Civil Rights

Transitioning at work

Lawyers are like shoes – we have to fit well and be comfortable; lessons in supporting our transgender and gender nonconforming clients

From Issue: 2025 June

Immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability for purpose of enforcing state employment and civil rights laws

From Issue: 2023 March

I get frustrated too

Federal interlocutory appeals of summary judgment brought based upon the qualified-immunity defense

From Issue: 2020 March

Vindicating the rights of those who die in police custody

From Issue: 2024 March

My civil rights hero

From Issue: 2024 June

Litigating deaths caused by restraint and/or positional asphyxia while in law-enforcement custody

From Issue: 2024 June

Lessons from my father, and the path from PI law to criminal law to becoming a civil-rights lawyer

Post-arrest and pre-trial claims against individual government officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Overcoming (implicit) bias

Because it’s where we fight for our clients’ civil rights

From Issue: 2024 May

Despite social progress the LGBTQ+ community continues to be marginalized, the subject of hate crimes and oppression

From Issue: 2025 June