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RECENT APPELLATE VICTORIES
Ninth Circuit affirmation of 1.8 million jury award against Delta Air Lines.
Attained Second Circuit victory over Turkish Airlines, setting new nationwide precedent
Attained Fifth Circuit victory over Scandinavian Airlines, cementing new nationwide precedent.
Corporate
Creation and general corporate matters for a new technology company focusing on language and big data.
Complex litigation involving family fortune, trusts, and business entities.
Successfully defended general contractor from claims of contract breach and fraud.
defamation
Recovered settlement for customer who was wrongly identified to police as a shoplifter.
school discipline
Action against a major Virginia school of higher education to halt and prohibit an honor trial to address constitutionally protected rights having been violated. Successfully opposed the Virginia Office of the Attorney General. Favorably Settled.
Defended hazing allegation in federal and state court, achieving dismissal of all claims
Airline litigation
Action against KLM and Delta Airlines by a young family with newborn infant who were detained at various police stations in Cairo, Egypt during a 12-hour ordeal caused by a malicious gate agent. Jury awarded six-figure damages.
Action by a female passenger against air carrier for failing to accommodate her disability, resulting in a blood clot. Favorably Settled.
Action against air carrier for allergic reaction due to sesame in food when sesame-free meal had been requested. Favorably Settled.
Action by a female passenger who was sexually assaulted by passenger. Favorably Settled.
Action against air carrier for wrongful death involving female passenger who was taken off plane and put in hotel room rather than ambulance. Favorably Settled.
Action against air carrier for defamation and negligent infliction of emotional distress involving a mother and her asthmatic son. Favorably Settled.
Action against air carrier for behavior of its gate agent who kicked a young family with two infants off the plane and threatened to do it again if they returned the next day. Favorably Settled.
Secured monetary sanctions against airline for discovery abuses.
Action against air carrier on behalf of a family that was abused by airport police, including the father being dragged into a bathroom, struck in the face with a handgun, and threatened with death if he did not delete a video that recorded gate agents wrongly denying his family boarding. Active Case.
Personal injury
Gross negligence action against Virginia school system for burns suffered by kindergarten student. Favorably Settled.
Recovered settlement for customer who swallowed glass in a hamburger purchased from popular fast-food restaurant.
Employment Law
Local Charlottesville action for employee who was terminated due to their age. Favorably Settled.
Action under the Americans with Disabilities Act against air carrier for firing a disabled employee due their HIV. $1.8 million award.
Negotiated with private university to recover two years’ salary and benefits for African-American woman discriminated against in a reorganization.
Recovered nearly six-figure settlement prior to litigation for female employee of state institution of higher learning who was a victim of retaliation.
Recovered mid-six-figure settlement prior to litigation for employee who was fired to avoid ADA obligations.
Achieved settlement for government contractor who was fired in violation of the FMLA.
Successfully defended employer from claims of pay abuses.
seizure and forfeiture
Recovered over $100,000 in cash that was confiscated as a result of an illegal search and seizure. There was no evidence of criminality, but the government took the position that the motorists needed to prove why the cash wasn’t guilty.