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...
Al Gerhardstein was interviewed on public television in Cincinnati about his role in safety reform in Cincinnati:
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...
Today the family of Tanisha Anderson has announced their settlement of claims against the City of Cleveland and two police officers for a total of $2.25 million but the family continues to demand reforms and a memorial, including. Establish...
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...
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 CPD...
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...
On December 6, 2016, the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Samantha Ramsey against Boone County relating to her death on April 26, 2014 was settled by an agreement between the parties. The terms of the settlement include a payment of $3.5...
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...
Al Gerhardstein is one of the attorneys that has represented the DuBose family. He is also a founder of the Collaborative Agreement that instituted police reforms in Cincinnati fifteen years ago. As the Ray Tensing trial starts it is helpful to...
