Danielle Tarantolo joined NYLAG’s Special Litigation Unit in May 2011. She became the Unit’s associate director in 2015, a co-director in 2017, and the director in 2021. She has litigated complex class actions on behalf of consumers who are low income, individuals with disabilities, recipients of public benefits, student loan borrowers, and others. Many of these cases have resulted in judgments or settlements that have brought critical relief—including expanded access to public benefits, education, accommodations, and due process, as well as financial compensation—to New Yorkers experiencing poverty.

Before joining NYLAG, Danielle spent three years as an associate at Jenner & Block, where she was honored with the firm’s pro bono award for her outstanding work on behalf of clients unable to afford private attorneys. Danielle clerked for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.