Schulte Roth & Zabel’s pro bono team, led by partner Taleah Jennings and associate Priyadarshini Das, partnered with Sanctuary for Families (“Sanctuary”) to obtain a 5-year order of protection from the Second Department Appellate Court for a domestic abuse survivor. Despite a lower court acknowledging aggravating circumstances, the survivor had initially been issued only a two-year order of protection.

Representatives from Sanctuary credited Schulte for obtaining the favorable decision, stating that, “Taleah and Priyadarshini quickly assessed the strengths of the appeal, drafted an excellent brief on behalf of our client, and zealously advocated for her during oral argument.”

Schulte has handled a number appeals for Sanctuary, including a similar matter involving a Family Court order of protection. Taleah and Priyadarshini shared, “[W]hen Sanctuary reached out to us, we were eager to incorporate our prior experience with these sorts of appeals. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work with such an incredible organization like Sanctuary for Families and to help people who may otherwise lack access to counsel.”

Read more about how Taleah and Priyadarshini prepared for oral argument and how working on the appeal shaped their understanding of trauma-informed lawyering on Sanctuary’s blog.

Schulte Roth & Zabel partner Joseph Gambino spoke with Law360 about his move to the firm’s Finance Group — a key step in Schulte’s ongoing strategy to expand its capabilities on both the arranger and manager sides of the collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) market.

“I’ve been across from Schulte many, many times, stretching all the way back to the beginning when I was a very junior lawyer. Schulte has always been a well-known and well-respected commodity in this space,” Joe stated. 

Joe focuses on CLOs and specialty finance transactions and also brings experience in asset-backed securities, which is a growing area of demand in the firm’s finance practice.

“CLOs had another record year last year, a couple of years behind the previous record in 2021, so we’ve just seen the growth of CLOs really put a strain on a lot of the service providers in the space,” he said. “So being able to enhance the capabilities and the capacity of an already existing platform should really help capture more market share on both the manager side and the arranger side of the business.

Read about Joe’s arrival to the firm.