Darpana Sheth is a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice (IJ) and also serves as director of IJ’s Nationwide Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse. She is lead counsel in an unprecedented federal class action against the City of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and state court judges challenging their egregious civil forfeiture practices. The National Law Journal recognized Ms. Sheth as one of “D.C.’s Rising Stars of 2015,” due to her cutting-edge work in this niche practice.
Previously, Ms. Sheth represented the State of New York as an assistant attorney general, was an associate at Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, and clerked for the Honorable Jerome A. Holmes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Ms. Sheth earned her bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania and Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.