ENEWSLETTER: MAY 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
Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of an Accused’s Right to Legal Counsel
The New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) ruled in favor of Jonai Washington, Frederick K. Brewington’s client, in the criminal matter of People v. Jonai Washington. Ms. Washington, who was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated, was denied access to her attorney while police made her submit to a breath test at the police precinct.
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New York City Detective Falsely Arrested for Drunk Driving Sues Fellow NYPD Officer
The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington have filed a lawsuit in federal District Court, alleging constitutional violations on behalf of a detective with the New York Police Department who was falsely arrested for drunk driving and later acquitted.
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IN THE NEWS
Feds: Garden City Must Remedy Housing Discrimination
May 8, 2014 | Amsterdam News
Civil rights attorney: Former Nassau Police Officer Anthony DiLeonardo should be charged with a crime
May 7, 2014 | News 12
Right to Counsel Applied in Drunken Driving Case
May 7, 2014 | New York Law Journal
Appeals court affirms right-to-counsel ruling in DWI case
May 7, 2014 | Newsday
NYPD Detective Sues Fellow Cop After DWI Arrest
April 30, 2014 | NBC New York
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