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
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.
As students, the summer associates are asked to assist in drafting and responding to discovery requests, file review and preparation for trial. Their experience includes New York State law and federal law. Students are required to have a dedication to their academic pursuits, as well as a solid understanding of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence. Under the supervision of lawyers, the summer associates have client contact, first-hand experience in court proceedings and engage in a number of research and writing projects.
This year, The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington has selected four outstanding law students who are up-and-coming attorneys in training as summer associates. It is our pleasure to introduce you to Rachelle Alexandre, Michael Banerjee, Theresa Dorsainvil and Blake Alexander Hylton. We encourage you to read their bios, which are part of this article. Each of them comes to us with a wonderful and interesting background. They each have an interest in and are committed to civil rights work and seek to use their law degrees to follow the tradition of civil rights lawyers in being civil engineers for the public good.
Rachelle Alexandre is entering her final year of law school, attending Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Ms. Alexandre is a dynamic young woman and is currently a member of the International Moot Court Team. She previously served as the chair of community service and social action of Howard’s Black Law Students’ Association and was a student attorney for the Investor Justice and Education Clinic. Ms. Alexandre was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Economics and Law from the State University of New York at Old Westbury and has used her diverse experiences to excel in her studies and the growth of her skills as a soon-to-be attorney.
Ms. Alexandre has done judicial internships for a Kings County Supreme Court Justice and has a deep interest in criminal law and employment discrimination law. Her thirst for knowledge is only matched by her commitment to ensuring that her skills are honed so that she can effectively represent those who she will counsel in the future. Raised in Valley Stream, Long Island, Ms. Alexandre aspires to come back to New York, sit for the Bar exam and use her Juris Doctorate to give back to her community and become a mentor for African-American girls seeking higher education.
Michael Banerjee is a rising second-year student at Harvard Law School. A native of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Mr. Banerjee serves as a student attorney at Harvard Defenders, which is a student practice organization that provides free representation at show-cause hearings for low-income individuals in the Greater Boston area. He also serves as a student attorney at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, which is a student-run civil legal aid organization that provides representation to members of marginalized communities in the Greater Boston area. Mr. Banerjee received a B.A. in Criminology, with distinction, as well as a B.A. in African American Studies, with distinction, from Pennsylvania State University in 2016, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Prior to law school, Mr. Banerjee was actively involved in several organizations, including the Multicultural Undergraduate Law Association, for which he served as president. He also served as treasurer for the NAACP-Penn State Chapter, and dedicated time to being an advocate in the Men Against Violence organization. During his senior year, Mr. Banerjee served as an ad hoc board member with the Center for Alternatives in Community Justice, a State College-based non-profit dedicated to exploring and implementing humane alternatives to traditional forms of adjudication. Coupling his community interest with his proven leadership skills, Mr. Banerjee served as president of “Warming Philly,” a student-run non-profit organization that conducts an annual clothing drive for those in need in the Greater Philadelphia area. With the help of others, the clothing drives yielded over 3,000 pounds of usable clothing two years in a row. Mr. Banerjee is earnestly dedicated to social justice, and plans to use his legal education to serve his clients and to do what he can to help move society towards this ideal.
Theresa Dorsainvil is a 2018 Juris Doctorate candidate at Penn State Law. She is a senior editor of the Arbitration Law Review and has held e-board positions for the Black Law Students Association and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. In her second year of law school, Ms. Dorsainvil planned several academic panels, including one on police brutality and how to foster better relations between the community and police, and another on voting rights and the 2016 presidential election.
In her Spring 2017 semester, Ms. Dorsainvil took part in the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, where she worked on three cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Before attending law school, Ms. Dorsainvil was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in English (with honors) from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Raised in Amityville, Long Island, Ms. Dorsainvil plans to take the New York State Bar examination and aspires to advocate for the civil rights of individuals and remain active in her local community. Ms. Dorsainvil is certain to be a top-notch litigator and is dedicated to excellence. Her willingness to apply herself shows in her work ethic and devotion to providing a voice to those who are underrepresented while seeking justice through the use of her legal skills.
Blake Alexander Hylton is the proud product of a Jamaican immigrant family from Royal Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Hylton is set to earn his Juris Doctorate in the Spring of 2019 from the Howard University School of Law. Prior to attending Howard, Mr. Hylton spent three years at the University of South Florida, where he was awarded his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Political Science while minoring in Criminology. While at the University of South Florida, he was active in a number of on-campus and community service organizations, all aimed at providing support and assistance to persons who were seeking to enhance themselves on multiple levels. He served as vice president of the South Florida Chapter of Progressive Black Men Inc., which focused on community service, enriching the community and inspiring young men to excel in their pursuits.
At Howard, Mr. Hylton is a member of the Black Law School Student Association. Upon earning his law degree, he intends to seek justice for individuals who need quality representation. His upbringing and experience working with others have provided lessons that have served him well in his many interests and successes. Mr. Hylton is thankful for the opportunities that have been afforded to him and understands the gravity of his being privileged to obtain an education that will help to make a difference in the daily lives of those he will be fortunate to represent. He is driven to create pathways so that others may benefit from access to education and personal growth. Mr. Hylton is focused on seeing that his work serves as a vehicle to provide justice and foster civil rights.
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