The Latest News from KLLF
Friends, Family, and Colleagues,
We wanted to update you on the exciting work KLLF is doing these days.
KLLF officially has its first trial victory under its belt, securing a significant award of damages for our client who was falsely arrested by Nassau County police and strip searched in the middle of the street for no purpose. We also notched a major win in the Second Circuit, reversing the trial court’s dismissal of employment discrimination claims filed by Mohamed Abdelal, an Egyptian-American former NYPD officer. Mr. Abdelal was subjected to a lengthy and intrusive internal investigation that profiled him as a potential terrorist without any justification and ultimately led to his unfair termination from the force.
In addition to these gratifying wins, we have also filed a variety of exciting new cases:
Against the New Jersey Department of Corrections and 20 prison officials on behalf of an incarcerated woman who was beaten and attacked during the infamous January 2021 raid at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women -- a brutal, premeditated mass assault so outrageous that it led the Governor to announce plans to shut down the entire prison.
Against the NYC Department of Education and school administrators on behalf of a Queens public school student who suffered years of anti-gay harassment and slurs, homophobic remarks, and physical bullying, claiming that officials failed to protect him from bias-based discrimination, intimidation and abuse.
Against the school board and other school officials of a Jersey City school that allowed a teacher to repeatedly racially harass and abuse his students.
Against New York City and workers in the Administration for Children’s Services on behalf of a mother whose children were forcibly removed from her care after an obviously false accusation of child abuse.
Against an assisted living facility that refuses to admit people using wheelchairs, representing the Fair Housing Justice Center.
Alongside these new cases, we continue to represent innocent people wrongfully convicted of crimes, peaceful demonstrators beaten or abused by police during the 2020 racial justice protests, employees and tenants subjected to discrimination, and companies and individuals in commercial disputes.
Reach us at info@kllflaw.com or (212) 660-2332. Check out our website for our latest news, or follow us on Twitter (@civilrightsnyc), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Or stop by our office to say hello (we’re always there on Thursdays)!
Toward Justice. Together.
Alanna, Doug, David, and Ali
July 2021