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Faces of Public Justice

Francisco Castaneda

Francisco Castaneda

Francisco Castaneda's detention in an immigration facility cost him his life.  Public Justice took up his fight against a federal system fast becoming a warehouse of medical neglect.

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Jaye Flood

When she raised concerns about gender inequality at her university, acclaimed volleyball coach Jaye Flood was greeted with consternation and reprisal.  Public Justice successfully sued Florida Gulf Coast University for retaliation and defamation.

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Partnering Groups and Organizations

We thank and honor the many public interest groups and organizations that we have represented, with whom we have served as co-counsel, or whom we have joined in amici briefs over the years, including:

·          1000 Friends of Florida, Inc.

·          9to5, National Association of Working Women

·          AARP

·          AARP Foundation Litigation

·          AFSCME, AFL-CIO

·          Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists

·          Alliance for Justice

·          Alliance for Native American Rights

·          Alliance for the Rights of Children

·          Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees, NUAHCE

·          Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning

·          American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

·          American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

·          American Association of Active Lifestyles and Fitness

·          American Association of Retired Persons

·          American Association of School Administrators

·          American Association of University Women

·          American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund

·          American Civil Liberties Union

·          American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado

·          American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Rhode Island

·          American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project

·          American Civil Liberties Union of Florida

·          American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan

·          American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Inc.

·          American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties

·          American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California

·          American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia Foundation

·          American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project

·          American Corporate Counsel Association

·          American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFL-CIO), Ayunda, Inc.

·          American Federation of Teachers

·          American Friends Service Committee

·          American Jewish Committee

·          American Jewish Committee American Cancer Society, Inc.

·          American Jewish Congress

·          American Medical Student Association

·          American Psychiatric Association

·          American Public Health Association

·          Amnesty International

·          Anti-Defamation League

·          Arkansas Wildlife Federation

·          Asbestos Victims of America

·          Asian Law Caucus

·          Asian Pacific American Legal Center

·          Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California

·          Association for Women in Psychology

·          Association of Legal Aid Attorneys

·          Association of Sexual Abuse Prevention Professionals

·          Association of the Bar of the City of New York

·          Atlantic States Legal Foundation

·          Attorneys Information Exchange Group

·          Baltimore Physicians for Social Responsibility

·          Bancard Holders of America, Inc

·          Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs.

·          Bar Association of San Francisco

·          Believe the Children

·          Bet Tzedek - The House of Justice

·          Biodiversity Legal Foundation

·          Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

·          California Consumer Health Care Council

·          California Employment Lawyers Association

·          California League for Environmental Enforcement Now

·          California Public Interest Research Group

·          California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

·          California Women Lawyers

·          California Women's Law Center

·          Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

·          Center for Advancement of Public Policy

·          Center for Auto Safety

·          Center for Children’s Law and Policy

·          Center for Constitutional Rights

·          Center for Law in the Public Interest

·          Center for Responsible Lending

·          Center for Science in the Public Interest

·          Center for Women Policy Studies

·          Center for Women Studies

·          Center to Prevent Handgun Violence

·          Central Conference of American Rabbis

·          Christic Institute

·          Citizens Against Pollution

·          Citizens for Environmental Compliance

·          Citizens Legal Clinic

·          Citizens Legal Committee

·          Civil Liberties Monitoring Project

·          Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues

·          Coal River Mountain Watch

·          Coalition of Labor Union Women

·          Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers

·          Colorado Association for Sex Therapy

·          Colorado Center on Law and Policy

·          Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault

·          Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition

·          Colorado District Attorneys Council

·          Colorado Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

·          Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance

·          Colorado Wildlife Federation

·          Columbia Legal Services (formerly Evergreen Legal Services)

·          Committee for Justice for Women of North Carolina

·          Communities for a Better Environment

·          Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

·          Concerned Citizens for the Protection of Abused Children

·          Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund, Inc.

·          Consumer Action

·          Consumer Attorneys of California

·          Consumer Federation of America

·          Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety

·          Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.

·          Council of the Great City Schools

·          Council on Alcohol Policy

·          Criminal Defense Lawyers

·          D.C. Rape Crisis Center

·          Defenders of Wildlife

·          Denver Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Board

·          Disability Rights Advocates

·          Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.

·          Disability Rights Legal Center

·          Don’t Waste Arizona, Inc.

·          Earthjustice

·          Eastern Ecological Coalition

·          Ecology Center of Ann Arbor

·          Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence

·          Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

·          Ending Violence Effectively, Inc.

·          Environmental Action

·          Equal Rights Advocates

·          Families for Asbestos Compliance, Testing and Safety

·          Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.

·          Federally Employed Women, Inc.

·          Federation of Organizations For Professional Women

·          Federation of Physicians and Dentists/ Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees, NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO

·          Feminist Majority Foundation

·          Financial Protection Law Center

·          First Amendment Foundation

·          First Amendment Project

·          Florida AFL-CIO

·          Florida Consumer Action Network, Inc.

·          Florida Education Association

·          Florida League of Conservation Voters, Inc.

·          Florida National Organization for Women, Inc.

·          Florida Public Employees Council 79, AFSCME, AFL-CIO

·          Florida State Conference of Branches National Association for the Advancement of Colored  People (NAACP)

·          Florida Wildlife Federation

·          Florida Women’s Consortium

·          Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

·          Freedom Socialist Party

·          Friends of the Earth

·          Gateway Legal Services, Inc.

·          Georgetown University Law Center

·          Giaretto Institute

·          Girls Incorporated

·          Government Accountability Project

·          Hadassah

·          Hastings Civil Justice Clinic

·          Heart of America Northwest

·          Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

·          Human Issues, Inc.

