On January 13, 2025, Davis Polk counsel and head of Racial Justice Pro Bono Diane Lucas will be among the speakers at Volunteer of Legal Service’s Pro Bono Partners Convening: Meeting NYC’s…
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…
Davis Polk’s years-long representation of Afghan New York Times Kabul bureau employees concluded in October when we secured U.S. asylum for our fifth and final client of the group. This…
On December 5, 2024, the LGBT Bar Association Foundation of Greater New York will present Davis Polk with its Pro Bono Excellence Award for 2024. The award honors the firm’s hard work,…
On September 24, 2024, Davis Polk was honored at New York County Defender Services’ 25th anniversary gala with the Pro Bono Partner Award in recognition of the firm’s role in…
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…
Davis Polk Chief Pro Bono Counsel Amy Starr discussed the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi with Law360. The court upheld a federal law that bars anyone subject to a…
Davis Polk counsel Matt Yeowart and associates Joshua Bunn, Federica Camilleri de Marco, Gilbert Lim, Vivek Thanki and William Urukalo were named to the “Pro Bono Recognition List of…