Al Gerhardstein Featured on Fault Lines Speaking on the Risks of Improper Taser Use
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... Read More
WCPO: Boone County deputy involved in shooting death of Samantha Ramsey sued again
A lawsuit filed by Gerhardstein and Branch was featured on WCPO.com: “The Boone County sheriff’s deputy sued by the family of Samantha Ramsey is now at the center of a false arrest lawsuit. Melissa and Donald Covington are suing... Read More
Family Files Suit Challenging Medical Care in Warren County Jail Death
April 5, 2016, Cincinnati, Ohio. The family of Jason Pittman has filed a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit challenging the lack of medical care leading to his death. Mr. Pittman was only 25 years old when he entered the Warren... Read More
NPR: University Of Cincinnati Reaches Settlement With Family Of Samuel DuBose
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks to Al Gerhardstein, a civil rights attorney in Cincinnati who represented the family of Samuel DuBose. DuBose was shot and killed last year by a University of Cincinnati police officer after a traffic stop. Earlier... Read More
Victory for Judge Tracie Hunter
Jennifer Branch and H. Louis Sirkin of Santen & Hughes were prepared to defend Judge Tracie Hunter in the six week trial when the State unexpectedly dismissed the charges. Branch and Sirkin, a distinguished criminal defense and First... Read More
Cleveland Scene: Cleveland Police Sued for 2013 Shooting Involving Undercover Detectives
The Cleveland Scene published an article about the lawsuit Gerhardstein & Branch filed on behalf of Xavier Hempstead alleging excessive force against a Cleveland police officer and the City of Cleveland. It begins: Cleveland Police personnel... Read More
Columbus Dispatch: Oversight of state’s juvenile-detention system expected to end
According to the Columbus Dispatch, the 2004 lawsuit filed by Alphonse Gerhardstein and Kim Tandy of the Children’s Law Center forced the Ohio Department of Youth Services to “add more prison psychologists and social workers, increase... Read More
Rodney Brown Police Brutality Case in Huffington Post
Al Gerhardstein’s Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals argument in Brown v. Chapman, et. al was covered by the Huffington Post: Another Black Man Told Police ‘I Can’t Breathe.’ One Replied ‘Who Gives A F**k?’. Rodney... Read More
Painesville Tasing Case Settles for $2.25 Million and Improved Policing
Painesville, Ohio, October 20, 2015. A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit challenging as excessive force the tasing of David Nall in his Painesville, Ohio apartment on June 26, 2010. Mr. Nall suffered severe brain injury and will need... Read More
Life After Love Wins
Ohio Lawyer Magazine has published an article by Jennifer Branch, one of the Obergefell (Marraige Equality Case) lawyers. In the article Jennifer summarizes the path that lead to the Obergefell decision and some of the issues yet to come. She... Read More
Watch this Video to Learn Why Love Won
The New York Times produced a wonderful video about how a love story triumphed in court
Read MoreHamilton County Ohio Probate Judge and Other Judges Issue Marriage License in Ohio
Less than an hour after the Supreme Court said states must permit same-sex marriage, Hamilton County Probate Judge Ralph Winkler issued Ohio’s first marriage license to a same-sex couple. Many other Probate Courts in Ohio issued licenses... Read More