Abigail Everett

Abigail Everett is a Legal Intake and Operations Specialist in the New York office of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland. She received her B.A. from Barnard College, where she majored in sociology and minored in film studies. As an undergraduate, Abigail interned at the Bronx Defenders as a Benefits Advocate, working alongside attorneys and advocates to increase access to public services for clients and community members. She also interned at the Center for Justice at Columbia University, in which she assisted clients in acclimating to life post-incarceration and provided sweeping administrative, technical, and operational support across the center’s array of initiatives. Her senior thesis, “Intimate Imaginaries: Sociotechnical Futures, Algorithmic Surveillance, and the World of Online Sex Work,” received departmental distinction and is currently under review to be published in fall 2024. As an aspiring attorney, Abigail hopes to work in civil rights and public interest law.