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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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James K. Riley
Pearl River, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 53 years of experience
Civil Rights, Elder, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
James K. Riley is an attorney who provides clients with personal injury and product liability advocacy in New York and New Jersey. He also serves his clients in the complex areas of estate planning, estate administration, elder law business and tax planning in both states. Mr. Riley teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the fields of estate planning, elder law and finanical planning at Pace University in White Plains, New York as well as in the field of education law at Long Island University and Pace University. Mr. Riley is an Accredited Estate Planner and a Certified Financial Planner. He...
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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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Patrick K. Lin
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer
24 Union Square East
Penthouse
New York, NY 10003
Civil Rights, Appeals, Communications and IP
Brooklyn Law School
Patrick K. Lin is an attorney and researcher focused on AI, privacy, and technology regulation. He is the author of Machine See, Machine Do, a book that explores the ways public institutions use technology to surveil, police, and make decisions about the public, as well as the historical biases that impact that technology.
Patrick has extensive experience in impact litigation and policy advocacy, having worked for the ACLU, FTC, EFF, and other organizations that advocate for digital rights and social justice. He is passionate about addressing the ethical and legal challenges posed by emerging technologies, especially in the areas of...
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Margaret Ratner Kunstler
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 54 years of experience
Civil Rights and Entertainment & Sports
Columbia Law School
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Melanie Hammer
Brooklyn, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Criminal Defense
Brooklyn Law School
Criminal defense attorney in private practice since 2007. Former Prosecutor. I have handled thousands of criminal cases.
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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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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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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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Benjamin Notterman
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Domestic Violence
New York University School of Law
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Mr. Fausto Ernesto Zapata Jr.
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(212) 766-9870
Broadway Chambers Building
277 Broadway, Suite 501
New York, NY 10007
Civil Rights and Employment
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
Fausto E. Zapata, Jr., has been driven to fight on behalf of workers for a long time. As a college student, he advocated on behalf of workers by acting as a Shop Steward at a Hospital. While studying at The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, he was a summer Associate at a prominent law firm specializing in union-side Labor and Employment law, and he also participated in the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Minority Outreach Program. After graduating from law school in 2002, he worked as an Assistant General Counsel with District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO,...
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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
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Jason L. Solotaroff
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 33 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Employment
Columbia Law School
I am an experienced and skilled Attorney at Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson LLP. I am committed to advocating for the underdog in Civil Rights, Employment Law and Criminal Law matters.
I have successfully represented employees in a wide variety of disputes, such as breach of contract, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and whistleblower cases. My clients have included highly compensated banking employees, lawyers, physicians, teachers and factory workers. Additionally, I prosecute class actions on behalf of large groups of employees with wage, hour, and other employment-related claims. I also represent individuals in investigatory and criminal defense matters.
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Grace Hyun
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Grace Hyun specializes in the areas of civil litigation and has extensive experience in representing individuals and businesses in legal matters involving employment law, personal injury, premises liability, construction, products liability, and complex litigation matters. Ms. Hyun is a zealous advocate for her clients and regularly appears in state and federal courts helping her clients achieve successful results. Ms. Hyun represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated or are experiencing discrimination or sexual harassment at work. In addition, she represents employees and class of employees in matters involving violations of the FLSA and wage laws.
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Kenneth A. Goldberg
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Employment and Stockbroker Fraud
New York University
Having graduated with both an M.B.A. and a J.D. from New York University, Kenneth Goldberg understand the ways businesses work in relation to their employees. Goldberg has been practicing law since 1991, and is a member of a number of professional associations, including the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers' Association, and the American Bar Association. This extensive familiarity with labor laws and the cultures surrounding business makes Goldberg uniquely qualified to handle employment law cases.
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Leo Glickman
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Civil Rights, Administrative, Criminal Defense and Employment
Brooklyn Law School
Founding partner Leo Glickman has a long track record of holding the powerful accountable and fighting for progressive candidates and causes. While serving as the NY State Chair of Common Cause, he spearheaded legal efforts to force the Republican-led New York State Senate to open their financial books. The case resulted in a landmark decision by the Court of Appeals, Weston vs. Sloan, that requires the State Senate to disclose its taxpayer-funded budget to the public.
