Debevoise, DOJ Sentencing Reform Clash Could Hit Supreme Court

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at how a Debevoise & Plimpton pro bono project might end up before the Supreme Court. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.

John Gleeson has fought to scrub away what he calls the injustice of “stacked” mandatory prison sentences in the eight years since he left the federal bench. The Debevoise & Plimpton partner’s work could soon face its toughest test: a face-off with the Justice Department at the US Supreme Court.

Gleeson, an ex-prosecutor, spent two decades ...