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Steven Fingerhut
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Albany Law School
Steven Fingerhut is an employment litigation associate at Phillips & Associates. He is committed to providing vigorous representation to individuals who have suffered from employment discrimination in New York City and need an attorney to protect their rights. He is a zealous advocate of those who have suffered sexual harassment or discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and other protected traits.
Mr. Fingerhut is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association ("NELA") as well as the New York State Trial Lawyers Association ("NYSTLA"). In 2018 he was selected by SuperLawyers as a "Rising Star" in New...
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Denise Schulman
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Workers' Comp
New York University School of Law
Denise Schulman joined the Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP in 2009 and became a partner of the firm in 2017. In 2015, Denise was selected as a Rising Star by New York Super Lawyers.
Denise graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law. While in law school, she participated in the Employment and Housing Discrimination Clinic and Civil Rights Clinic and worked for the Urban Justice Center and Brennan Center for Justice. Prior to joining the firm, Denise worked for South Brooklyn Legal Services.
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Duncan Archie Peterson
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights
Brooklyn Law School
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Carmen "Jack" Giordano
NEW YORK, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Construction, Employment and Personal Injury
New York University School of Law and New York Law School
Licensed Attorney in New York, Federal District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and Federal Court District of Connecticut, and Vermont. L.L.M. Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence, New York University School of Law, 10-year (2013-2023) Super Lawyers Award Recipient. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Trial Attorneys in New York State.
When I decided to form Giordano Law Offices in 2000, I was excited about the prospect of being able to help as many people as I could in diverse practice areas. Giordano Law Offices is the culmination of many years of broad legal experience. ...
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Derek T. Smith
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Workers' Comp
Dickinson School of Law and University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
We are Employment Law, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Workplace Discrimination, Wage & Hour, and Whistleblower Attorneys in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, & Miami. With decades of experience and over $200 Million recovered throughout this time, call now for free consultation. No fee unless we recover.
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Gregory Scott Hach
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 25 years of experience
Civil Rights, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Gregory Hach is a partner at Hach & Rose, LLP. His practice area focus is in representing members of organized labor unions in mass tort actions including prescription drug liability, personal injury actions, and asbestos litigation. Mr. Hach is admitted to practice law in New York, Washington, DC, and the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law in 1999. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science in 1996 from the John Jay College of Criminal...
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Michael Diederich Jr.
Stony Point, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Administrative, Appeals and Employment
Lewis & Clark Law School and Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
The Diederich Law Office focuses on helping victims of illegality and bias in employment and civil rights cases, particularly wrongful termination and job discrimination cases, and negotiating severance packages. Cases include wrongful discrimination based upon age, gender / sex, national origin, race, pregnancy or disability.
I also served as a "citizen soldier" (US Army reservist), with tours of duty in the combat zones of Iraq (2004-05) and Afghanistan (2012), as an Army lawyer. I retired in the rank of lieutenant colonel.
We handle cases from Long Island, through New York City and into the Hudson...
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Gerald Chiariello
Queens, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Fordham University School of Law
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Cameron Thompson
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 7 years of experience
61 Broadway Suite 2220
New York, NY 10006
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Construction, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
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Daniel E. Smyth
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
St. John's University School of Law
I am an attorney who represents injured people in all types of accident cases. My partners and I are committed to getting compensation for our clients while keeping our clients informed.
I am also committed to keeping each case moving as fast as the courts and the facts of the case will allow. I know how important the outcome of each matter I handle is, and I do everything in my power to avoid delay.
If you or a loved one has been injured in any type of accident, it would be a privilege and honor to represent you. You...
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Ira S. Newman
Great Neck, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 49 years of experience
Civil Rights, Education, Employment and Landlord Tenant
New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
Consumers, Business, Labor & Employment, Education, Civil Rights, Real Estate, Landlord & Tenant, Banks, Insurance, Licensing, Administrative, Litigation…”
OUR PHILOSOPHY OF LEGAL PRACTICE
•We will provide the highest quality of legal representation
•We will be responsive to your needs as a business or individual
•We will handle your legal matters competently
•We will handle your legal matter with experience
•We will respond to your problems in a timely manner
•We will represent your interests effectively and forcefully
•We will listen to you
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Alexandria Jean-Pierre
White Plains, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Alexandria Jean-Pierre is an esteemed employment lawyer based in New York City and a valued member of the Phillips & Associates law firm. With a strong focus on employment law litigation, she is deeply committed to advocating for the rights of employees. If you find yourself facing concerns regarding employment discrimination or any other legal issues within your workplace, reaching out to Ms. Jean-Pierre and her dedicated team at the law firm will help you determine the merits of your case.
Having obtained a B.S. in business management with a minor in government from St. John's University, Ms. Jean-Pierre went on...
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Brian Karalunas
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Stanford Law School
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Scott Glen Cerbin
Brooklyn, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
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Barbara Jane Hart
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights
Fordham University School of Law
Barbara Hart is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Hart has nearly three decades of experience as a leader in plaintiffs’ litigation. She has represented institutional investors, including many public pension funds, in securities and antitrust litigation and served as lead counsel in 4 of the top 100 securities class action settlements. Ms. Hart has also achieved substantive antitrust and False Claims Act/Qui Tam settlements on behalf of her clients.
In addition, Ms. Hart has represented other matters include representation of approximately 45 adult survivors of sexual abuse who brought claims against the...
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Dominic Louis Chiariello
Queens, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Fordham University
Attorney Dominic Chiariello graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1990, when he was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar. He joined the firm in 1991 after being admitted to the New York State Bar. He frequently lectures for the Queens County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program and serves as Chair of the Civil Practice Committee, as well as Sub-Committee Chairman for Tort Legislation. He is a member of the Queens County Bar Judiciary Committee, Medical Malpractice Committee and Mentors Committee. He is past president of Queens County Columbian Lawyer’s Association, as well as past chairman...
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John Tait
White Plains, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 24 years of experience
203 East Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
Civil Rights, Construction, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Fordham University School of Law
John V. Tait concentrates his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on personal injury, product liability, construction/labor law liability, premises liability, and contractual claims. Mr. Tait has handled several cases involving industrial equipment, firearms and ammunition, and recreational equipment and accessories. Mr. Tait also has extensive litigation experience with lawsuits involving retail establishments, residential complexes, supermarkets, restaurants, and recreational facilities for claims involving construction accidents, premises liability, Dram Shop, and general negligence.
An experienced litigator, Mr. Tait has successfully taken a number of cases to verdict in both state and federal court. He has also successfully presented cases...
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D. Maimon Kirschenbaum
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Workers' Comp
Fordham University School of Law
D. Maimon Kirschenbaum represents employees in class action and individual wage/hour cases, individual discrimination cases and other employment matters, such as severance negotiations. Maimon has successfully taken on employers ranging in size from Fortune 500 Companies to "mom and pop" local businesses.
From an early point in his career, Maimon has been recognized in the media as a "wunderkind of the plaintiff's bar" and the "patron saint of stiffed waiters." Now a partner at the law firm of Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP, he is well known throughout the restaurant and hospitality industry and its lawyers as a dedicated and effective advocate...
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David Bythewood
Mineola, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Business and Education
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Joseph F. Kilada
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Criminal Defense and Employment
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Joseph Kilada began his career at one of the most prestigious public interest law firms in Manhattan handling complex legal issues and trials. Thereafter, he entered private practice starting a litigation law firm devoted to zealously serving the needs of his clients.
Joseph Kilada is admitted to practice in New York State and is also admitted to practice before various federal courts including the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2006, Mr. Kilada was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court where he had the pleasure of personally meeting several Supreme Court Justices including newly appointed, Chief Judge John...
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Tara Fappiano
Tuckahoe, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Education
St. John's University School of Law
I spent over 20 years in the trenches as a trial attorney, but my passion is in the areas of special education and disability law. Wanting to help clients in a more sustainable way, I have transitioned into a new type of practice.
My goal is to empathize, collaborate, and advocate for clients to find them resolutions, in special education, discriminatory conflicts, and other areas. I am a trained mediator, and have extensive experience in negotiations. I offer services to anyone looking to mediate a dispute, or who may benefit from training in conflict resolution. I offer consulting services to school...
