On March 19, 2024, Davis Polk pro bono client Edgardo Quirós-Morales was released from prison into the care of his wife and family after the Federal District Court in Puerto Rico granted…
On October 25, 2023, Davis Polk was honored at the 2023 New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) Pro Bono Awards with the Champion of Justice Award, the program’s highest honor, in…
On February 9, 2023, Davis Polk and the Legal Aid Society secured a victory on behalf of our client, Oscar Sanders, as the New York Court of Appeals reversed a judgement by the New York…
In 2011, Davis Polk began our representation of Nancy Smith, a Head Start school bus driver who was wrongfully convicted in 1994 of sexually abusing preschool students who rode her bus…
Davis Polk client Monica Szlekovics was granted clemency in January 2020 after serving 23 years of a 50-to-life sentence, the result of an extensive clemency application and support from…
Davis Polk’s pro bono efforts were highlighted by New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore in her December 7, 2020 COVID-19 update, “Coronavirus and the New York State Courts.” Judge…
On January 3, Governor Cuomo commuted the sentence of our client Monica Szlekovics. Monica had been serving 23 years of a 50-year-to-life sentence for second-degree murder and other crimes…
Davis Polk, working with the Legal Aid Society, secured the release of pro bono client Carlos Weeks, who served 26 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder…
Legal Education company TalksOnLaw partnered with Davis Polk and leading victims assistance organizations Safe Horizon and Sanctuary for Families to produce the first of two videos in a…
Sanctuary for Families honored several Davis Polk lawyers at the Above & Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Awards on November 13, 2018. The annual event honors members of the legal community…
