Sentences with phrase «in civil rights»

The conference will feature an opening plenary by Theodore M. Shaw, who will discuss the role higher education has played in the civil rights movement.

Prior to becoming President of NLRG, John served for 11 years as a Senior Attorney on the Public Law team, specializing in Civil Rights and Human Resources Law.

Successfully defended private correctional facility in civil rights action and Fifth Circuit appeal

The Equal Justice Society celebrated its 17th anniversary with an «Art + Youth» gala honoring the next generation of torchbearers in the civil rights movement.

Norm Pattis and The Pattis & Smith Law firm criminal attorneys stand up to the often bullying tactics federal prosecutors use in civil rights cases against police.

The Supreme Court of Poland has accepted for a hearing the cassation appeal in a civil rights case handled pro bono by lawyers at Wardynski & Partners.

I grew up in the civil rights era in the South, and the widespread institutionalized injustice was obvious.

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

The case of Obergefell v. Hodges - now considered a landmark case in civil rights - gave same - sex couples the right to marry and to enjoy the state - bestowed benefits of joint tax filing, healthcare decision - making as a spouse, equal parental rights, and so on.

Initially, Mr. Morrow specialized in representing governments primarily in Civil Rights litigation in Federal Court.

Borovoy, who was the CCLA's general counsel from 1968 to 2009, was a leader in the civil rights arena for four decades.

(AP: Albuquerque man awarded $ 200K in civil rights case)(via Bad Lawyer)

He also represents correctional healthcare providers and jail officers in civil rights claims under Section 1983.

After law school in Chicago, I started in civil rights work and that quickly turned into representing injured workers involved in workers compensation and PI matters.

Securing a preliminary injunction on behalf of the City of Philadelphia against another governmental agency from carrying out discriminatory elements of a fare plan and the denial of preliminary injunction in a civil rights suit, which was dismissed with prejudice, alleging racial discrimination in the implementation of certain regulations of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code.

We Can Help Indications that police departments across the country are engaging in civil rights abuses have become more evident in recent years.

In Marek v. Chesny, the Supreme Court in 1985 ruled that «costs» under Rule 68 do include attorney fees in a civil rights case brought under section 1983, although only in the context of the plaintiff's post-verdict application for fees under section 1988.

1662 (2010), which in a civil rights context indicated positive enhancements are only appropriate for rare and exceptional cases.

litigant retains not so much a particular attorney as the «firm» of NAACP and Defense Fund lawyers, which has a corporate reputation for expertness in presenting and arguing the difficult questions of law that frequently arise in civil rights litigation.

But the plaintiffs in Flint may face an uphill battle in a civil rights case, according to Peter Hsiao, an environmental lawyer with Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles.

The Pennsylvania native, who had almost grown up in the civil rights movement by volunteering for the NAACP during high school, was traveling with fellow SNCC activists Charles Sherrod, Charles McDew and J. Charles Jones (the «three Charleses») when the car carrying them accidentally ran over a dog in Alabama.

Jenkins took that model and used it to provide legal representation to organizations that had sprouted up in the civil rights era, including co-ops, housing and teachers» groups and other professional organizations.

As reported by Shannon P. Duffy: «Finding that attorney Brian Puricelli's courtroom work was «smooth» and «artful» in securing a $ 430,000 verdict in a civil rights suit, but that his written work was «careless» and laden with typographical errors, a -LSB-...]

Second, in most civil rights litigation, the Laffey Matrix presumptively applies to determine fees in civil rights cases.

We will be keeping you updated on legal news in the civil rights field as well as posting brief yet substantive articles by our contributors.»

Drawing on decades of experience in civil rights cases, including extensive experience on behalf of LGBT clients, when representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals experiencing discrimination.

Counts a number of household names in the financial services, life sciences and industrial sectors among its clients, alongside an active practice representing individuals in civil rights disputes.

James DeAno co-founded the law firm DeAno & Scarry where he currently acts as a managing partner specializing in civil rights and employment law.

She has a formidable record of success in arguments before the Supreme Court, and is notable for her high - profile work in civil rights cases as well as large - scale commercial appeals.

Before entering private practice, Joshua began his legal career by participating in the United States Attorney General's Honors Program, then serving as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in Baltimore from 1973 to 1978.

Highly active in pro bono work, with expertise in civil rights and wider public interest cases.

She has represented a wide range of clients in civil rights issues from sexual harassment to employment discrimination; although she is most known for her work regarding women's rights.

Could such a professor who writes law review articles about the First Amendment effectively represent a client in a civil rights litigation?

continuing problems in recruiting and retaining blacks and other minorities at the top law firms; the rise of a small group of lawyers who focus on Supreme Court cases; the decline in civil rights cases that make it to the high court; and the court's dwindling caseload.

Mike Cernovich comments that city defendants are the «frequent flyers» of verdicts in civil rights actions, in part because rulings like Kozinski's are rare: Cernovich can't recall a case where an appellant was assessed double costs for filing a civil appeal.

But for all of its experience in civil rights case, the Division now finds itself in an unfamiliar role in a discrimination lawsuit: the role of defendant.

Sophie says: «In our civil rights case, titled Juliana, et al. v. United States, et al. and available at ourchildrenstrust.org, we assert that the government is violating our constitutional right to life, liberty and property by approving emissions of fatally high levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, despite being aware of its damaging effects.

That's been the case with all of the major breakthroughs in civil rights, women's rights, and so many other important causes.

He's now associated with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, but his real story is that he worked side by side with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers; he's spent his entire life as a grassroots organizer in the civil rights movement, the farmworkers movement, the LGBT movement, et cetera.

Judge Aiken noted the phrase «all deliberate speed,» which played an important role in civil rights, a careful statement in the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision.

As Eshe observed, «in the civil rights movement, judges had to take a step into the unknown....

In 1969 Andrews, a New York based artist reared in rural Georgia, Korean War veteran, activist in the Civil Rights, anti-Vietnam War, and feminist movement, undertook a major cycle of works, creating one major work per year for six years building up to the Bicentennial in 1976, each work emerging from dozens of smaller paintings and drawing studies.

Moving to New York in the 1960s, Whitten was an active participant in the Civil Rights movement before he turned to painting, befriending the Abstract Expressionist artists Willem de Kooning and Norman Lewis.

For his monumental commission in the Hirshhorn's cylindrical gallery, Mark Bradford is delving into the Smithsonian's archives to learn more about the contributions of women in the Civil Rights Movement.

The museum announced details about the project over the summer, reporting the artist is utilizing Smithsonian resources, delving into the archives to research overlooked voices of women who participated in the Civil Rights Movement.

Appropriated print advertisements from 1968 — a landmark year in the Civil Rights Movement — are stripped of their context to open up questions of cultural stereotypes and the way the media perpetuates them, while in the series «Branded» he inverts the work, adding contemporary ad copy to provocative images.

Rev. Moore was active in the Civil Rights Movement, organizing a student sit - in at Royal Ice Cream parlor in Durham, N.C., on June 23, 1957, prior to the more well - known Greensboro lunch counter protests in 1960.

For example, should an artist's work attempt to express directly the issues in the civil rights struggle in the tradition of social protest painting?

Ranging from a documentary film screening, lectures, a gallery exhibition, and a presentation with local school children, students, faculty and the public took the time to remember and reflect the actions of those in the civil rights era.

He was a contributing editor at Arts Magazine from 1969 to 1972, during which time he became active in the civil rights struggle for black artists to gain greater visibility in American museums and galleries.