Mr. Glickman is an experienced civil rights litigator, representing clients whose constitutional rights have been violated by members of the Police Department and the Department...
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Jonathan R Miller
Brooklyn, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment, Foreclosure Defense and Trademarks
Cornell University
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Michael Lumer
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals and Criminal Defense
Brooklyn Law School
For more than twenty-three years Michael Lumer has fought for victims of police and government misconduct. Michael graduated in 1995 from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a Richardson Scholar, a recipient of the Edward Sparer Public Interest Fellowship, and an editor on the Brooklyn Law Review. Michael, who maintains the legal blog "Fourth and Fourteenth," and has written on criminal procedure law and the historical relationship between race and the death penalty in New York, began his legal career as a criminal defense and civil rights attorney, representing people who had been assaulted, falsely arrested, wrongly prosecuted, or otherwise...
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Angel Antonio Castro III
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals and Education
Hofstra University
Mr. Castro is a dedicated attorney with a strong team of professionals around him. Angel's law firm, A. A. Castro C.L.A.N. PLLC, has attorneys available to represent clients all over New York State with Offices in Manhattan and Syracuse, New York. Hablamos Espanol!
Mr. Castro's focus is on Education Law (Special Ed., General Ed. and Higher Ed.) including issues surrounding educational placement, related services, accommodations, discrimination, discipline/suspension/expulsion, personal injuries, and criminal cases related to education institutions.
Angel has also launched a new practice group solely focused on issues related to higher education (University, College, Professional Schools) including grade appeals, overturning dismissals from...
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Evan Spencer
NEW YORK, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Entertainment & Sports, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University and University of San Diego School of Law
NYC Attorney with 25 years experience in civil litigation including entertainment law, civil rights, class actions, sexual harassment/discrimination, personal injury and medical malpractice, including Covid-19 wrongful death.
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Scott M. Riemer
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Insurance Claims and Social Security Disability
University of Michigan Law School
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Edward H. Kyle III
Manhasset, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 5 years of experience
(516) 472-7300
Ext. 16
53 Orchard St.
Manhasset, NY 11030
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Estate Planning and Probate
St. John's University School of Law
Though skilled in all areas of litigation, Edward primarily practices in the areas of civil litigation, trusts and estates, commercial law, elder law, entertainment law, constitutional law, and civil rights law.
Originally from the Rio Grande Valley, he graduated in the first class of the Science Academy of South Texas in 1996. Edward earned his B.A. (Pre-Law/Theatre) in 2001 from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. He earned his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 2019. While there, he was the recipient of the Dean's Scholarship, was three times awarded the Dean's Excellence Award, and was frequently named...
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Corinne E. Tierney
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 3 years of experience
Civil Rights and Employment
St. John's University School of Law
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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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William Dan Boone
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Cornell Law School
Experienced Civil Trial Lawyer and Appellate Advocate. Former Assistant General Counsel in charge of Litigation and Federal Affairs at a Fortune 500 Corporation.
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Dorina Cela
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Thatcher A. Stone
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and International
University of Virginia
Thatcher is a highly experienced AV-rated commercial finance, aviation and structured finance lawyer, who has worked with airlines, power companies, manufacturers, banks and export credit agencies all over the world on documenting and litigating complicated financial transactions. In addition, his airline passenger rights practice is world famous since his victory in New York over Continental Airlines in 2005 establishing passenger rights under contract in denied boarding scenarios. Thatcher has extensive experience with export credit agencies, the rating agency process at national statistical rating agencies like Moody's and S& P, and just about every facet of the aviation industry. Currently Thatcher...
