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Faces of Public Justice

Keith Dillon

When Keith Dillon filed a lawsuit against a prison warden and six guards in Louisiana in connection with a severe, debilitating beating he suffered in 2005, the district court threw the case out. The court said Dillon had failed to, first, try an administrative remedy. But, no such thing had been available to him and, when Public Justice took that argument to a federal appeals court, the higher court agreed.

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Inderjit Singh

Inderjit Singh was denied a job as a shuttle bus driver by Air Serv Corporation because he wears a turban and beard, as required by his Sikh religion.

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The 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award

Public Justice Salutes the Winners of the 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award and the three Finalists for the Award.

The Winning Teams

Exposing the Truth About Reckless Nuclear Weapons Makers: Cook v. Rockwell International Corp. Merrill G. Davidoff - Peter Nordberg - David F. Sorensen - Ellen Noteware - Jenna MacNaughton Wong - Louise Roselle -Jean Geoppinger - Gary Blum - Steve Kelly - Bruce DeBoskey

Holding Terrorists Accountable: Lockerbie , Scotland – Pan Am Flight 103 Litigation. James P. Kreindler - Steven R. Pounian - Michel "Mitch" F. Baumeister - Frank H. Granito Jr. - Frank Granito, III

The finalist teams

Winning Equal Access to City Services for African Americans: Kennedy v. City of Zanesville. Reed Colfax - John Relman - Jennifer Klar - Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt - Rachel K. Robinson - Stefan Schmidt

Bringing Philip Morris to Justice: Williams v. Philip Morris. William A. Gaylord - Ray Thomas - James S. Coon - Charles S. Tauman - Richard Daynard - Cliff Douglas - Robert S. Peck - Maureen Leonard - Kathryn Clarke

Making Water Safe to Drink: In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Productions Liability Litigation MDL 1358. Scott Summy - Rob Gordon - Celeste Evangelisti - Carla Burke - Robin Greenwald - Perry Weitz