Mylan Denerstein

Mylan Denerstein
EducationColumbia Law School (JD)
OccupationLawyer
EmployerGibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Mylan Denerstein is an American lawyer.[1] She serves as a partner and co-partner-in-charge at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, as well as a court-appointed independent monitor of the New York City Police Department.[2][3]

In 2024, Denerstein was named to City and State New York's list of Trailblazers in Law.[4] In 2025, she was then named to the City and State New York's Law Power 100.[5] In the same year, she was also named in Crain's New York Business' list of Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys.[6]

Education

Denerstein attended Columbia Law School and graduated in 1993.[7]

Career

In 2010, Denerstein became Counsel to the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo after having served as the Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice under his tenure as State Attorney General since 2007.[7] The Wall Street Journal described her as "a powerful but largely behind-the-scenes force in both the attorney general's and governor's offices" and "the top woman and African-American in Mr. Cuomo's inner circle." In 2013, she was the "chief architect" of the Women's Equality Act.[8] Denerstein also served as the Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs for the New York City Fire Department.[9]

In 2018, Denerstein joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner.[10]

In 2022, Denerstein was appointed, by Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York, to be an independent monitor of the New York City Police Department, a role established in the Floyd v. New York decision.[11][12] In early 2025, she filed a report in federal court stating that a quarter of stops made in 2023 by the Neighborhood Safety Teams and Public Safety Teams, which had been deployed starting in 2022, were unlawful and that the rate of "unlawful stops, frisks and searches" somewhat worsened since then.[13][14] Her Feb. 17, 2026 report stated that these trends had continued: "After twelve years of Monitor oversight, the NYPD has yet to reach substantial compliance with this Court’s 2013 order requiring constitutional policing."[15]

Denerstein is a member of the boards of Sanctuary for Families and American Red Cross of Greater New York.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Charting A Course For Change: DEI Leaders Address Systemic Barriers And Opportunities For Progress At ESSENCE Fest 2024". Essence. 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  2. ^ Meko, Hurubie; Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (2024-09-05). "Illegal Police Stops Have Risen Under Mayor Adams, Despite Court Mandate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  3. ^ "Gibson Dunn Partner Mylan Denerstein Appointed as New Monitor for NYPD Reforms". Law.com. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  4. ^ "The 2024 Trailblazers in Law". City & State NY. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  5. ^ Spinosa, Gina (2025-03-03). "Barry Berke and Mylan Denerstein Named Among City & State New York's 2025 Law Power 100". Gibson Dunn. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  6. ^ Jones, Courtney (2025-03-24). "Mylan Denerstein and Orin Snyder Named Among New York's 2025 Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys". Gibson Dunn. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  7. ^ a b "Three Alumni Named as Top Aides to N.Y. Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  8. ^ Orden, Erica (2013-06-10). "Cuomo Aide Emerges Into Public Eye". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  9. ^ "About". NYPD Monitor. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  10. ^ Blain, Glenn (2014-11-07). "Gov. Cuomo's former counsel Mylan Denerstein joins Manhattan law firm". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  11. ^ "Mylan Denerstein | Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys 2025". Crain's New York Business. 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  12. ^ Romero, Laura (2022-03-02). "Mylan Denerstein Appointed to Serve as the Independent NYPD Monitor to Oversee Court Ordered Reforms". Gibson Dunn. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  13. ^ Colon, Shayla (2025-02-04). "The Persistent Problem of Stop and Frisk". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  14. ^ "Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says". AP News. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  15. ^ Pinto, Nick (2026-02-18). "Does the NYPD Even Want to Follow the Constitution?". Hell Gate. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  16. ^ "Mylan Denerstein | Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law 2024". Crain's New York Business. 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
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