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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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Cory Michael Garcia
White Plains, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Education
New York Law School
Mr. Garcia is a former NYC Prosecutor, battle tested trial attorney and meticulous litigator with over 19 years of a wide range of litigation experience representing the Government, Unions, Corporations, and Individuals. Call today for a free consultation (914) 719-7090
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Kathleen Linnane
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney
Civil Rights, Divorce, Employment and Family
Brooklyn Law School
I have assisted clients in various stages of litigation and recognize that the approach to resolving legal matters is as outdated as the law itself. I have a doctorate in psychology, and bring to my practice an expertise in human psychology. Understanding the high emotional tone and complex nature of human interaction when legal matters arise, I offer my clients and my community a modern, practical, compassionate, and client-focused law practice which addresses traditional needs and provides modern, meaningful results.
Many years as a Professor of Psychology have given me insight into human behavior and an understanding of...
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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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Meir Freund
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 47 years of experience
Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Are you in need of a New York workers’ compensation lawyer? You have come to the right law office! At the law firm of Katz Leidman Grossman Wolfe & Freund, you can have confidence in the representation you can procure because the team is competent, committed, and ready to fight for the compensation that is due to you. They have experience with neck and back injuries and knee, shoulder, and elbow injuries. Have you been harmed in an auto accident on the job? You could be suffering from a wide variety of ramifications and repercussions. It is critical that you...
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Laura Wong-Pan
Poughkeepsie, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Civil Rights, Education, Employment and Municipal
Northeastern School Of Law
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Daniela Elisabeth Nanau
Glendale, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Education and Employment
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Stephen Bergstein
New Paltz, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 30 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals and Employment
Cuny Law School
Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated civil rights lawyer situated in Orange County, New York. Practice concentrated in employment discrimination (including sexual and racial harassment, disability discrimination and wrongful discharge) as well as constitutional issues (including First Amendment, due process and whistleblower protection). Extensive experience litigating claims from administrative level to appellate practice. Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney, 2015. Named Hudson Valley "Super Lawyer" in 2013-2015. Has litigated and argued numerous civil rights precedents in Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Southern and Northern Districts of New York, including Back v. Hastings School District, 2d Cir. 2004, which held for the first time that caregiver...
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Rohit Kumar
Fresh Meadows, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
St. John's University School of Law
Rohit Kumar, Esq. understands the impact that unexpected events can have on your life and your well-being.
He has diligently represented hundreds of clients in a variety of serious accident cases, which include motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, pedestrian knockdowns, and nursing home abuse & neglect. His understanding of the implications a personal injury can have on an individual enables him to build valuable relationships with his clients. His empathetic nature eases clients who have been through traumatic ordeals, empowering them through education regarding their case and respective rights.
A graduate of St. John's University - School of Law, Rohit passionately advocates...
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Michael Douglas Horn
Queens, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal Defense and White Collar Crime
Cardozo School of Law
Aggressively defending the rights of the individual for over 25 years. Started out as a Legal Aid Attorney in Brooklyn during the early 1990's. Tried more than one hundred cases to verdict. Successfully litigating cases all over the metropolitan area.
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Joshua M. Friedman
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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Ishan Dave
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 8 years of experience
(212) 587-0760
Ext. 206
1 Pennsylvania Plaza
Suite 4905
New York, NY 10119
Civil Rights and Employment
University of California - Los Angeles
Ishan Dave obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Boston University where he graduated magna cum laude as a member of the honors program. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law where he was articles and publications editor for the Journal of Environmental Law and Policy and Chair of the Animal Law Society. Additionally, Ishan has worked for judges at the Southern District Court of New York and the Los Angeles Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as not-for-profit organizations and private firms in both Los Angeles and New York. Ishan was licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician in...
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Steven Orlow
Flushing, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 55 years of experience
Civil Rights and Personal Injury
Cornell Law School
Prior to establishing his law practice in 1981, Steven Orlow was an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, New York and then Counsel to the county executive of Queens County, New York. In 1980, Steven Orlow was elected to the City Council to the then existing position of "Council Member-At-Large" representing the almost two million people of Queens County in the City Council. During the latter year of his Council membership, Mr. Orlow established his law practice and, soon after establishing the practice, left the City Council to concentrate in the area of personal injury in his private practice.
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