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Settlement won for the families of Larry Ruffin, Bobby Ray Dixon, and Phillip Bivens, who spent decades wrongfully imprisoned on account of egregious, racially-motivated misconduct by Mississippi law enforcement

NewsBy Emily Whitfield August 1, 2016

On August 1, 2016, NSB and cocounsel Lathrop & Gage procured a monumental 16.5 million dollar settlement, with an additional 4 million dollars pending the resolution of appeal, for the families of Larry Ruffin, Bobby Ray Dixon, and Phillip Bivens. Mr. Ruffin, Mr. Dixon and Mr. Bivens collectively served 83 years in prison for crimes…

Federal judge allows NSB client Debra Milke to proceed with civil rights claims against the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and Phoenix Police Department supervisor

NewsBy Emily Whitfield July 6, 2016

On July 6, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver ruled that NSB client Debra Milke had properly alleged three separate theories of widespread systemic misconduct in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, dating long before and long after Ms. Milke’s 1990 wrongful conviction. Overall, Judge Silver has ruled that Ms. Milke has stated viable claims for…

Federal district court judge greenlights NSB client David Ganek’s lawsuit against US Attorney and FBI

NewsBy Emily Whitfield March 10, 2016

On March 10, Judge William H. Pauley III issued a decision allowing NSB client David Ganek to proceed with his lawsuit against the FBI and federal prosecutors for the 2010 raid that shut down his hedge fund, Level Global. In his suit, Ganek asserts that the government fabricated evidence in order to persuade a judge…

NSB wins unprecedented settlement for jail suicide against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman

NewsBy Emily Whitfield March 10, 2016

On March 10, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin clients Margaret Goetzee Nagle and John Eric Goetzee won a $1.75 million settlement from Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman for failing to prevent the 2011 suicide of their brother, United States Coast Guard Commander William Goetzee. Mr. Goetzee was at the jail awaiting a court date on charges…

D.C. judge awards compensation to NSB client Santae Tribble, for 25 years of his wrongful imprisonment

NewsBy Emily Whitfield February 26, 2016

On Friday, February 26, D.C. Superior Court Judge John M. Mott issued his post-trial decision awarding Mr. Tribble $13.2 million to compensate him for 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, a “journey of injustice” which “subjected Mr. Tribble to all the horror, degradation, and threats to personal security and privacy inherent in prison life, each heightened by his…

Los Angeles approves the largest individual civil rights settlement ever in city history to NSB client Kash Delano Register

NewsBy Emily Whitfield January 19, 2016

The City of Los Angeles approved a $16.7 million settlement to compensate NSB client Kash Delano Register for the over 34 years he spent wrongly imprisoned for the 1979 robbery and murder of 79-year-old Jack Sasson. This is believed to be the largest individual civil rights settlement ever in Los Angeles. Mr. Register was 18…

NSB lawyers awarded highest rates ever in New York for civil rights lawyers

NewsBy Emily Whitfield November 30, 2015

On November 30, in recognition of the NSB’s expertise in wrongful conviction law, Judge Joanna Seybert awarded the firm a total of nearly $5 million in fees and costs for its 8 years of work on civil rights claims made by John Restivo and Dennis Halstead. Mr. Restivo and Mr. Halstead each spent 18 years…

After jury finds officers lied, District of Columbia settles with NSB Client Donald Gates

News, Nick BrustinBy Emily Whitfield November 19, 2015

A day after a federal jury found that District of Columbia police officers had fabricated evidence and hid exculpatory evidence during Donald Gates’s trial for a 1981 rape and murder, the government settled Mr. Gates’s claims for $16.65 million. Neufeld Scheck & Brustin will formally request an audit of old homicide cases investigated by the…

Sedrick Courtney wins settlement for fraudulent reporting by Tulsa forensic analyst

NewsBy Emily Whitfield October 23, 2015

In September 2015 NSB client Sedrick Courtney won an $8 million settlement from the City of Tulsa. Mr. Courtney spent over 15 years in prison after a forensic hair analyst falsely claimed a hair from Mr. Courtney bore unusual similarities to a hair from the crime scene. Mr. Courtney proved his innocence and was exonerated…

NSB attorneys contribute chapter in the fourth edition of Sword & Shield: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation, published by the American Bar Association

NewsBy Emily Whitfield September 1, 2015

NSB Partner Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann and Associate Alexandra Lampert co-authored Chapter Two, “Procedural Guide to Section 1983 Litigation in Federal Court,” drawing on the firm’s experience litigating civil rights cases to provide guidance to other litigators on all procedural topics involved in federal court litigation, from filing a complaint to litigating motions and appeals. ABA…

District of Columbia court adds to NSB client Kirk Odom’s record recovery

NewsBy Emily Whitfield July 22, 2015

Months after a D.C. Superior Court Judge awarded NSB client Kirk Odom a total of $9,154,500 for damages he suffered while wrongfully convicted and imprisoned, the Court agreed to reverse its prior ruling and added an additional $500,000 to what already was the largest award in history under the District’s Unjust Imprisonment Act.

