In 2002 Cincinnati led the Country with a forward looking police reform agreement requiring officer accountability, bias-free policing, use of force reform and problem solving. The agreement established the Citizens Complaint Authority which has...
Anthony Lemons served nearly 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. No forensic evidence ties him to the murder of Eric Sims in Cleveland, Ohio. His accuser delayed reporting the crime for many months and wiped prints from the...
CONTACT: Al Gerhardstein 513.659.4765 Cincinnati, Ohio, June 23, 2017. Speaking for the family, Audrey DuBose mother of Sam DuBose states that, “the family sincerely thanks the community for all of their support during these difficult...
June 7, 2017, Cincinnati, OH. The family of Gabriel Taye had asked the Hamilton County Corner to re-examine Gabe to see if a re-examination would provide information about why the eight-year-old boy ended his life. Unfortunately, the...
May 25, 2017, Washington County, Ohio. Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks has been ordered by federal judge Algenon Marbley to stop recording phone calls between inmates in the Washington County Jail and their attorneys. Sheriff Mincks...
Host Sean Harris talks with Cincinnati attorney and Ohio Association of Justice member Al Gerhardstein about police misconduct cases, specifically violations of the fourth amendment. Now most of our defendants are public agencies so we have the...
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...
Daryl Wallace has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging Montgomery County and Corrections Officer Jerrid Campbell for Campbell’s vicious assault on Mr. Wallace in the Montgomery County Jail. On September 28, 2015, the hot water...
(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...
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...
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...
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...