Along with firm partner Jason Solotaroff, Darnley Stewart is the attorney in charge of the firm's employment and civil rights practice. Ms. Stewart graduated from Princeton University in 1984 and received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1990. Prior to entering private practice, she served as Law Clerk to the Honorable R. Ammi Cutter and the Honorable Mel. L. Greenberg of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals.

Ms. Stewart's practice focuses on discrimination class actions and she has prosecuted high impact cases against a number of large companies, including Ford Motor Company, Gerber, Coastal Corporation, First Union Bank, National Car Rental, General Motors, Nissan, Toyota, and Bank of America. In connection with her work on Coleman, et al. v. General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Ms. Stewart was named as a finalist for "Trial Lawyer of the Year" in 2004 by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. She has also been named as one of the leading 500 plaintiffs' lawyers in the country and one of America's top 1500 litigators by Lawdragon magazine. In addition, Ms. Stewart was selected for inclusion in the list of 2006, 2007 and 2008 New York Super Lawyers.

Ms. Stewart is a member of the Class and Collective Action Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association and serves as Vice-President of the Executive Board of the New York affiliate (NELA/NY) of that organization. She is also plaintiffs' Co-Chair of the Technology in the Law and Workplace Committee of the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section. Ms. Stewart lectures regularly on employment class action issues, and has frequently commented in the media, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, National Public Radio and the Today show, regarding issues raised in a variety of employment discrimination cases. She also sits on the Advisory Boards of the Bronx Academy of Letters and NYU's Center for Labor and Employment Law.