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David Sinkman

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David Sinkman

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David is a civil rights lawyer whose practice focuses on ensuring that people with substance use disorders are not discriminated against in the criminal justice and health systems.

Before coming to Kaplan & Grady, David served as the Opioid Coordinator and Civil Rights Coordinator for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He also was a Visiting Scholar at the NYU School of Global Public Health, a Senior Fellow at the Northeastern University School of Law, and a Senior Associate at the O’Neill Institute at the Georgetown University Law Center. His research focused primarily on addressing discriminatory barriers to medications for opioid use disorder.

David clerked for the Hon. Denny Chin on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Hon. Richard Owens on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Justice Dorit Beinisch, the President of the Supreme Court of Israel. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center, earned an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan.

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Publications:

Recovery Housing and Civil Rights Laws: Rights and Obligations Related to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

The Americans With Disabilities Act And Substance Use Disorder: Rights, Responsibilities, and Looking Ahead

Opinion: Orange County doesn’t want a needle exchange program. But it needs one

Using the Americans with Disabilities Act to Reduce Overdose Deaths

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