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On April 27, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Barrett issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Ohio Department of Health and other defendants from prohibiting surgical abortions that are medically indicated and cannot be delayed. ...
ANNIVERSARY OF GABRIEL “GABE “TAYE’S SUICIDE APPROACHES JANUARY 23, 2018. Cincinnati, Ohio. Gabriel Taye’s family appreciates the public’s concern about the approaching anniversary of Gabe’s death this week. As...
Adam Gerhardstein was published in the Ohio Association for Justice’s Quarterly Publication. He wrote a piece analyzing whether attorneys should take on an excessive force case: Andrew Thomas borrowed the wrong car. He was seventeen and...
Capital Care clinic in Toledo asked the Supreme Court of Ohio to allow it to keep its license and hold Ohio’s law targeting abortion providers unconstitutional. Watch Jennifer Branch argue here and read the clinic’s brief here. See...
Contacts: Jennifer L. Branch 513-621-9100 or 513-535-4123 Gabe Taye’s Parents File Suit Against Cincinnati Public Schools August 7, 2017. CINCINNATI OHIO. Today, the parents of Gabriel Taye filed a civil rights and wrongful death...
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...
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...
Al Gerhardstein is a featured attorney on the show Fault Lines which explores the risks posed by improper use of tasers. He is interviewed along with his clients on cases where he successfully represented victims and families of those harmed or...
They say they must make split-second decisions. They say the situation was rapidly evolving. They say they didn’t have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. But they never say, I’m sorry I killed your son. A poem by Adam G...
Last July, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a federal sector decision, determining that discrimination based on sexual orientation is, by its very nature, discrimination because of sex under Title VII, the federal law...
The Republican National Convention takes place this week, July 18-21, in Cleveland at a time of civil unrest after the recent shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, five Dallas police officers, and now three Baton Rouge police...