In the painful days following George Floyd’s murder under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands of people joined Black Lives Matter protests to demand justice and an end to systemic racism. Thousands more issued statements of outrage and promises of help, including those of us at Public Justice. We said, in part:…
The three finalist cases for Public Justice’s 2021 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award include landmark cases taking on police brutality and corruption in the City of East Cleveland, a historic breach-of-trust class action lawsuit granting thousands of Native Hawaiians their long-awaited homesteads, and holding a major prison technology corporation accountable for unfairly charging thousands…
“Transformative” gift will greatly enhance legal advocacy organization’s efforts to stop litigation secrecy that prevents the public from knowing about evidence of corporate harm and misconduct. The Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation of San Francisco has made a gift of $2.4 million to Public Justice to endow the Richard Zitrin Anti-Secrecy Attorney. This gift, the…
January 27, 2021 Dear United States Senate, We, a coalition of LGBTQI+ and allied organizations, write to urge you to confirm the appointment of Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH). Dr. Levine is currently Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Professor of Pediatrics…
In college, Public Justice Board President Eric Cramer tried to figure out the best way for him to contribute to the greater good; he considered becoming a historian or a political scientist. “I wanted to improve the world,” he recalls. “For me, I decided that being a lawyer would be a more effective way to…
Public Justice’s 2020 Trial Lawyer of the Year award was awarded to the legal team – also finalists for the 2019 award – who took on factory farms ruining the quality of life of low-income communities of color. The award was presented on the evening of Thursday, August 6 at Public Justice’s Annual Virtual Gala,…
The three finalist cases for Public Justice’s 2020 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award include landmark cases taking on the Michigan Department of Corrections on behalf of incarcerated youth survivors of assault, factory farms ruining the quality of life of low-income communities of color, and an alt-right conspiracy theorist targeting the parents of Sandy Hook…
Public Justice is proud to announce this year’s recipient of the organization’s ‘Champion of Justice’ Award: Past President Sandra Robinson, an extraordinary leader within the legal community and a trailblazer who has spent much of her career advancing, and advocating for, opportunities and equality in the legal profession, especially for women and people of color.
Huntington Bank has established the Huntington Hero Award to be presented annually in honor of Public Justice staff members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing Public Justice’s mission and who exemplify Huntington Bank’s commitment to “looking out for people.”