“Are you sure about that?”
I lived in Cincinnati for 29 years and read the local paper, The Cincinnati Enquirer. I read the Enquirer electronic version every day, out of thanks for having moved to Florida, a free state.
Am I sure that Lin Wood represented Sandmann pro bono. I read it in the Enquirer; there is your answer. Am I sure it’s factual? The Cincinnati Enquirer is a liberal rag so take my statement for what it’s worth.
It’s possible. Either way, I doubt he did it for the money, but rather the exposure. You don’t get rich litigating defamation suits in the US—the law is HEAVILY defense-friendly. But high profile defamation cases make news, and that can generate business for his personal injury practice, which is where he probably really makes his money.
My point is more that he managed to fool a lot of people into believing that he got a massive settlement for Sandmann when he almost certainly did not.