ENEWSLETTER: October 2015
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
Frederick K. Brewington to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Long Island Business News' Leadership in Law Awards Ceremony
On November 19, Frederick K. Brewington of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during Long Island Business News' Leadership in Law Awards ceremony. The event will take place that night at 6:30 p.m. at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.
The Lifetime Achievement Award will recognize a current or former senior attorney who has honorably represented the legal profession by exemplifying performance, leadership, integrity, mentoring throughout his/her career while bettering the legal profession overall.
While he maintains a general practice, Mr. Brewington concentrates his practice in the area of civil rights litigation, with a focus on affordable housing, community revitalization efforts, employment, the environment and voting rights and fair representation. His practice also includes criminal defense and personal injury. In 2015, Mr. Brewington was selected to the list of New York Metro Super Lawyers for the third year in a row in the practice areas of Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Employment Litigation: Plaintiff.
He is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bar Associations, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Nassau County Bar Association and other regional Bar Associations. Mr. Brewington is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal, U.S. District Courts of New Jersey and the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York.
Mr. Brewington graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Northeastern University School of Law.
The Leadership in Law Award recognizes attorneys for their dedication, hard work, skill, tenacity, compassion and overall excellence. It is dedicated to those individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Long Island. Recipients of this award demonstrate outstanding achievements, involvement in their profession, community support and mentoring.
556 Peninsula Blvd., Hempstead, New York 11550 | Phone: 516-489-6959 | Fax: 516-489-6958
Attorney Advertising
DISCLAIMER: THIS NEWSLETTER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS
LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY MATTER. LEGAL COUNSEL SHOULD BE CONSULTED FOR ADVICE REGARDING ANY MATTER.
COPYRIGHT © 2015 BY LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK K. BREWINGTON