Publisher Challenges Censorship by Private Prison
Al and Adam Gerhardstein have filed a federal lawsuit against the private prison in Marion Ohio challenging censorship of legal and self-help books published by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC). Thirty-seven books have been blocked by the... Read More
Transgender Employee And Public Library Announce Settlement
(Cincinnati, OH, May 15, 2017)—Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, along with Gerhardstein & Branch and the Law Office of Scott Knox, announce that they reached a settlement in Rachel Dovel v. The Public Library of Cincinnati and... Read More
MOM BREAKS SILENCE ABOUT HER SON’S SUICIDE #IAmGabe
Cincinnati, OH. May 12, 2017. The mother of Gabriel Taye breaks her silence this evening after the community’s outpouring of support. Cornelia Reynolds, in her own words, expresses her despair over her only child’s tragic death: “Gabriel was a... Read More
Eight Year Old Boy Bullied Before He Committed Suicide
On January 26, 2017, Gabe Taye, a third grade student at Carson Elementary School in Cincinnati took his own life. We have been investigating his death for his mother, who needed to know what happened to her son. Our investigation revealed that... Read More
WCPO: Man sues Hamilton County, says special deputies hurt him with ‘rough ride’
Gerhardstein & Branch has sued the Hamilton County Sheriff, two special deputy sheriffs, and Hamilton County Special Deputy Sheriffs, Inc. on behalf of Terry Collett. Terry was injured while being transported to the jail in the back of a... Read More
Al Gerhardstein Interviewed on Safety Reform in Cincinnati
Al Gerhardstein was interviewed on public television in Cincinnati about his role in safety reform in Cincinnati:
Read MoreAl Gerhardstein Obergefell Article
Al Gerhardstein was published in GPSolo Magazine, a publication of the American Bar Association. His article reflects on the journey to marriage equality through litigating the seminal case of Obergefell v. Hodges. His article is entitled... Read More
‘God, please help me’: Inmate claims jailers raped her, refused medicine and left her ‘catatonic’
Gerhardstein & Branch, on behalf of our client, filed a lawsuit against two Warren County corrections officers for rape and shattering the client’s shoulder bones during one of the non-consensual assaults. Seven Warren County nurses... Read More
Enquirer: Too many mentally ill dying at hands of police
Al Gerhardstein in the Cincinnati Enquirer: Our community cannot resign itself to the rising death toll among mentally ill persons who encounter Cincinnati police. An Enquirer story, “Mentally ill make up nearly half of those killed by... Read More
Women’s Med Center in Dayton to Stay Open
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Wiseman issued an Order yesterday that will allow the WMCD to remain open for business while WMCD appeals the Department of Health’s arbitrary and unlawful order shutting the clinic down. If the Court... Read More
Al Gerhardstein shares Lessons on Community-Problem Solving Policing in Milwaukee
Al Gerhardstein, Iris Roley and former FOP President Kathy Harrell traveled to Milwaukee to speak to civil rights, advocacy, faith and service organizations about the long and difficult journey to achieve the collaborative agreement and the work... Read More
Co-Author Al Gerhardstein: Tensing Trial Spurs Fear and Opportunity for Reform
Al Gerhardstein co-authored an article published by the Cincinnati Enquirer ‘Tensing Trial Spurs Fear and Opportunity for Reform’. Check the article out here: http://cin.ci/2f3NZto
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