aradon@publicjustice.net

Amy Radon is the Goldberg Attorney at Public Justice, where she practices in the firm’s Access to Justice, civil rights, and consumer rights litigation areas.
 
Amy’s most recent victories include: 

Dillon v. Rogers , 596 F.3d 260 (5th Cir. 2010) (holding that dismissal of prisoner’s suit for failure to exhaust administrative remedies was improper and that district court should have permitted prisoner to collect and present evidence concerning the availability of administrative remedies).

McKenzie v. Betts , __ So.3d __, 2011 WL 309318 (Fla. App. Feb. 2, 2011) (holding that payday lender’s class action ban violated Florida public policy). 

Felts v. CLK Management, Inc, No. 30,142 (N.M. App. Mar. 2, 2011) (holding that payday lender’s class action ban was unconscionable under New Mexico law). 

Amy is also proud to have been a member of the trial team in Castaneda v. California, involving wrongful death and survival claims on behalf of the family of Francisco Castaneda, an immigrant from El Salvador who had his penis amputated and died of penile cancer as a result of purposeful medical neglect while he was in California and United States custody.  The team obtained a $1.73 million verdict for Mr. Castaneda’s family, which was recognized by California’s largest legal news provider, The Daily Journal, as one of the top California verdicts of 2010 based on its impact.  In addition, Mr. Castaneda’s case was featured in a joint investigative piece done by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes to expose the deeply flawed health care system for immigrant detainees.
 
Amy has also co-authored numerous briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, including merits briefs in Migliaccio v. Castaneda and Rent-A-Center v. Jackson.
 
Prior to joining Public Justice in August of 2006, Amy worked for both the Cambodian and South African governments to build programs that would ensure land and water rights were available to all communities within each of those countries on an equitable basis. 
 
Amy also held a Bates Fellowship from the University of Michigan Law School to support her work with Rights Action, a Guatemalan-based human rights organization. While in Guatemala, she provided legal assistance to communities that had been displaced by government-sanctioned land development projects.
 
Amy is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an Associate Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and prior to that, earned her B.A. in Philosophy from Arizona State University.  She is also an avid runner and yoga practitioner.