Sentences with phrase «civil lawyers for»
Civil lawyers for Zachary Cruz accused the Broward Sheriff's Office, prosecutors and the courts of «torturing» the teen and violating his civil rights «and engaging in an extortive campaign of intimidation because of the identity of his brother,» according to a press release.
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Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and worked as a civil rights lawyer for a small Chicago firm.
Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.
Abzug's push for Women's Equality Day was, in fact, far more symbolic than many of the more concrete policies she made a reality in her six years in Congress, not to mention in the two decades prior to her election, which she spent as a lawyer fighting for human rights and civil rights.
A board member and spokesman for the Quebec civil lawyers» and notaries» union — Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois, or LANEQ — he tried in vain in May to find members who were willing to share their first - hand experiences on the picket lines during their historic four - month general strike, the longest in Canadian public service history.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Education Association, lawyers, legislators and judges have been similarly forced to deal with the issue because of the numerous bills and civil suits demanding equal time for creatioCivil Liberties Union, the National Education Association, lawyers, legislators and judges have been similarly forced to deal with the issue because of the numerous bills and civil suits demanding equal time for creatiocivil suits demanding equal time for creationism.
so that its Professors are oblig'd to call for the help of the Civil Power, it is a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one» (IV: 634) But we also hear of Luther Martin, Maryland's first lawyer and a leading antifederalist.
Only an infantile lawyer like Okudzeto Ablakwa would refuse to cut his losses as I did when he knows that governments in Ghana do not pay for any fees associated with filing and prosecuting civil cases except legal costs, damages, and other awards.
Given Lippman's political savvy, his initial budget proposal was a surprise in that he called for essentially no trims and squeezed out $ 25 million to start a new program providing lawyers to the poor in civil cases.
A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.
The police department's press office for decades shared such information willingly, but the administration's lawyers have decided an obscure section of New York State's 1976 Civil Rights Law makes those revelations improper and illegal — or, in de Blasio's phrase today, «a bureacratic error.»
The former minister first came under investigation in 2013 after a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), wrote a petition against her for allegedly approving the purchase of two BMW vehicles worth N225m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in breach of the Public Procurement Act.
Johnson defeated civil rights lawyer Yetta Kurland to win the Democratic nomination for the seat.
Several veteran lawyers who have read Section 107.3 of the Civil Service Law, which prohibits state employees from allowing political donations in state facilities «occupied for any governmental purpose,» say they warn or would advise their political clients to stay off the track for fund - raising.
Sussman is a 1978 Honors Graduate of Harvard Law School and has been one of the Hudson Valley's most prominent civil rights and trial lawyers since the 1980's when, as lead counsel for the Yonkers Branch of the NAACP, he helped end racial segregation in the City of Yonkers public schools.
Now, after a mistrial, a conviction and an exoneration, lawyer John O'Hara is running for Brooklyn civil court judge.
Nearly a year after the federal Justice Department declined to bring civil rights charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a black college student in Pleasantville, Westchester County in 2010, the victim's family has agreed to a $ 6 million settlement, a lawyer for the family announced.
On Friday, Assistant US Attorney Thomas Perez, head of the Civil Rights Division, sent a letter to lawyers for the NYS Senate Majority saying that... Continue reading →
Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.
According to a December 2014 report by the Center for NYC Neighborhoods and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, more than 42,000 homeowners have been conned out of $ 100 million nationwide.
The protest is just the latest headache for RBS which has been in the media spotlight for nearly two weeks now as the fine print of Sir Fred's pension is pored over by lawyers and civil servants.
«We would like to thank Team Schneiderman for producing an ad with a courtroom setting, which only serves to highlight that D.A. Donovan has spent the better part of the last 15 years prosecuting cases in actual courtrooms while State Senator Schneiderman was busy voting to raise taxes, proposing legislation to line trial lawyers» pockets, voting against civil confinement for sex offenders and cutting deals to keep Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate in the majority fold in Albany,» Shapiro said.
These patients are left without recourse to pay for care and suffering from a past mistake by a health care provider, the civil suit lawyers argue.
The Bar Association of Erie County Volunteer Lawyers Project Inc. (VLP) is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit corporation which provides free civil legal services to low income individuals and small not - for - profit groups in Erie County.
