Areas of Practice
- From 2003 forward, representing children and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse by clergy, principals, teachers and others as well as exposing the institutions – such as dioceses, parishes as well as private, public and religious schools – which enabled them and covered up the abuse.
Constitutional & Civil Rights in Employment
- The Firm’s traditional area of practice and focus from the time of its founding in 1981, includes cases and claims against: state and local public employers such as the State of Delaware and its many agencies and departments, New Castle County, the City of Wilmington and other municipalities; federal level public employers such as the Secretary of Defense and the Pentagon; as well as private employers such as the DuPont Company and many others.
- Representing pastors, churches and religious believers in challenging government actions that violate the religious freedom protections of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and/or Article I, § 1 of the Delaware Constitution.
- Since 1994, including cases and claims for police excessive force and other wrongdoing against the Wilmington Police Department, the Delaware State Police, smaller municipal departments throughout the state as well as others acting under color of law.
- Defending civil rights, plaintiffs and other attorneys, as well as civil rights organizations, from attacks and retaliation by government officials and others.
Constitutional & Civil Rights In Other Contexts
- Free speech, due process, equal protection, Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act and other types of constitutional law and civil rights matters that the Firm has handled outside of the employment context and not already covered above.
NOTE: Due to the overwhelming number of calls, e-mails and letters we receive, please note that the Firm does not practice in the following areas:
- family law (including divorce, child custody, visitation and grandparents’ rights);
- challenges to actions taken by the Delaware Division of Family Services;
- residential or commercial landlord-tenant law;
- consumer law;
- traffic citations;
- criminal law; or
- prisoner law (including post-conviction relief, civil rights and medical malpractice matters).
Contacts regarding matters outside our areas of practice will not be responded to.
As to other matters, if no return telephone call or e-mail has yet been received, it is because the Firm is tied up representing other clients.