Client Results
Fighting for those harmed by institutions, and winning.
Our firm has secured multiple seven-figure outcomes for survivors of abuse, catastrophic injury, and civil rights violations. Many settlements remain confidential by agreement — the impact does not.
School & Church Abuse
We have secured multiple seven-figure confidential settlements for survivors who, as young people, were subjected to systematic abuse, coercion, humiliation, and forced labor under the guise of religious or educational authority.
These cases span religious ministries, boarding schools, residential programs, and similar institutional settings. Every case is handled with absolute discretion. While outcomes are confidential, they reflect our firm's commitment to holding institutions accountable and delivering meaningful, lasting justice to those failed by people in positions of trust.
Death & Catastrophic Injury
An elderly woman tripped and fell on nylon packing strips left on a retail store floor by employees. Surveillance footage captured employees discarding the straps while the woman was already being treated by EMTs.
Injury: Shoulder surgery required
A man fell on ice in his apartment complex parking lot. The complex sought dismissal citing lease language, but the court ruled the complex had assumed a duty to maintain safe common areas.
Injury: Knee and hip replacement
A woman slipped on a wet office building floor during a rainstorm. The building had a documented history of falls by women wearing dress shoes and had failed to install mats or other slip-resistant measures.
Injury: Avascular necrosis, total hip replacement
A woman struck at an intersection suffered facial lacerations. We recovered the full available insurance limits across both bodily injury and underinsured motorist coverage.
Injury: Facial lacerations
A motorcyclist was struck broadside when a car ran a red light. We secured the maximum available insurance recovery for bodily injury and underinsured motorist claims.
Injury: Below-knee leg amputation
A man's stopped vehicle was rear-ended by a semi-truck at highway speed, leaving him permanently and catastrophically injured.
Injury: Quadriplegia
A driver was paralyzed in a head-on collision caused by a distracted motorist who crossed the center line.
Injury: Paralysis
Civil Rights Violations
Physical assault during vehicle repossession attempt
An African-American woman was violently assaulted by employees of a car loan company during an attempted repossession — at her home, in front of her children — while she was current on her payments. Confidential settlement.
Racial profiling, false arrest, and physical injury by retail security
An African-American shopper was falsely accused of shoplifting and physically injured by a store security guard — a former police officer dismissed from his prior post for abuse of power — in a clear case of negligent hiring and racial profiling. Confidential settlement.
Denial of special education services due to racial bias
African-American students were denied legally required special education services after a school principal made racially motivated job threats to a teacher responsible for providing those services — a direct violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Confidential settlement.
Wrongful termination following pay discrimination complaint
An African-American woman was terminated after she discovered and reported a salary disparity between herself and white male colleagues performing the same role at the same level. Confidential settlement.
Sexual assault of elementary school student by known-risk peer
An elementary-age student was sexually assaulted by a fellow student who had a documented history of aggressive behavior. The school's failure to act on known risks enabled the harm. Confidential settlement.
Sexual coercion of foreign national employee through immigration threats
A Romanian employee was threatened with deportation by her manager unless she submitted to sexual acts during business travel — a severe case of workplace sexual harassment and abuse of power. Confidential settlement.
Foster Care Neglect & Abuse
Repeated sexual abuse ignored despite therapist warnings
Confidential SettlementA child in foster care was sexually abused multiple times by her foster father. Her court-appointed therapist had explicitly warned the agency that grooming behavior was occurring. The agency disregarded those reports and took no action to restrict contact.
Fatal fentanyl overdose in residential care program
Confidential SettlementA foster agency and its contracted residential home failed to screen incoming residents for drugs or contraband. A youth accessed fentanyl from another resident's belongings, overdosed, and suffered catastrophic, permanent brain injury as a result.
Medically fragile teen placed unsafely, found deceased
Confidential SettlementA medically fragile teenager with a documented history of running away was made to sleep on a cot inside the agency's office rather than being placed in a secure, appropriate facility. After multiple escapes — during which she was assaulted, hospitalized, and denied medication — she was later found deceased in a public park.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is unique. Many settlements on this page are confidential by mutual agreement; specific amounts are not disclosed. The descriptions above are summaries for general informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice.