Our firm protected the privacy interests of a young woman against defendants Home Box Office and various television producers.  We sued HBO on behalf of our client and claimed that HBO and its agents had misappropriated her image and violated her civil rights by including her image in a scene on the television series “Family Bonds.”   We fully protected our client’s interests and created new law by defeating HBO’s motion to dismiss both at the trial and appellate court levels. 

A physician of  Middle Eastern descent was fired from his hospital  position based largely on his language and speech patterns. We defended his right to practice his profession despite his strong accent and succeeded in having his re-instated  and his personnel file cleared.    

We represented a husband and wife, in a social worker sexual abuse case.  Defendant, a social worker/marriage counselor, engaged in sexual affair with the wife while treating the wife.  Settled for $200,000 before suit was filed.

A young boy with special educational needs was expelled from his private school because the school did not want to provide the assistance he needed. We filed a federal civil rights law suit on his behalf and successfully forced the school to pay damages to the boy for the violation of his rights.

A husband and wife  were both being treated by the same psychiatrist. The psychiatrist entered into a sexual relationship with wife while still treating the clients.  We negotiated a $450,000 settlement before suit was filed.

A learning disabled nursing student was dismissed from her program. We intervened on her behalf and successfully insisted that accommodations she required to deal with her disability be provided to her. She was re-admitted to her program, graduated and is now practicing.

A senior executive at a major investment and financial services firm was fired “for cause” after he pointed out security deficiencies to an internal audit team. We negotiated a superior severance package which well exceeded the firm’s contractual obligations under even the best circumstances and cleared his personnel record so that he was unencumbered while seeking new employment.