ENEWSLETTER: MARCH 2014
Civil Rights and Personal Injury and General Practice Law Firm, Dedicated to Social Justice
The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a well-respected litigation firm with an office in Hempstead, Long Island. Our focus is primarily in the area of civil rights, voting rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and criminal law. However, the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a full- service law firm handling matters in numerous areas of law and providing a wide range of services from contract formation to litigation and trial practice.
RECENT VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS
$7.75 million- Civil Rights and wrongful death action brought by the family of deceased
$1.277 million- Race based attack and serious injury by violent acts against Plaintiffs, who were lured to an isolated warehouse
$2.8 million- Wrongful death, products liability case involving a tow motor accident at a sewage treatment plant
AT THE FIRM
Frederick K. Brewington Speaks at “Our Schools, Our Future!” Community Education Series
Civil rights attorney Frederick K. Brewington spoke to a group of concerned students and parents at the Hempstead Public Library on March 18 as part of the “Our Schools, Our Future!” Community Education Series. The first part of the series, “Our School Board & District” addressed the truth about the schools in the Hempstead School District, the budget and the role a strong school board can have on the schools and the children.
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Frederick K. Brewington to Speak at ERASE Racism Youth Roundtable
Frederick K. Brewington of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington will speak at this year’s ERASE Racism Youth Roundtable, which will take place on March 31 at Plainview-Old Bethpage High School at 50 Kennedy Drive in Plainview from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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IN THE NEWS
Newsday: Panel Again OKs Settlement
Newsday reported on March 11 that, for the second time, the Nassau County Legislature’s Rules and Finance Committee approved an $895,000 settlement with attorney Fred Brewington’s client, Renaire Frierson. Ms. Frierson served as the executive director of the county’s human rights commission before she was fired by then-County Executive Tom Suozzi.
Ms. Frierson, a Republican, was appointed to serve with the commission in 2001 by Mr. Suozzi’s predecessor, Thomas Gulotta, who was also a Republican. But in 2008, Mr. Suozzi, a Democrat, fired Ms. Frierson. She later sued the county on account that she was fired for her race, gender and political affiliation.
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New York Law Journal: “DWI Case Turns on Access to Counsel Before Breath Tests”
On March 26, Frederick K. Brewington came to the Court of Appeals to argue on behalf of his client, Jonai Washington. Mr. Brewington told the court that police officers do not have the right to interfere in attorney-client relationships. He claimed that Nassau County police denied Ms. Washington her right to speak to an attorney and forced her to submit to a breath test after her involvement in a car crash.
On August 30, 2010, Ms. Washington was involved in a crash on Uniondale Avenue in Hempstead. Police indicated she showed signs of drunkenness and had her submit to a breath test. At the same time Ms. Washington signed a form consenting to a breath test, her attorney called police headquarters and told the officers to stop all questioning and that she does not have to subject herself to any breath tests. Nearly 10 minutes later, the breath test was administered without her being notified by police that her attorney had called.
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