Maurice Hastings, Exonerated After 38 Years Behind Bars, Sues Inglewood Police Officers and LADA Investigator For Wrongful Conviction
Clear Signs Pointing to the Real Perpetrator Were Ignored by Police, Lawsuit Charges (LOS ANGELES, CA) National civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP (NSBHF) today filed a wrongful conviction lawsuit on behalf of Maurice Hastings, who served 38 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Earlier this…
Read articleLos Angeles to Pay $8 Million to Ruben Martinez, Jr., Imprisoned 12 Years for Robberies He Didn’t Commit
Settlement Is One of the Largest Per-Year of Wrongful Incarceration in Los Angeles History (LOS ANGELES, CA) National civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP, with co-counsel Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Angela Berry and criminal defense and civil rights attorney Ian Wallach, today announced that Los Angeles has agreed to…
Read articleNSBHF Announces Three Partners and a New Firm Name
National Civil Rights Law Firm Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP Announces Three Partners and a New Firm Name Leading Civil Rights Trial Attorneys $43 million+ award against Nassau County for police misconduct that framed two innocent men, John Restivo and Dennis Halstead, who spent nearly 18 years in prison for a rape and murder DNA…
Read articleSuper Lawyers Recognizes NSBHF Partner Amelia Green as a “Rising Star” in Civil Rights Litigation
In an article titled “Where It’s Been, Where It’s Heading,” Super Lawyers profiles six Rising Stars who “will carry the legal mantle into the middle of the 21st century.” Among them, singled out for her civil rights litigation expertise, is NSBHF partner Amelia Green. “It was my first job out of law school,” Green told Super Lawyers. “The…
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“You’re Going to Be A Better Lawyer”
As an associate at a Big Law firm in 2019, Tony Joe was thrilled to join a pro bono case team working on the exoneration of a client wrongfully convicted for murder. It was akin to the criminal justice work he’d done as a law student – interning at the Equal Justice Initiative’s Capital Defense…
Read articleTwo Exonerated Louisville Men to Receive $20.5 Million For 22 Years Spent Behind Bars
(LOUISVILLE, KY) The law firms of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP and Loevy & Loevy today announced that Louisville has agreed to pay $20.5 million to their clients Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Clark, who each spent 22 years of their lives behind bars for a heinous murder they did not commit. The settlement stems from egregious…
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