The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington

E-NEWSLETTER: June 2017

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	AT THE FIRM Brooklyn Federal Jury Awards $8.32 Million against Nassau Police and Hempstead Police for Violations of Civil Rights of Mentally Disabled Man Shuay'b Greenaway, Avery Knight and Sharon Knight — three of the firm's clients — were awarded a total of $8.32 million by a federal jury in Brooklyn against Nassau County and Hempstead Village police officers who falsely imprisoned and Tasered Mr. Greenaway, although he never posed a threat to the officers. The lawsuit cited violations of false imprisonment under the Fourth Amendment and New York State law, trespass, excessive force under the Fourth Amendment, assault and battery, failure to stop the abuse and municipal liability. Read More » The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington Welcomes Summer Associates Class of 2017 Each year for the past 22 years, The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington has hired law students as part of its Summer Associate Program. This program was instituted by Mr. Brewington and his wife, the Rev. Adrienne Brewington, to provide opportunities for law students who had an interest in the area of civil rights and to encourage and foster students who have a desire to explore and experience what it is like to work in a fast-paced small law firm that is involved in high-profile civil rights work and litigation. The positions are highly competitive and normally start the first week of June and continue into the middle of August. Read More » Ronald Lanier, Retired African-American Nassau County Correction Officer, Hits Village of Garden City with Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Garden City Police Department Sued for Violating His Constitutional Rights and Racial Profiling On June 1, retired Correction Officer Ronald Lanier, who is an African-American man and a twenty-two-and-a-half-year veteran of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department, announced the filing of his federal civil rights suit against the Village of Garden City, the Garden City Police Department and several of its officers. Read More » New York State Bar Association Committee on Civil Rights Presents Frederick K. Brewington with the Haywood Burns Award On June 13, Frederick K. Brewington was presented with the Haywood Burns Award by the New York State Bar Association Committee on Civil Rights during a special remembrance and award ceremony at CUNY (City University of New York) Law School in Long Island City. Read More » ERASE Racism Honors Frederick K. Brewington Frederick K. Brewington was the recipient of the ERASE Racism Abraham Krasnoff Courage and Commitment Award. He was presented with the award at a special ceremony at the Garden City Hotel on June 7. Read More » IN THE NEWS Stories Split About Arrest Newsday \| June 21, 2017 News 12/Newsday Report: Baldwin Man Claims Police Brutality News 12 \| June 20, 2017 Mineola Man Sues Garden City Police After Alleged Beating The Island Now \| June 5, 2017 Retired Officer Sues Garden City PD For Racial Profiling, Brutality Long Island Press \| June 3, 2017 Retired Jail Officer Sues Village in Assault Claim Newsday \| June 1, 2017 Nassau Veteran Sues Garden City PD After Officers Allegedly Racially Profile, Beat Him FiOS1 Long Island \| June 1, 2017 Retired Corrections Officer Files $50M Lawsuit Against Garden City Cops Who Wrongfully Arrested Him PIX 11 News \| June 1, 2017 Retired Correction Officer Claims Racial Profiling In Mineola Grocery Store Takedown Eyewitness News \| June 1, 2017 Suit: Garden City, Village Cops, Violated Mineola Man's Civil Rights Newsday.com \| June 1, 2017 Former Hempstead Family Gets $8.3 Million In Excessive Force Case Newsday.com \| May 29, 2017 Brooklyn Federal Jury Awards $8.32 Mil Against Nassau & Hempstead Police For Violation Of Civil Rights Of Mentally Disabled Man Black Westchester \| May 26, 2017 Federal Jury Awards $8M To Man Injured By Stun Gun New York Law Journal \| May 25, 2017 Long Island Man Awarded $8.3 Million After Cops Repeatedly Use Stun Gun On Him New York Daily News \| May 22, 2017
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