NSB client Byron Halsey settles wrongful conviction lawsuit

NewsBy Emily Whitfield July 15, 2015

In May 2015, Byron Halsey won a $12.5 million settlement of his 2009 lawsuit against detectives from the City of Plainfield, NJ and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, who used illegal tactics to prosecute and frame him as the murderer of his girlfriend’s children. Mr. Halsey spent nearly 22 years incarcerated in New Jersey jails…

Estate of Shariff Wilson files civil rights case against the NYPD and officers

NewsBy Emily Whitfield July 15, 2015

Shariff Wilson’s wrongful conviction at age 15 of the murder of his friend’s mother, sister and another girl was vacated in February 2014 after he served 22 years in prison when DNA evidence proved his innocence. Less than a year after release, Mr. Wilson succumbed to illness and passed away. On July 15, 2015, Tiffany…

NSB won 2 of last year’s largest verdicts, according to the National Law Journal’s list of the top 100 verdicts of 2014

NewsBy Emily Whitfield March 30, 2015

The National Law Journal has released its list of the top verdicts of 2014, including two of NSB’s recent trial wins. Jeffrey Deskovic’s $40m verdict against Putnam County Investigator Dan Stephens and Putnam County ranked 51st on the National Law Journal’s list, and John Restivo and Dennis Halstead’s $36m verdict against the Estate of Detective…

NSB client Kirk Odom wins record award under D.C. Unjust Imprisonment Act

NewsBy Emily Whitfield March 1, 2015

On February 27, a D.C. Superior Court judge ordered the District of Columbia to pay $9.2 million in damages to Kirk Odom under the District’s Unjust Imprisonment Act—the largest award issued under the Act, and one of the largest non-jury awards ever in a U.S. wrongful imprisonment case. The court rejected the District’s arguments that…

NSB files lawsuit against FBI and SDNY prosecutors based on fabricated allegation in hedge fund search warrant

NewsBy Emily Whitfield March 1, 2015

On Thursday, February 26, NSB filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of David Ganek, former principal owner of Level Global Investors, L.P. The suit, which was filed in the Southern District of New York against several FBI agents and SDNY prosecutors, alleges that the FBI and United States Attorney’s Office fabricated information to…

NSB wins summary judgment against Orleans Parish Sheriff in jail suicide case

NewsBy Emily Whitfield December 2, 2014

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has granted NSB clients’ motion for partial summary judgment against Marlin Gusman, the Sheriff of Orleans Parish, in the case brought by Coast Guard Commander William Goetzee’s surviving relatives for his 2011 suicide at the problem-plagued jail. The Court agreed with the plaintiffs that the…

NSB client Jeff Deskovic sets record for largest wrongful conviction jury verdict in U.S. history

Emma Freudenberger, NewsBy Emily Whitfield October 23, 2014

A federal jury has awarded Jeffrey Deskovic, who spent 16-and-a-half years wrongfully imprisoned for the rape and murder of a high school classmate before DNA testing proved him innocent, $40 million plus $1.65 million in stipulated lost wages for a total of $41,650,000—the largest wrongful conviction jury verdict in U.S. history. The jury found former…

All five NSB partners named 2014 SuperLawyers

NewsBy Emily Whitfield October 4, 2014

The New York SuperLawyers Magazine has named Peter Neufeld, Barry Scheck, and Nick Brustin 2014 “SuperLawyers,” and has named Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann and Emma Freudenberger “Rising Stars” in the field of civil rights.

National Law Journal names NSB one of America’s 50 Elite Trial Firms

NewsBy Emily Whitfield September 9, 2014

The National Law Journal has selected Neufeld Scheck & Brustin to its inaugural list of the nation’s top 50 trial firms, recognizing the firm’s recent record in complex, high-stakes plaintiff’s cases. Read more here.

NSB client Jonathan Barr and other “Dixmoor 5” settle false confessions lawsuits

NewsBy Emily Whitfield June 25, 2014

The Illinois State Police have agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were wrongfully convicted of rape and murder as teenagers and served a combined 80 years in prison before DNA testing proved their innocence. The lawsuits alleged that police had coerced false confessions from three of the five plaintiffs, which led to…

NSB client Frank Sterling wins settlement for wrongful conviction

NewsBy Emily Whitfield May 15, 2014

Monroe County and the City of Rochester have agreed to pay NSB Client Frank Sterling $8.625 to settle his constitutional claims against the officers involved in Mr. Sterling’s wrongful conviction and imprisonment. The real perpetrator has since confessed and pleaded guilty to the murder for which Mr. Sterling was imprisoned. Click here to read article.

NSB wins expansive ruling from Third Circuit recognizing new cause of action

NewsBy Emily Whitfield April 24, 2014

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled today that Byron Halsey’s wrongful conviction case must proceed to trial, recognizing for the first time in that Circuit that fabrication of evidence by a police officer violates the Due Process Clause and is actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. With this decision, the…

NSB wins biggest wrongful conviction jury verdict in U.S. history

NewsBy Emily Whitfield April 17, 2014

A federal jury has returned a $36 million verdict for John Restivo and Dennis Halstead, who spent eighteen years in prison for a 1984 rape and murder before DNA testing proved their innocence. The jury concluded that Nassau County Detective Joseph Volpe, now deceased, had planted hairs and hid evidence suggesting Mr. Restivo’s and Mr.…

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