Motion granted: Federal Judge unseals records showing cover up.
May 04, 2017
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Partner Leo Glickman wins motion to unseal records in case of Mattieu Burks, who is suing New York State for abuse at hands of prison guards at the Clinton Correctional Facility subsequent to the high profile escape of two inmates. New York State appeals ruling. U.S. Magistrate Judge
Continue Reading →Clinton Correctional inmates pay for fellow inmates’ escape.
March 17, 2017
Inmate in neighboring cell to escapees was beaten and suffocated after Cuomo visit. In suit naming Governor Cuomo, New York State troopers and corrections officers, Leo Glickman shows how Cuomo indirectly green-lighted the abuse and assault of client and inmate Patrick Alexander in ef
Continue Reading →Gay, black man blinded in attacks by Orthodox security patrol sues NYC
March 15, 2017
Partner Andrew Stoll, represents Fort Greene, Brooklyn resident Taj Patterson in claim that the City and the NYPD gave the Shomrim security patrol official recognition, money and impunity, which resulted in Patterson’s brutal beating. Was Williamsburg Orthodox security patrol that bli
Continue Reading →Rikers Corrections Officers and inmate slashings
February 24, 2017
Leo Glickman brings lawsuit contending that Department of Correction officers are to blame for scalpel contraband used to slash client Luziano Hinks. “The city itself blames correction officers for most of the contraband inside city jails, yet fails to take steps to prevent it.” Read
Continue Reading →Queens South Detectives arrested after false arrests from Brownsville to Washington Heights
February 17, 2017
Partner Nicole Bellina represented a Brownsville, Brooklyn man arrested on a false gun charge, in his claim against two Gang Squad officers. The two NYPD Detectives were also named in other law suits from Washington Heights to Jamaica, Queens to East New York. Nicole Bellina contends
Continue Reading →Ballot selfie litigation looks to restore individuals’ free speech rights
November 02, 2016
Leo Glickman, representing New York State voters, argued ballot snapshots are a protected form of political expression under the First Amendment. Read articles: Newsday, November 2, 2016 (includes video interview) New York Post, October 27, 2016 NY Daily News, October 27, 2016
Continue Reading →Case resulting in $200,000 Settlement Shows Guards Part of Contraband Trade
December 28, 2015
A top city investigator says the flow of Rikers Island contraband was abetted by the very people charged with its halt: city correction officials and the jail’s guards. In a deposition obtained by the Daily News, a Department of Investigation inspector general revealed her frustration
Continue Reading →Six correction officers fired and a $450,000 settlement won for Robert Hinton
October 28, 2015
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New York City has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former Rikers Island inmate who was hogtied by correction officers and then, while his hands were still cuffed, brutally beaten, the man’s lawyer said. Read full artcile at the NY Times
Continue Reading →Everyday false arrest and malicious prosecution: our East New York client
May 28, 2015
If you want to understand where the pent-up anger toward police in inner-city neighborhoods comes from, scenes like this (watch video on RollingStone.com) – showing the lead-up to the arrest of an 18-year-old from East New York named Jaleel Fields for disorderly conduct and “obs
Continue Reading →Huffington Post: Police Lies and Videotape
May 27, 2015
Rolling Stone writer and best-selling author Matt Taibbi talks to Huff Po about police abuse, and shouts out to our firm at 7:50.
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