Sentences with phrase «rights attorneys representing»

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.

Having the right attorney representing you can be the difference in winning and losing and obtaining the full money damages that you deserve.

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Hotels» liability can depend on whether they're sufficiently aggressive in responding to allegations from employees and on the policies they have in place to prevent harassment in the first place, said civil rights attorney Debra Katz, a partner at Katz, Marshall & Banks who represents employees in harassment cases.

«Communities right now are going extremely slowly on this whole process,» said Jim Smith, a Boston attorney whose firm represents cannabis companies seeking host municipalities.

In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

«Essentially they kicked him out without giving him his rights,» Kerry Sutton, the Durham - based attorney who has represented Felton, said during a brief interview on Thursday.

We will represent you for the negotiation of any contracts with the surrogate and egg donor and will work with local attorneys across the United States to finalize your parental rights.

«Expanding off - hours arraignments will help to protect the Constitutional rights of defendants, both by minimizing delays in the arraignment process, and ensuring that defendants can be represented by counsel at arraignment,» Attorney General Schneiderman said.

«Sean Coffey is the right person with the right qualifications to represent all of the people of New York State as Attorney General,» said NYSPFFA President Mike McManus, whose organization includes 103 professional firefighter unions from Buffalo to Long Island.

Civil rights attorney William Wagstaff III, who represents the two men, said he doesn't think the apology is sincere.

Congressman Charles Rangel today offered a strange assessment of the allegations that prominent civil rights attorney Sanford Rubenstein — who is representing the family of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner — raped an executive of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network following Mr. Sharpton's 60th birthday party on October 1.

Gillibrand calls Schneiderman a «lifelong pro-choice advocate» and «the ONLY (her emphasis) candidate for Attorney General who represents the values of New York women, especially when it comes to reproductive rights.»

«They were provocative, they were confrontational, they have stake in this outcome, and they have set a tone for unnecessary roughness, for unnecessary brutality,» insisted civil rights attorney Ron Kuby, who is representing the arrested protestors.

Civil rights attorney Percy Sutton, who represented Malcolm X and became an influential New York politician and broadcaster, has died at age 89, associates said Sunday.

The commission also should represent the interests of the gamut of other people and groups that interact with the criminal justice system — prosecutors, judges, police and correction officers, people in prison, defense attorneys, advocacy groups, think tanks, victims» rights organizations, and academics.

The Executive Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Shettima Kashim represented by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in his goodwill message pledged to support the Commission in ensuring that human rights abuses are curtailed to barest minimum.

«I would say to my clients: «You have to protect yourself... by using the water that is appropriated,»» said John McClow, a prominent water rights attorney who represented the state on the Upper Colorado River Commission, the interstate water management coalition, and now serves on the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Among the groups represented at the hearing were the National Association of Scholars, which had filed the complaint, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), founded and headed by civil libertarians Alan Charles Kors, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense attorney.

Kyle Rosenkrans is the former CEO of the Northeast Charter Schools Network, and a former civil rights attorney who has represented hundreds of parents and children.

In addition to being a partner at Civil Rights Solutions, Lauren Baum is an attorney in private practice in Washington, DC, representing charter schools in DC and Maryland.

As Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Bannock County, Brian upholds the law while representing the rights of local citizens.

In oral arguments before the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, the pro bono attorneys from Arnold & Porter and Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry who represent the parent - plaintiffs argued that New Jersey's LIFO statutes violate students» constitutional rights to an education.

The SPLC's attorney, Lydia Wright, argued that intervention by the three parties was unnecessary because the rights of the parents, the association and Midtown were represented by the attorney general and would only clog up the proceedings with «more bodies and more paperwork.»

«It's a huge step in the right direction, but there's a lot of work to be done,» said Matt Cohen, a longtime special education attorney who helped represent the advocates and community groups that presented concerns to ISBE in November.

On May 11, 2017, we succeeded in discouraging any attempt to repeal the borrower defense regulation using the Congressional Review Act in part due to opposition letters from 20 state attorneys general, 16 veterans» organizations, and more than 50 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, servicemembers, faculty, and staff, civil rights, and college access.

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.

Attorneys Theodore Boutrous, far right, and Marcellus McRae, second from right, represent nine California public school students who are suing the state to abolish its laws on teacher tenure, seniority and other protections.

If so, attorneys respond with an offer to represent you that includes a full attorney profile with details on their fee structure, background, and ratings by other LegalMatch users so you can decide if they're the right lawyer for you.

The lead attorney representing the plaintiffs argued that this rule does not apply in this case because «the exception to this policy is where the officer personally committed a tort: a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.»

To have the same opportunity as the respondent (s) to participate in a student disciplinary hearing before a faculty - student disciplinary committee, including the right to be present, to be represented by a person of your choice, including an attorney, to present evidence, call witnesses, cross-examine witnesses, have your prior sexual history with persons other than the respondent (s) excluded from the hearing, have your prior mental health diagnosis and / or treatment excluded from the hearing, receive written notice of the outcome of the hearing, and to appeal from the decision;

«I think that the ripple that is represented by its financial strains will be addressed in the right manner... by the attorney general, by the trustees, and by the administration.

I know the attorney representing the plaintiff well, and could likely buy us some more time with a stipulated extension, but I'd need to begin working on it right away.»

As a former attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a special projects team attorney at the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, a law clerk to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and director of the Merrill Lynch Philanthropic SB Program, Mr. Dyson has extensive experience representing major institutions and variety of clients.

Attorney Cicchiello currently represents plaintiffs handling matters involving personal injury, automobile accidents, workers» compensation, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, civil rights violations, contract disputes, and criminal law.

However, if litigation is required, Grants Pass child custody attorney Lynn M. Myrick will vigorously represent you in court to protect your rights.

This clueless judge refused to allow the defendant to fire his attorney, asking at one point where he'd heard he had the right to represent himself.

Our Palm Beach shareholder oppression attorneys also represent minority owners that have been denied their right to participate in, or enjoy financial returns from, a company.

But also I believe the competence issue that arises on the right to represent oneself refers only to one's mental competence, not one's competence to conduct litigation; i.e. one's mental ability to assist an attorney with the case is the determinant.

Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of Pennsylvania's Right - to Know Law, frequently representing requesters, public agencies and interested third parties in litigation before the Office of Open Records and Pennsylvania's appellate courts concerning requests for, and access to, government records.

Our attorneys and professional staff members are dedicated to aggressively protecting your rights and effectively representing you with the honesty and integrity that you need and deserve from your attorney.

If you're contacted by the insurance company representing the other driver, do not discuss the facts of the accident and do not sign any documents or accept any settlement without first consulting with an attorney in order to protect your rights.

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It is not only important to hire an attorney to represent you, but to hire the right attorney to represent you.

Successfully represented Vermont municipalities against charges filed with the Civil Rights Unit of the Vermont Attorney General's Office and the Vermont Human Rights Commission

If you are facing criminal charges in Coronado you should know that you have the right to have a criminal defense attorney represent you during the criminal proceedings.

By finding the right local attorney to represent your interests, you can help ensure that you receive everything to which you're entitled under Connecticut law.

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No Other Counsel — The prisoner must not be currently represented by another attorney in his or her criminal case, or have the right to appointed counsel in the case.