Conlon, Elizabeth D.

Danielle Conley is a counsel in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Government and Regulatory Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Conley completed a clerkship with the Honorable Rosemary M. Collyer of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Practice

Ms. Conley has a general litigation practice with a particular focus on government litigation and strategy. She has represented major corporations, educational institutions, and quasi-governmental entities before federal and state courts and in arbitrations. Ms. Conley has represented clients at all stages of litigation, including discovery, dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeal.

Ms. Conley's litigation practice has included wide variety of complex commercial disputes, including contract disputes, intellectual property disputes, and antitrust cases. She has also represented clients in False Claims Act investigations.

Ms. Conley shares the firm's commitment to pro bono work. She has represented clients on a pro bono basis in cases involving complex issues of constitutional law, as well as in actions brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act.

Professional Activities

Ms. Conley is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. 

Honors and Awards

Ms. Conley is a recipient of the firm's Pickering fellowship in Washington, DC, established in honor of John H. Pickering. As a Pickering fellow, she spent six months practicing at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), an organization founded under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall that focuses on issues of education, voter protection, economic justice and criminal justice through advocacy and litigation. While at LDF, Ms. Conley worked on a variety of civil rights cases in federal courts, including Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. One v. Holder, a challenge to the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act that was before the United States Supreme Court in April of 2009.