Gerhardstein & Branch filed Obergefell v. Hodges on July 19, 2013. The case will be heard in the United States Supreme Court this term along with Henry v. Hodges, also from our office, and four other cases from the Sixth Circuit. Jim...
March 12, 2015, (Louisville, KY) — In a settlement announced today, the Louisville Metro Government has agreed to pay $1.5 million to four young African American men who were racially profiled, falsely arrested and falsely imprisoned last...
March 9, 2015, Al Gerhardstein testified in front of Governor Kaisch’s task force on community police relations. He lifted up Cincinnati’s history and progress as lessons the state can draw from. He made seven concrete...
Cincinnati, OH, February 27, 2015. Today Cincinnati law firm Gerhardstein & Branch, along with Lambda Legal, and the ACLU, filed their brief in the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges and Henry v. Hodges arguing that...
Cincinnati, Ohio. February 24, 2015. The families of Karen Range, Charlene Appling and Angel Hicks have settled their claims against County officials in the lawsuit alleging negligent supervision of Kenneth Douglas who served as a morgue...
On January 31, 2015, Al Gerhardstien appeared on American Law Radio to discuss police reform drawing on lessons learned during the Collaborative in Cincinnati. Listen here.
This afternoon the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal from our client’s cases, Obergefell v. Hodges and Henry v. Hodges. The Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule that should allow them to rule before the end of their term in...
Cleveland, Ohio, January 13, 2015. Federal Judge Lesley Wells has ruled that the City of Cleveland and several police officers must stand trial for the death of Rodney Brown. He was stopped on New Year’s Eve 2010. Officers pushed him on...
Al Gerhardstein was invited to submit testimony to President Obama’s Task Force to Strengthen Public Trust, Improve Police Accountability, and Improve Public Safety. Drawing on his 38 years of experience of suing police officers and his...
Celina, Ohio. On January 5, 2015, the family of Robert Hensley and the City of Celina jointly released the following statement: The City of Celina has resolved the lawsuit brought by the family of Robert Hensley, who was shot by a former Celina...
Judge Arthur Spiegel died at age 94 on December 31, 2014. The Cincinnati Enquirer published a column by Al Gerhardstein honoring Judge Spiegel’s many contributions to civil rights in Ohio:
It was shocking. Lou was dashing and exciting. And...
Cincinnati, OH (Nov. 20, 2014) “The Ohio Department of Health today approved Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio’s variance request and renewed the ambulatory surgical facility’s operating license. This decision demonstrates that...
