Sarah Barrows

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Professional Experience

: Current; Darling International Darling International f/k/a Darling-Delaware Inc. v. Newark Bay Cogeneration Partnership, L.P. Brought arbitration proceedings against Newark Bay Cogeneration Partnership L.P. for breach of Energy Services Agreement and then sought to confirm arbitration award in New Jersey Superior Court. Complete victory for Darling; arbitration panel awarded Darling $7.4 million, full compensatory damages. more

: Current; Clarence Elkins Innocence Project - Clarence Elkins Weil Gotshal joined the case to draft an amicus brief on behalf of NIN to appeal the denial of Mr. Elkins’s request for a new trial, but our role quickly expanded as more new evidence was discovered and the need for additional litigation strategies and resources became apparent. The case, which garnered national attention, arose from the wrongful conviction of Mr. Elkins for the 1998 rape and murder of his mother-in-law and the rape and attempted murder of his then six-year-old niece. In 2004, Mr. Elkins’s attorneys used a new “Y-STR” type of DNA testing on critical evidence to demonstrate that Mr. Elkins was excluded as the perpetrator of these heinous crimes. Evidence collected from the crime scene was matched to a convicted child rapist and the prosecutor finally agreed to Mr. Elkins’s release. more

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