As pro bono director and counsel, Madeline leads and facilitates the pro bono practice across the firm’s Northeast and Midwest offices. She provides direct representation to pro bono clients and maintains an active practice that is driven by her passion to provide quality representation to underserved and vulnerable communities. Madeline builds relationships with community partners, nonprofits, and legal service organizations to provide unmet legal needs on a national basis.

She focuses her personal pro bono practice on racial equity and criminal justice reform, areas that became increasingly important to her during her undergraduate career at the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, Madeline volunteered at juvenile detention facilities and prisons, and peer-led a sociology course on mass incarceration, the carceral state, and the legal system.

Madeline’s experience at the University of Michigan drove her to begin her career as a public defender in the Bronx where she represented thousands of indigent community members obtaining full acquittals at trial and advantageous plea agreements. She then went on to successfully litigate complex civil matters at a large firm, litigating cases in both federal and state court, representing clients in governmental investigations, and advising clients on regulatory compliance. After broadening her legal experience, Madeline’s passion for providing legal services to those who cannot afford it made her return to work that feeds her soul – pro bono.

Madeline graduated magna cum laude from Albany Law School. In addition to receiving her J.D., she was also named as a Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest Fellow, a Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow, and received the Howard A. Levine Award for excellence in juvenile justice and child welfare. Additionally, Madeline is a proud alumnus of The University of Michigan where she received her bachelor’s degree in philosophy, with a minor in criminal justice.

Pro Bono

• Advised a nonprofit on the results of our 50-state survey regarding mandatory arrest laws and drafted arguments for the nonprofit to advocate for legislative change to prevent the mandatory arrest of minors.
• Partnered with a nonprofit to represent an individual in civil litigation against the Metropolitan Police Department for violating his constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure.

Civil Litigation

• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of individual physicians and major New York City hospital systems in numerous cases.
• Represented health care clients in investigations involving the Anti-Kickback statute and Stark law.
• Defended leading health plan in government investigation resulting in dismissal of complaints.
• Represented multiple health plans in complex commercial disputes with pharmacy benefit managers and retail pharmacies regarding pharmaceutical reimbursement.

Criminal Litigation

• Obtained a full acquittal for a home health aide client preventing her from acquiring a criminal record.
• Successfully litigated a felony case to full acquittal in a matter prosecutors pursued despite a clear lack of evidence.