Dawn Smalls is a partner at Jenner & Block in its Monitorship, and Investigations, Compliance and Defense Practices. Dawn is also co-chair of the firm’s ESG practice and Dobbs Task Force, and a member of the firm’s DEI Protection Task Force. She was named to the inaugural edition of “Northeast Trailblazers” by the American Lawyer and recognized by Crain’s New York Business as one of their “Notable Women in Law,” “Notable Black Leaders,” and “Notable Diverse Leader in Law.” Dawn is a recognized civic leader. She serves on the board of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and the Roosevelt Institute, a national progressive think tank and campus network that serves as the nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY. She previously served on the national Board of the American Constitution Society, the nation’s leading progressive legal organization, with over 200 student and lawyer chapters in almost every state and on most law school campuses. In 2023, she was appointed by Mayor Adams to the NYC Campaign Finance Board, an independent city agency responsible for the public financing of elections and voter education in NYC and co-chair of the NYC Bar Association’s Civic Education Task Force.