George Floyd is looking down on us from above

A white police officer murdered unarmed George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, two years ago today.  The murder of Mr. Floyd broadened the Movement for Black Lives to a global reckoning, another cycle of history repeating itself over more than 400 years. In February 1965, 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson was part of aContinue reading “George Floyd is looking down on us from above”

June 9: Watch parties around the country on hearings by House Jan. 6 Select Committee

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol is preparing for public hearings to uncover the truth, demand accountability, and ensure violence like this never happens again. The hearings will begin on Thursday, June 9, at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time. We need to make sure these hearings break through the busy news cycleContinue reading “June 9: Watch parties around the country on hearings by House Jan. 6 Select Committee”

Eva Paterson to Speak at ‘Democracy’s Last Line of Defense’ Symposium in Chicago on May 26

Event sponsored by (partial list): Law School Admission Council, American College of Trial Lawyers, Flaschner Judicial Institute, Allstate Insurance, Roman Silberfeld, JAMS, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Quarles & Brady LLP, Susman Godfrey LLP, Edward Blumberg, Esq., Cliff Edwards, Esq., Keller Rohrback Law Offices L.L.P., Signature Resolution and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP. Equal JusticeContinue reading “Eva Paterson to Speak at ‘Democracy’s Last Line of Defense’ Symposium in Chicago on May 26”