Sentences with phrase «as a civil rights attorney»

Clegg lives in Woodstock and has worked as a civil rights attorney and serves as chair of the Ulster County Human Rights Commission.

I've known her and I've watched her and its clear that whether as a civil rights attorney working on gender discrimination cases or a grassroots community organizer, Jenifer has demonstrated time and again her ability and her interest and her willingness and her energy in building diverse coalitions to tackle community problems and to lead.

Clegg also offered his background as a civil rights attorney and a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity against Faso's history of being a lobbyist for the «wealthy donor class.»

Because the battle for inclusion, equity and diversity has been her mission for years as a civil rights attorney.

The film's ace ensemble casting extends to its smallest roles, including Cuba Gooding Jr. (doing his best work in years) as civil rights attorney Fred Gray and Martin Sheen as federal district court judge Frank M. Johnson.

As the first person in my family to get a college degree (and later a law degree so that I could go on to work as a civil rights attorney), I worked hard to get here and I make no apologies for wanting the best for my son.

As a civil rights attorney I've seen this kind of ugly discrimination up close.

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This pronouncement, along with Johnson's (and executive chairman Howard Schultz's) apology, meetings with community leaders, and enlisting the guidance of civil rights leaders such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and the NAACP's Sherrilyn Ifill, ensures that this incident and the specter of racial bias will remain in the public's mind beyond a few days.

He has received recognition for his commitment to pro bono legal services, including his work as one of the lead attorneys in a successful federal civil rights lawsuit protecting the voting rights of Georgia citizens.

«We don't want to see property destruction or see people getting hurt,» said Elad Gross, a 29 - year - old St. Louis civil rights attorney, as activists gathered in a park before going to the mall.

The New Yorker «s Jia Tolentino profiles civil rights attorney Gloria Allred, whose career, she writes, can be seen as a «decades - long project to expand the boundaries of legitimate victimhood.»

Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...

More than 150 organizations spanning consumer advocates, civil rights and faith organizations across the country as well as 20 state attorneys general agree with Congresswoman Waters.

The next president will have troops of civil rights attorneys poised to enlighten the ignorant masses and to punish states and school districts for treating boys as boys and girls as girls.

(I have worked as a paralegal for famous civil rights attorneys in the U.S., they won hundreds of millions of dollars, the US Supreme Court heard one of their cases a couple of years ago, and they move in to legal action very quickly.)

``...... As your Attorney General, I will fight for LGBT equality, I will use the Civil Rights Bureau to aggressively enforce discrimination laws, and I will use the office's power to force change.»

Until Monday night, Eric Schneiderman was regarded as a model progressive in the #MeToo era — a powerful Democrat who, as New York's attorney general, sued Harvey Weinstein for civil and human rights violations over the movie mogul's alleged abuse of women.

De Blasio shouldn't get taxpayer money to pay his legal bills until the city controller certifies he racked them up as part of his job as mayor, according to civil rights attorney Norman Siegel.

She had also worked for the New York State Department of Law as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights and Real Estate Financing bureaus until 1988, when she became general counsel for the New York City Office of Labor Services, according to the profile.

At least three investigators with the Suffolk district attorney's office have been subpoenaed as a federal investigation has expanded into whether county investigators and prosecutors engaged in federal civil rights violations by illegally using a wiretap on Oliva.

Before setting himself on fire in a Brooklyn park, David S. Buckel, a nationally known civil rights attorney, sent an email to a man he had mentored, one clue among several as friends and family tried to make sense of the act.

As released by the attorney general's civil rights bureau, the policies outline the limits local law enforcement can participate in federal immigrant enforcement efforts, including refusing to enact non-judicial warrants in civil cases, denying requests by federal officials in holding people longer than 48 hours and limits on the access Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border protection officers can have with those currently in custoy.

Poorly trained deputies at the Erie County Holding Center — not a heart attack — killed inmate Richard Metcalf Jr. in November 2012, a state agency says as it urges the district attorney to begin a criminal investigation and the U.S. Justice Department to again examine the Sheriff's Office for civil rights violations.

The Aug. 4 report, released by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, said that the civil rights of teenaged inmates were violated by correction officers» routine beatings for minor infractions, as part of «a deep - seated culture of violence» that permeated Rikers and also affected adult inmates.

«There will be no letters of support from New Windsor residents who recall Dubaldi as mastermind of baseless attacks on candidates Chris Eachus, a respected NFA teacher he accused of supporting child molesters, or Diane Newlander, who wanted a dog park, or Bonnie Brennan, a respected international civil rights attorney and domestic abuse victim he accused of being a criminal.»

