The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington

ENEWSLETTER: JANUARY 2014

Civil Rights and Personal Injury and General Practice Law Firm, Dedicated to Social Justice

The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a well-respected litigation firm with an office in Hempstead, Long Island. Our focus is primarily in the area of civil rights, voting rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and criminal law. However, the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a full- service law firm handling matters in numerous areas of law and providing a wide range of services from contract formation to litigation and trial practice. RECENT VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS $7.75 million- Civil Rights and wrongful death action brought by the family of deceased $1.277 million- Race based attack and serious injury by violent acts against Plaintiffs, who were lured to an isolated warehouse $2.8 million- Wrongful death, products liability case involving a tow motor accident at a sewage treatment plant	AT THE FIRM Valerie M. Cartwright Joins Brookhaven Town Board as Councilwoman Valerie M. Cartwright has stepped down from her position at The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington to begin serving her term as Brookhaven Town councilwoman. She replaces Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld, who decided not to seek re-election after serving approximately 10 years as town councilman. Read More » RECENT CASES This month's newsletter highlights some of the cases recently handled by our firm. Dolores Sharpe, African-American Female Nassau County Police Officer, Arraigned on Criminal Charges On January 9, Dolores Sharpe ― an African-American woman and a veteran of the Nassau County Police Department ― was arraigned following false criminal charges of resisting arrest filed by her fellow officers. These charges arose from a November 29, 2013 incident where Officer Sharpe was wrongfully treated, falsely arrested and abused at the hands of Officers Charles L. Volpe and Victor J. Gladitz. Read More » Nassau Man Who Was Victimized by Police Commissioner, Chief of Detectives and Others Serves Notice of Claim and Fights Back to Regain His Civil Rights Randy A. Hoskins, aka Randy A. White, held a press conference in The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington on January 6 to announce his service of notice on the County of Nassau, Nassau County Police and others that he intends to sue for the multiple levels of abuse and violations of his civil rights when he was arrested on October 5, 2013. Read More » IN THE NEWS In court: Ex-cop who claims she was wrongfully charged January 10, 2014 \| FiOS1 Cop Pleads Not Guilty to Harassment Charge January 10, 2014 \| Newsday Lawyer: Arrested Nassau Police Officer Victim of ‘Trickery’ January 9, 2014 \| Long Island Press Lawyer: Nassau cop was arrested for ‘driving while black’ January 9, 2014 \| Examiner.com Man behind Dale resignation files suit January 9, 2014 \| The Island Now Civil Rights Violations Claim Filed in Dale Scandal January 6, 2014 \| Long Island Press Nassau Police Officers Facing Lawsuit Over Arrest January 6, 2014 \| NBC New York Lawyer: Nassau Officials Covering Up Politically Motivated Arrest January 6, 2014 \| WCBS Radio Randy White files notice of claim against Nassau County, police January 6, 2014 \| Newsday Roosevelt man files suit against Nassau PD January 6, 2014 \| FiOS1 Randy White, of Roosevelt, suing Nassau PD over case that prompted Commissioner Thomas Dale's resignation January 6, 2014 \| News 12
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