·          Human Rights Campaign Fund

·          Human Rights Watch

·          Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

·          Impact Fund

·          Indiana National Organization for Women

·          Innocence Project

·          Institute for Women's Policy Research

·          Insurance Company Accountability Network, a Project of Texas Watch

·          International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Behalf of its Florida Local Unions – 173 (Bradenton), 512 and 947 (Jacksonville), 390 and 769 (Miami), 385 (Orlando), and 79 (Tampa)

·          Islamic Circle of North America

·          Jacksonville Legal Aid

·          Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

·          Jewish Council for Public Affairs

·          Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

·          Katherine and George Alexander Community LawCenter

·          Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

·          Kentucky Riverkeeper

·          Kentucky Waterways Alliance

·          La Raza Centro Legal, Inc.

·          Law Society of England and Wales

·          Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

·          Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

·          Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

·          Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

·          Legal Aid Society - EmploymentLawCenter

·          Legal Aid Society of San FranciscoEmployment Law Center

·          Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People

·          Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition

·          Maryland Disability Law Center

·          Maryland Trial Lawyers Association

·          Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse

·          Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

·          Mayaguezanos por la Salud y el Ambiente

·          Men’s Anti-Rape Resource Center

·          Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

·          Mexican American Women's National Association

·          Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service

·          Michigan State Conference of the NAACP

·          Mission Industrial de Puerto Rico

·          Mountain State Justice

·          NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund

·          National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium

·          National Association Consumer Advocates

·          National Association for Girls and Women in Sport

·          National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

·          National Association for Women in Education

·          National Association of Commissions for Women

·          National Association of Consumer Advocates

·          National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

·          National Association of Female Executives

·          National Association of Girls and Women in Sport

·          National Association of Social Workers, Inc.

·          National Association of Social Workers, Legal Defense Fund

·          National Center for Lesbian Rights

·          National Center for Youth Law

·          National Center on Women and Family Law

·          National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

·          National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides

·          National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education

·          National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom

·          National Consumer Law Center

·          National Consumers League

·          National Council of Jewish Women, Inc.

·          National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

·          National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA

·          National Council on Alcoholism, Inc.

·          National Disability Rights Network

·          National Education Association

·          National Employment Lawyers Association

·          National Environmental Law Center

·          National Federation of Parents for Drug-free Youth

·          National Gay Rights Advocates

·          National Hook-up of Black Women, Inc.

·          National Hospice Organization

·          National Immigration Project

·          National Lawyers Guild

·          National Lawyers Guild/Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice

·          National Network for Victims of Sexual Assault

·          National Organization for Victim Assistance, Inc.

·          National Organization for Women Foundation

·          National Organization of Women Legal Defense Fund

·          National Partnership for Women & Families

·          National Senior Citizens Law Center

·          National Softball Coaches Association

·          National Victim Center

·          National Wildlife Federation

·          National Women’s Conference Committee

·          National Women’s Health Network

·          National Women's Law Center

·          National Women’s Party

·          National Women’s Political Caucus

·          Natural Resources Defense Council

·          New Jersey Public Interest Research Group

·          New Mexico Protection and Advocacy

·          New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association

·          New York Civil Liberties Union

·          New York Public Interest Research Group

·          North Carolina Justice Center

·          Northwest Women’s LawCenter

·          Notre Dame Law School

·          NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

·          Ohio Public Interest Research Group

·          Ohio Valley Environmental Council

·          Older Women's League

·          Oregon Public Interest Research Group

·          Parents for Title IX

·          Partnership for Civil Justice, Inc.

·          Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

·          Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

·          People for the American Way Foundation

·          Philadelphia Housing Authority

·          Prison Law Office

·          Program on Gender, Work and Family

·          Project Safeguard

·          Protection and Advocacy, Inc.

·          Public Advocates, Inc.

·          Public Citizen

·          Public Citizen Litigation Group

·          Public Counsel

·          Public Interest Law Project

·          Public Interest Research Group in Michigan

·          Public Justice Center (Baltimore)

·          Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

·          Puerto Rico Campers’ Association

·          Rape Assistance and Awareness Program

·          Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic

·          Rutherford Institute

·          Save Our Suwannee, Inc.

·          Sierra Club

·          Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter

·          Southern Poverty LawCenter

·          Southwest Center for Biological Diversity

·          Sportsbridge

·          SUNY Buffalo Law School, O’Brian Hall – Amherst Campus

·          Tenants’ Action Group Community Legal Service

·          Tennessee Environmental Council

·          Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women

·          Texans United Education Fund

·          Tidewater Legal Aid Society

·          Title IX Advocacy Project

·          U.S. Public Interest Research Group

·          Union for Reform Judaism

·          Union of American Hebrew Congregations

·          Union of Concerned Scientists

·          Unitarian Universalist Service

·          United Church of Christ’s Justice and Witness Ministries

·          United Policyholders

·          United States Public Interest Research Group

·          Vermont Incest Survivors Enlightened & Empowered

·          Virginia Poverty Law Center

·          Washington Ceasefire

·          Washington College of Law

·          Washington Public Interest Research Group

·          West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

·          Western Center on Law and Poverty

·          Widener University School of Law

·          Wider Opportunities for Women

·          Wildlife Federation of Alaska

·          Woman’s Legal Defense Fund

·          Women Employed

·          Women's Action Alliance

·          Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia

·          Women’s Basketball Coaches Association

·          Women’s Employment Rights Clinic at Golden Gate University School of Law

·          Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund

·          Women’s Equity Action League

·          Women’s Law Center, Inc.

·          Women’s Law Center of Maryland

·          Women’s Law Project

·          Women’s Legal Defense Fund

·          Women’s Sports Foundation

·          Yale Law School

·          YWCA of the U.S.A.

 

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