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has subpoenaed the Weinstein Company as it probes any potential violations of state civil rights law or New York City human rights law in the wake of sexual harassment and assault allegations against former executive Harvey Weinstein.

«She was a hard - working, substantive lawyer with deep roots in the community,» said Andrew G. Celli Jr., a founding partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady who served as the chief of the civil rights bureau from 1999 to 2003 under the former attorney general, Eliot Spitzer.

Two days later, State Attorney Eric Schneiderman, flanked by the National Action Network's Kirsten John Foy and civil rights leaders, issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies and district attorney's offices statewide that identifies hate crimes statutes and stresses that law enforcement has to properly identify incidents as possible hate crimes pAttorney Eric Schneiderman, flanked by the National Action Network's Kirsten John Foy and civil rights leaders, issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies and district attorney's offices statewide that identifies hate crimes statutes and stresses that law enforcement has to properly identify incidents as possible hate crimes pattorney's offices statewide that identifies hate crimes statutes and stresses that law enforcement has to properly identify incidents as possible hate crimes promptly.

With Cuomo: Served as the executive deputy attorney general for social justice for entire attorney general term, handling cases related to civil rights, environmental protection, health care and labor.

As attorney general, Mr. Schneiderman filed more than 100 legal or administrative actions against Republicans in Washington, sued the Weinstein Company over potential civil rights violations, and moved to change state law so that he could prosecute President Trump's aides even if he pardoned them.

As you may know, on Friday afternoon, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the FBI, New York Field Division, announced that they are undertaking an investigation of the facts and circumstances of this case.

Cohen, the attorney who has handled many civil rights cases aimed at Buffalo Police, shares the same concern as Bordeaux that the city for years has not pursued accreditation from the state's Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Program.

Assemblyman Marcos Crespo «As district attorney, Eric Gonzalez has put civil rights and social justice first,» said Assemblyman Crespo.

Although under some laws HBO may have a right to an award of attorneys» fees and expenses if it prevails in an arbitration, HBO agrees that it will seek such an award only in the event that the substance of your claim or the relief sought has been deemed by the arbitrator to be frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)-RRB-.

Denzel Washington stars as a driven, idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when his mentor, a civil rights icon, dies.

In the feature, Washington stars as a driven, idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended after his mentor, a civil rights icon, dies.

Each installment includes aspects from the legendary artist's life, and follows famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump as he conducts a full - scale, intensive investigation into key theories behind Tupac's murder.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minoriCivil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorRights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minoricivil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorrights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorrights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

Last year's equity DCL was signed by the assistant secretary for civil rights, Catherine E. Lhamon, who prior to joining OCR had served as lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance civil rights, Catherine E. Lhamon, who prior to joining OCR had served as lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance case.

In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviattorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviAttorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing enviattorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.

And I have to say, as a former civil rights attorney, it just makes me very nervous when people talk about how, you know, you need to --

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We represent our clients in both state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies such as the Texas Education Agency, State Board of Education, Texas Attorney General, Texas State Auditor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Commission on Human Rights, the Department of Education / Office of Civil Rights, Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Health & Human Services, Department of Justice and various other federal agencies.

Jon is a former public defender at New York's Legal Aid Society, as well as a former Senior Civil Rights Attorney at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Devon Orland Christopher has a high profile position as the state's senior assistant attorney general for civil rights litigation but her job as Mom is way more important.

Ms. Dixon was part of a team of civil rights attorneys representing African - and Haitian - American voters in NAACP v. Hood (a class action suit that arose out of the 2000 general elections), and she served as co-counsel in Anderson v. Jackson on behalf of African - American residents who challenged the demolition of public housing in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Prior to joining OSI - Baltimore, Ms. Dixon served as senior staff attorney at Advancement Project in Washington, D.C., a non-profit civil rights organization.

Prior to jOST - Civil Rights Sheryl Williams Photo.jpgoining DOCR, Ms. Williams was a supervisory attorney in the Federal Highway Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel where she was selected to serve as the first Special Counsel Employment Law where she oversaw the processing of all FHWA employment law matters and was instrumental in establishing the FHWA Employment Law Team.

Ms. Rivera began her distinguished public service career as an Attorney General Honors Law Graduate in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General receives a complaint in writing signed by an individual to the effect that he is being deprived of or threatened with the loss of his right to the equal protection of the laws, on account of his race, color, religion, or national origin, by being denied equal utilization of any public facility which is owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of any State or subdivision thereof, other than a public school or public college as defined in section 401 of title IV hereof, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly progress of desegregation in public facilities, the Attorney General is authorized to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section.