But in her motion challenging the EFCC's ex parte application, Mrs. Jonathan, through her lawyers, argued that the EFCC's «Ex parte Originating Summons» was not one of the modes of commencement of action under Order 3, Rule 1 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure Rules) 2009, and that it was not known or provided for by any law or rules of court.
Rose Clouston, national coordinator at Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said her Washington - D.C. - based group received hundreds of calls from New York independents who did not understand why they couldn't vote Tuesday.
Rose Clouston, a national coordinator for the Washington, D.C. - based Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said their «Election Protection» hotline — 1 (866) OUR VOTE — will be up and running 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after the polls open and close on Election Day.
Mayor Bill de Blasio today told the state's top judge that he believe the day is approaching when government will guarantee all citizens a lawyer in civil court cases — but said that the funding for the attorneys will have to come from the federal level.
The American Foundation for Equal Rights — with its attention - getting political odd couple of conservative Republican lawyer Theodore Olson and liberal Democrat David Boies — will announce Monday it is joining a lawsuit against what the lawyers called Virginia's «draconian» laws prohibiting same - sex marriages, the recognition of such marriages performed where they are legal, and civil unions.
Taxpayers, meanwhile, are still footing the bill for the $ 500 - an - hour lawyer Silver hired to represent him in a civil lawsuit brought by two victims of the former Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic powerbroker.
Prominent lawyers, civil rights groups and individuals, on Tuesday, faulted Buhari for absolving the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, of allegations of corruption against him.
Bronx political observers have noted his political ties to Stanley Schlein, a lawyer, lobbyist and powerful Bronx political insider who was found to be using his public office for his private firm's work while he was chair of the New York City Civil Service Commission.
She was also a staff attorney for Brooklyn Legal Services, a lawyer for the New York City Office of Labor Services, a civil court judge and criminal court judge.
GOSHEN, N.Y. >> Orange County civil rights lawyer Michael Sussman says he'll seek the Green Party nomination to run for state attorney general.
«We view this system as having the potential of an invisible, all - pervasive invasion of Americans» privacy,» says Don Haines, a lawyer working for the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington DC.
When I asked why Carlson didn't simply go to another dating service, her lawyer evoked the image of Rosa Parks, noting that «nearly every step in civil rights law, you could have said the same thing... There is a big difference between the sites that allow the customers to self - select who they are looking for» and a site that makes the decision «to exclude a minority group.»
When Academy Award - winning actress Frances McDormand lit up Oscar night with her puzzling plea for «inclusion riders,» civil rights lawyer Kalpana Kotagal was watching the Sunday evening event from the other side of the continent in Washington and...
The Lovings are assigned to ACLU attorney Bernie Cohen (Nick Kroll) and civil rights lawyer Philip Hirschkop (Jon Bass), who work pro bono for the couple.
«Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition... [The film begins with] Lincoln's realization that the Emancipation Proclamation, the thing he is most known for, was simply a war powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil War.
After living for more than thirty years under an assumed identity as a civil rights lawyer and single father in New York, he must now go on the run.
It's wonderful that the production team has revived a judicial action that is ultimately heroic, ground - shaking, celebrating the good work of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its representative lawyers noting that only one out of four hundred cases is even accepted for review, i.e. certiorari.
When Richard consults a civil - liberties lawyer (Nick Kroll), he finds that there may be some legal hope for them if they are willing to take on the system.
Roman is an office - bound lawyer who does busywork for his partner, a hero of the civil - rights movement who's the face of their two - person firm.
Paired with young Jewish lawyer Friedman in a segregationist court, he's forced to fight prejudice as he and Friedman work their case — which helped set the stage for the future Civil Rights Movement.
Currently, parents may choose a better school when their child's school fails to make AYP, but as the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has called it, the choice option is «a right without a remedy.»
A lawyer for the Education Department's office for civil rights in San Francisco recently decided to help the University of California rewrite its course catalog, with the aim of deleting allegedly sexist language.
Americans for a Fair Chance is a consortium of six of America's leading civil rights legal organizations, including the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., National Partnership for Women & Families, and the National Women's Law Cecivil rights legal organizations, including the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., National Partnership for Women & Families, and the National Women's Law CeCivil Rights Under Law, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., National Partnership for Women & Families, and the National Women's Law Center.
Democrats for Education Reform Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund The Education Trust Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens MALDEF (the Mexican American League Defense and Education Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..
Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union went before a federal appeals court last week in an effort to stop what they say is an unconstitutional system of sex - segregated classes at a southern Louisiana school.