We routinely represent plaintiffs in a wide range of class action litigation and group actions on behalf of parties seeking monetary damages or injunctive relief against private and public actors who discriminate, violate the Constitution, or permit children to be abused.
Barco Mercado v. Noem
Representing putative class of immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan and a proposed class of thousands of individuals detained there for days without access to counsel, beds to sleep on, adequate meals, the ability to bathe. The lawsuit asserts a constitutional challenge to the horrific and unlawful conditions in which ICE is detaining individuals at the facility.
Miller v. City of New York
Obtained a $53 million settlement on behalf of a class of pre-trial detainees and parolees who claim that the New York City Department of Correction purposefully evaded limitations on the use of solitary confinement by placing inmates in unlawful stealth restrictive housing facilities.
Casey Esparza v. City of New York
Representing cyclists in NYC in class action challenging the NYPD’s systematic illegal ticketing and prosecution of cyclists. The law has been clear in NYC since 2019 that that riders may cycle across intersections with advance pedestrian signals even while a traffic light is red, the NYPD has continued to stop, detain, and ticket cyclists who are following the law.
Seabrook v. City of New York
Representing a class of people claiming that the New York City Department of Correction violated their constitutional rights by continuing to detain them unlawfully in excess of their maximum sentences.
Parker v. City of New York
Obtained more than $5 million in damages for a class of Rikers Island detainees who claimed that their placement in solitary confinement violated their right to due process.
T.F. v. Hennepin County
Represented foster children and pre-custodial children who are the subject of reports of abuse and neglect in an injunctive class action alleging that the child welfare system in Minneapolis, Minnesota is constitutionally deficient.
In re Elite Private Schools
Obtained millions of dollars for more than 50 clients who were adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse at various elite, private elementary and high schools throughout the country, and assisted many of those clients in connection with law enforcement investigations of the abuse.