The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington

ENEWSLETTER: May 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 Fred Brewington to be Honored with Haywood Burns Award The New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Commission on Civil Rights has announced that Fred Brewington of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is this year’s recipient of the Haywood Burns Award. Read More » Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington Welcomes Tricia S. Lindsay and Olivier Roche Tricia S. Lindsay and Olivier Roche have joined The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington as its new Associates. Read More » Remembering NYS Court of Appeals Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam On April 12, Hon. Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an Associate Judge with the New York State Court of Appeals, passed away. She was the first African-American woman to be appointed to the New York State Court of Appeals. Read More » LIBN and Long Island Press Recognize Fred Brewington Fred Brewington of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington received the Diversity in Business Award from Long Island Business News on April 25 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. The Diversity in Business Award highlights the outstanding achievements of business leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds who are dedicated to growing the diversity of Long Island’s business community. Read More » Court Denies Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Retaliatory and Hostile Work Environment Claims Filed by Female African-American Nassau County Correction Officer The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, ruled in favor of Mary Williams, a female African-American Nassau County Correction officer who sued the County of Nassau, the Nassau County Correctional Center, Mary Elisabeth Ostermann, Antonio Patino, Sergeant Steven O’Malley, Acting Sheriff Michael J. Sposato and Officer Phil Lonigro, citing a hostile work environment and retaliation. The Defendants filed a motion to dismiss those claims, but that motion was denied on all substantive claims. Read More » IN THE NEWS The UAlbany Bus Incident Is Repeating History May 1, 2017 \| The Huffington Post Split Verdict In UAlbany Bus Trial April 27, 2017 \| Albany Times Union Split Verdict For Ex-UAlbany Students In CDTA Bus Fight Trial April 26, 2017 \| The Daily Gazette Jury Reaches Verdict In CDTA Bus Attack Trial April 26, 2017 \| WRGB-TV Jury at Work on Bus Trial Verdict April 26, 2017 \| Albany Times Union Bus Defendants Sticking to Story April 25, 2017 \| Albany Times Union Angry Words Fill Testimony April 22, 2017 \| Albany Times Union Was Racial Slang A Spark? April 21, 2017 \| Albany Times Union Long Island Press ‘Power List’ Party Celebrates 50 Most Influential Long Islanders April 21, 2017 \| Long Island Press Bus Fight Trial Jury Sees Video April 20, 2017 \| Albany Times Union Views Clash As UAlbany Trial Opens April 18, 2017 \| Albany Times Union
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