take the position that we should not use them as cooperating attorneys with us -- that is, people who work with us on a pro bono basis in cases. I wouldn't want to team with them, so long as they're actively harming our community by defending DOMA."