Areas of PraCtice

I have 25 Years of experience, however I am not the focus of my cases, the client is.

I bring civil justice for victims of abuse so that they can be paid for the harms which they have suffered.

ABUSE

The principal factual areas where abuse occurs can change. I have experience in prosecuting cases where abuse has happened in jail, school, employment and medical settings. Each of those settings can be important in knowing how to prosecute cases. I have handled cases in each of these particular settings, and am interested, as well, in handling other settings.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

There are three essentially three kinds of employment claims — claims of discrimination, claims of retaliation, and claims of breach of contract. All three types of claims are possible, but the evidence must fit the type of claim. For retaliation cases, the employee has to have complained, generally of matters of public concern, and the complaints must have caused a negative employment action. Discrimination cases arise when someone is treated differently at work, and suffers economic harm, because of a characteristic they can not change, like gender, race, color, disability-status, religion, or national origin. I have handled cases in each of these areas. Claims of breach of contract can arise from an action of the employer that violates an explicit contract between the employer and employee. But they can also arise from employer conduct which violates provisions of employee manuals and policy books distributed by the employer.

CIVIL RIGHTS 

Civil rights cases only occur when a citizen sues the government. Suing the government is a very different act than suing another driver for causing an accident, or any other non-government party. The government enjoys a number of protections because it serves all citizens — a big job. Nevertheless, when the government acts in violation of the constitutional rights afforded to all citizens, there are ways to secure compensation for the injury the constitutional harm causes.