Lopez v. Reading School District, et al, USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, #02-7714. This tragic civil rights case was filed on behalf of the mother of a second-grade student who was allowed to be removed from school without her mother's permission and given by a teacher into the custody of the mother's prior boyfriend. The man then tortured and murdered the child and buried her in a shallow grave. A massive manhunt ensued and the man was captured by the FBI in Philadelphia. Our Firm overcame significant legal hurdles to obtain a significant settlement for the traumatized family. 

Brejcak v. County of Bucks, et al, USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, #03-46688. This civil rights case was brought on behalf of a county prisoner with mental illness and who developed a MRSA infection. It was alleged that the lack of proper psychiatric medical care caused this inmate's death. The settlement was on the front page of Bucks County papers, and our Firm continues to be contacted daily by prisoners statewide seeking representation. 

The Lex Street Murders. Our Firm successfully represented certain of the young African American men who were falsely accused and imprisoned in the tragic Philadelphia Lex Street Murder case. The men will be emotionally scarred for a very long time, for which we obtained significant compensation on their behalf.