E-Newsletter: February 2018
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
$4.7 million- Repeated verbal and physical assaults on Yemeni-American employee, while supervisor failed to protect employee and discipline the assailant
$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
Fred Brewington Speaks at DRI Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Conference in New Orleans
Fred Brewington was one of the guest speakers at the 31st annual DRI Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Conference as Presenter and Panelist on January 25-26, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
During the first presentation, "From the Newsroom to the Courtroom: Litigating Emotionally Charged Police Cases,” Mr. Brewington explained to the attorneys in attendance how to handle emotionally charged issues such as diversity and race in litigating police cases from both the plaintiff’s perspective and the defense perspective, and offered tips on handling racially charged lawsuits, from investigation to motion practice. During his presentation, Mr. Brewington also showed examples of how he handled certain police misconduct cases with the local media.
Mr. Brewington also took part in the second presentation, “Ferguson, Baltimore (INSERT YOUR CITY HERE): A Panel Discussion on Race and Police." He joined fellow attorneys and a local state representative in answering questions about situations confronting litigators in emotionally charged police cases and discussed what diverse jurors may be thinking in those cases. They also talked about the state of relations between police and the diverse communities they serve and what can be done to improve relations during tense lawsuits, which are becoming a more regular occurrence.
DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation. The success of the organization is dependent upon its diversity, which includes sexual orientation; DRI is committed to the policy of equal opportunity, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, national origin and disability in all of its program activities, as well as maintaining an environment in our programs and activities which is free from all forms of harassment or discrimination of any kind.
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