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 recently secured release from immigration detention and obtained U.S. asylum status for a young man from Guinea. Our client, “Mohammed,” and his family were involved in the…
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 is delighted to announce the 2021 winners of the firm’s annual Pro Bono Awards.In a particularly trying year when the COVID-19 pandemic created additional hardships for our pro…
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…
