This highly qualified expert has 15 years of experience as an attorney working on civil rights litigation and prison and jail litigation, as well as the legal malpractice involving these areas. She received her BA in political science and English literature from the University of Memphis and her MALA in Western classics from St. John's College before earning her JD at the University of New Mexico. This expert holds licenses for the New Mexico State and Federal Court, the ...
This expert practiced bankruptcy and commercial law for 18 years between careers in academia. After his initial years of professional practice, he accepted a tenured position at Widener Law School in Delaware. He was appointed to the US Department of Justice by Ronald Reagan. He then returned to private practice. He limited his practice to Chapter 11s including service as conflicts counsel involving major related bankruptcies. His publications deal with topics related to ...
This expert is an empirical economist and law professor with testifying experience. His research interests revolve around employment law; the dynamics of civil litigation, particularly settlement; criminal law; and sentencing law and reform. He earned his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was the treasurer and an editor of the Harvard Law Review; he went on to earn a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
The Death that Shocked the Conscience of the World The settlement announcement arrives in the wake of months of national outrage and protests over Floyd’s death and racism in the justice system. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African…
Last week, the Supreme Court made it unlawful to prevent same-sex marriage. Obergefell v. Hodges 576 U.S. ___ (2015). This landmark ruling is the culmination of several cases challenging state laws or policies that discriminated against same-sex couples. Such as…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Fish v. Kobach Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41755 Facts The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Dechert…
This case involves a Federal Civil Rights action against a jail that subjected a mentally ill inmate to habitual abuse. The inmate was put in isolation would routinely be denied food and clothes. He was restrained for prolonged periods of time…
This case involves a civil rights action against the police department of a major west coast city. A 32-year-old wheelchair bound plaintiff was arrested for drug-related charges in a local bar. The plaintiff had several pressure ulcers as a result of…
This case involves a high school teacher who was accused of more than 10 counts of assault against female students over the course of his 15 years of employment at the school. The teacher was ultimately arrested and plead guilty to…
This case involves a woman who was a senior manager at an accounting firm in Wyoming. The firm proposed her for partnership. Out of 88 candidates she was the only woman proposed for partnership. As part of the partnership process,…
This case involves two internal affairs officers who were pursuing a suspect wanted on assault and weapons charges. During their pursuit, they located the plaintiff, who has no criminal history. They confronted and struck the plaintiff approximately 50 times, even…
Background This case stemmed from Plaintiffs’ conflicts with the defendant school district over events in the United States history classroom of Defendant Bruce H. Smith at the Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania high school in the spring of 2007. Smith showed students…
This case involves an employee of a program that helped welfare recipients return to the workforce. The employee was African American and her supervisor was also an African American woman. The company had a casual dress code for days when…
This talent acquisition and labor relations case concerns several African American employees who worked at a power-generating facility. The company had a long history of having a “segregated” workplace where most African American employees worked in the labor department and most…
