On February 11, 2025, Davis Polk counsel and Head of Pro Bono Litigation Dara Sheinfeld will be among the speakers at the Battered Women’s Justice Project’s “Clemency for Criminalized…
On December 23, 2024, President Biden announced that he was commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row and reclassifying their sentences to life without possibility of…
Senior counsel Denis McInerney and counsel and Head of Pro Bono Litigation Dara Sheinfeld spoke with AmLaw Litigation Daily about a major victory for their pro bono client, a sex…
On September 17, 2024, our pro bono client, a sex trafficking survivor, was released from prison after serving nine years of a 25-year prison sentence in connection with the unintended…
On July 9, 2024, the Second Circuit issued a summary order solidifying victory for our client in a case brought against her under the Hague Convention by the father of her children. The…
Counsel and Head of Pro Bono Litigation Dara Sheinfeld has been named a “2024 Accessible Justice Changemaker” by the DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF). Dara is recognized for her leadership in…
For decades, excessively long mandatory sentences and the practice of “sentence stacking” (also known as “18 USC § 924(c) stacking”) disproportionately impacted people of color sentenced in…
Davis Polk’s pro bono representation of Sadik Topia, a newsstand dealer on New York City’s Upper West Side, was highlighted in a recent West Side Spirit article. Counsel and head of Pro…
On February 9, 2024, Davis Polk head of Pro Bono Litigation Dara Sheinfeld will be among the speakers at the Practising Law Institute’s “Addressing Domestic Violence 2024: Effective and…
In recognition of her leadership in pro bono litigation initiatives assisting survivors of domestic violence, Dara Sheinfeld, Davis Polk counsel and Head of Pro Bono Litigation, received…
