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Fred Weaver

Four years ago on New Year’s Eve in Baton Rouge, Fred Weaver received a voicemail from his credit card company. The message said that Weaver was “ruining his life” by not making his payments on time and demanded the call be returned that night.

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Rich Barber

In 2000, Gus Barber was 9-years old when he was killed by a misfired Remington rifle. Since Gus’s tragic death, his father Rich has been gathering evidence about the faulty trigger design on Remington’s 700-series rifles; the defect has been a public safety hazard for more than half a century. Public Justice is now seeking to unseal court records that could prove Remington’s dangerous negligence.

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Books – Descriptions and information on how to order two concise and informative books: (1) Fighting for Public Justice: Cases and Trial Lawyers That Made a Difference, which describes real cases of the finalists for and winners of the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award during our first 20 years -- trial lawyers fighting to hold corporate and governmental wrongdoers accountable in the civil justice system. By Wesley J. Smith, with a foreword by Erin Brockovich; and (2) Consumer Arbitration Agreements: Enforceability and Other Topics, a manual and companion website on how to fight mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts and employment contracts. By F. Paul Bland, Jr. of Public Justice, Michael J. Quirk of Williams Cuker Berezofsky, and Jon Sheldon of the National Consumer Law Center.

Public Justice – Copies of our quarterly newsletter from Winter 1998 to the present, covering our cases and membership activities.

Public Justice E-lerts – Our timely online alerts keep our members and supporters up to date on developments in public interest law and at the Public Justice Foundation.

Trial Lawyers Doing Public Justice – Profiles of our annual Trial Lawyer of the Year Award winners and finalists and their extraordinary cases.

Membership Brochure – An overview of Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation, along with membership information.

Access to Justice Brochure – An overview of the threats to Access to Justice and how Public Justice is fighting them.

The 25th Anniversary Report -- Published in 2007, a review of the history, case highlights and accomplishments of Public Justice in its first 25 years.