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Curtis FJ Doebbler
Lake Peekskill, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and International
London School of Economics and Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands and New York Law School
Professor Curtis Doebbler is Research Professor of Law at the University of Makeni (Sierra Leone) and a visiting professor of law at Webster University (Geneva Switzerland). His expertise is in public International law, especially international human rights law. He has practiced before the federal courts in the United States in several different circuits and before the Supreme Court of the United States. He has expertise in appellate advocacy, constitutional law, and civil rights. Dr. Doebbler is very selective with the clients he takes on, but ability to pay is never a reason to refuse a client.
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Irene R. Lax
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Irene Lax is senior counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer, focusing her practice on civil rights litigation. Ms. Lax is a vigorous advocate for survivors of sexual assault and victims of discrimination, wrongful incarceration, and other forms of harassment. Ms. Lax also litigates Title IX sexual assault actions and matters related to federal detention reform. Her representations include:
Aguirre-Jarquin v. Hemmert et al. (M.D. Fla.), an action alleging Section 1983 and related claims against defendants relating to the investigation leading to plaintiff’s death row sentence and 14 years of wrongful incarceration for two murders that he did not commit.
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Alex Umansky
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
New York Law School
Alex Umansky is a dedicated New York workplace discrimination attorney at Law Office of Yuriy Moshes, P.C. He works at the forefront of the fight for employee rights, and is committed to continuing his stellar track record of obtaining substantial and just verdicts for his clients. Among his career successes have been multiple six-figure verdicts and judgments, including one for $400,000 and a seven-figure verdict of $1,692,000 in a construction accident case, which was one of the top verdicts in New York that year.
Mr. Umansky’s commitment to fighting on behalf of those that have been wronged is reflected in his...
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William K. Phillips
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
St. Thomas University School of Law
The managing partner at Phillips & Associates, William K. Phillips dedicates his practice to protecting the rights of employees in the workplace. His firm has handled thousands of employment cases, including discrimination and sexual harassment claims. Mr. Phillips has been recognized as one of the “10 Best Labor and Employment Attorneys in New York” by the American Institute of Legal Counsel and among the “Top 100 Labor & Employment Lawyer in New York” by the American Society of Legal Advocates.
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Jonathan Tand
Garden City, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Education, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
Mr. Tand is an aggressive and skilled litigator in all aspects of employment and civil rights litigation. Mr. Tand’s experience includes both federal and state trials, arbitration hearings and trials before administrative agencies. Mr. Tand has also successfully mediated and settled numerous cases on behalf of his clients. He has extensive experience in the fields of civil rights law, employment law, general civil litigation, complex civil litigation, personal injury, education law, and white collar fraud litigation. Since graduating from Hofstra University School of Law, Mr. Tand has developed an expertise and a passion for civil rights...
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Joshua Benjamin Pepper
NEW YORK, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 23 years of experience
Civil Rights and Employment
New York University School of Law
The Law Office of Joshua Pepper is a boutique litigation firm specializing in enforcing the civil rights of individuals. Joshua Pepper is a former Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, Associate Counsel to the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and Assistant Attorney General.
Mr. Pepper began his career with the prestigious law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. After seven years there, he became an Assistant Attorney General, where he represented state agencies in numerous high-profile policy cases, as well as numerous civil-rights and discrimination cases. From there...
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Adam Michael Hurwitz
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Civil Rights and Personal Injury
University of Miami School of Law
Adam Hurwitz joined The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. in 2009 and brings with him a history of success. Throughout his career, Mr. Hurwitz has obtained millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients. A graduate of University of Miami School of Law, Mr. Hurwitz focuses on construction accidents, personal injury, premises accidents, automobile accidents, and civil rights. *ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. Prior results do no guarantee a similar outcome.
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Craig Warren Phemister
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Creighton University School of Law
Mr. Phemister has been practicing law in New York since 1998. Since then, he has been fortunate enough to have handled several thousand cases and taken well over a hundred verdicts at trial.
Initially, his practice focused on personal injury but over the years, he began working on cases where people were claiming they were assaulted by the police, or wrongfully arrested and held against their will.
As time went on, Craig began seeing more and more of these cases until he had the eye-opening experience of seeing a judge in New York declare that a man who spent nearly 18 years...
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Arthur Larkin
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 34 years of experience
Civil Rights
New York University School of Law
Arthur Larkin is a civil rights litigator with nearly thirty years’ experience in the state and federal courts, and over the past twenty years he had handled some of the highest profile wrongful conviction and class action lawsuits in New York City. He has negotiated settlements worth over $75 million in those lawsuits as well as numerous other lawsuits.
With fifteen years’ experience defending the City in such matters, Arthur knows how best to present a winning case at trial and/or during settlement discussions.
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Robert M. Schechter
White Plains, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Business and Criminal Defense
Albany Law School
Robert M. Schechter focuses much of his practice in the areas of gun rights, civil and criminal litigation, contract law, appeals, as well as helping startups. He enjoys the courtroom and has always wanted to be a litigator. A significant portion of his practice is spent helping clients navigate the various licensing authorities that New York has involved in deciding to grant or deny CCW (gun) Licenses. He takes an individualized approach to each and every appeal and Article 78 proceeding. Additionally this has further opened his eyes to clear disparate treatment many members of our country face. This unique...
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Israel Burns
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
After graduating from RutgersLawSchool with honors, he was hired as an Associate at the prestigious New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, an international law firm with well over 800 attorneys around the world. He practiced in the Litigation and Employment Law departments and personally handled some of the largest clients in the world including Prudential, Deloitte, and T-Mobile. While at the firm Israel was an avid believer in Pro-Bono and community work and even received awards from the New York State Bar Association for his many hours of free counsel. Israel was also...
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William J. Sipser
Poughkeepsie, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Bill Sipser has been a leading practitioner in the area of Labor Law and Employment Law Discrimination for almost thirty years. His practice is focused on representing clients in age discrimination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, and other matters involving employee rights. Bill has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts, and before several governmental agencies involving representation of individuals and labor unions.
Bill has prosecuted significant cases, including appeals before the Appellate Division of the State of New York as well as the federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He argued a critical employment discrimination issue before the...
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Michael Cirigliano
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and White Collar Crime
New York Law School
Michael E. Cirigliano, began his legal career in 2011 at the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office. While working as a prosecutor, Mr. Cirigliano developed his trial skills and learned the intricacies of criminal law and criminal procedure. During his tenure at the District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Cirigliano handled thousands of Driving While Intoxicated prosecutions among other offenses. Mr. Cirigliano resigned from the DA’s Office in 2015 and formed the partnership of Rosas & Cirigliano.
As a founding partner of Rosas & Cirigliano, Mr. Cirigliano defends individuals charged with crimes ranging from driving while intoxicated and domestic violence to serious sex offenses...
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James Michael Maloney
Port Washington, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 27 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Criminal Defense and Maritime
New York University School of Law and Fordham University School of Law
I have been a solo practitioner since 1999, after having worked for two historic maritime law firms in New York City. My practice now consists almost exclusively of federal litigation, including maritime and constitutional law. I am perhaps best known for my own pro se constitutional challenge to New York's ban on the in-home possession of the martial-arts weapon known as the nunchaku ("nunchucks"), a case that has been in litigation since 2003 (and continues as of November 2015, when this passage was last edited). Over the years, I have represented numerous individuals in state and federal...
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Michael Fineman
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
St. John's University School of Law
The Law Office of Michael Fineman, Esq., is a Criminal Defense law firm that handles criminal cases in all the boroughs of New York City. Mr. Fineman represents clients who have been arrested and charged with a crime in both New York State and Federal District Courts. With over ten years of experience as both a former Brooklyn Prosecutor and a Criminal Defense Attorney, Mr. Fineman has the experience to make a difference in your case.
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Michael Peter Kushner
Brooklyn, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal Defense and White Collar Crime
Vermont Law School and Niagara University
Michael P. Kushner devotes his practice to criminal defense, appeals and civil rights litigation. As a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Kushner has successfully represented defendants in all types of proceedings, ranging from high-profile federal drug trials to simple prosecutions in the New York City Criminal Court. As an appellate attorney, Mr. Kushner has represented clients with issues ranging from inappropriate sentencing, ineffective assistance of counsel and discreet civil rights issues before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. As a civil rights attorney Mr. Kushner advocates for those individuals whom the police have violated either by excessive force,...
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Katherine E. Smith
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
New York Law School
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Jonathan Weinberger
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Michelle Caiola
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
University of Iowa College of Law and Kent State University