Danielle C. Wild, Esq.

12/09/2023

I am so excited for this next venture! More so, I am honored to work alongside so many of my former professors who I have looked up to for so long—no longer only referring to them as role models, but now also colleagues and friends.

I am (slowly but surely) winding down my practice. I will continue to fully represent my current clients until the conclusion of their matters, but I am not taking on any new clients. After closing out all of my current cases and taking a break from practice to focus on teaching, I plan to continue to do limited court-appointed and contract work. But I do not plan to take on any more private clients.

I am forever grateful to everyone (and there are so many) who helped me, first, build a successful niche practice and, second, return to academia.

Danielle Wild L’15 Joins the College of Law as an Associate Teaching Professor

Danielle Wild L’15 has joined the College of Law as an Associate Teaching Professor. She had previously been a Visiting Professor teaching Legal Communications and Research. Wild will teach Legal Communications and Research courses along with Oral Communications and Advocacy Skills and Appellate Advocacy Skills in the JDinteractive online J.D. program.

Previously, Wild was a solo practitioner in Rochester, NY where she pursued criminal and quasi-criminal appeals in both state and federal intermediate appellate courts, investigated wrongful conviction claims, independently and together with the assistance of an investigator, and brought motions to vacate criminal convictions in both state and federal court. Prior to that, Wild was an associate attorney at Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin LLP of Rochester, NY.

Wild graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, summa cm laude, and from Syracuse University College of Law, summa cm laude, in 2015. While in law school, she competed as a member of the National Trial Team and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, Secretary of the Justinian Honor Society, a Law Ambassador, and an editor on the Syracuse Law Review.

10/27/2023

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Chief Judge Rowan Wilson also explained why he's vouching in justices from the Appellate Division to hear certain cases before the state's highest court.

10/06/2023

It's time to stop writing off people with criminal convictions, even "career criminals." Full stop.

It's time to talk about education — specifically, barriers to education for the millions of adults in America who are living with a record.

Check out one of our newest blog posts by Stanley Andrisse, Executive Director of From Prison Cells To PhD, Scientist, and author of From Prison Cells to PhD: It Is Never Too Late To Do Good.

https://www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/clean-slate-policies-can-help-break-down-barriers-to-education

09/18/2023

Worth a watch

09/01/2023

Rochester friends: Save the date!
September 27th, 5 to 7 p.m.

Save the Date!!!
Public DefenderJulie Cianca will be hosting a town hall to share information and take questions. Don't miss it!!

08/30/2023

Had a great time yesterday at the MCBA’s End of Summer Celebration. So did my toddler! He and President-Elect Sareer Fazili (Sandy) became best buds.

Thanks Kammholz Rossi PLLC for sponsoring.

08/25/2023

I'm happy to announce that, for the second year in a row, I've been selected to the New York Rising Stars list for Appeals!

Super Lawyers magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the state or region and the ABA-approved

08/14/2023

FYI: According to the USPS website, they do conduct criminal background checks for all applicants, but it appears to only be a 5-year look back and not determinative of employability.

I found a FAQ sheet (link in comments) that reads, “In fairness to applicants and in consideration of the Postal Service's obligations to the public and the workforce, the Postal Service individually evaluates the employability of each candidate with a criminal conviction or pending criminal charge. The Postal Service recognizes that many persons with criminal records have demonstrated successful rehabilitation and are capable of performing the duties of postal jobs. These applicants are entitled to compete for jobs on individual merits. It is Postal Service policy to evaluate the employability of each applicant with a criminal conviction record individually.” I cannot confirm the currentness of the FAQ sheet, but I’d be surprised if it is outdated.

The United State Postal Service is hosting two upcoming job fairs in the Rochester area.The first is coming up Friday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Rochester Proces