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Paul, Weiss Receives Robert F. Mullen Pro Bono Award by the Lawyers’ Committee
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law presented Paul, Weiss with its 2024 Robert F. Mullen Pro Bono Award, which honors a law firm that has provided extraordinary pro bono legal services on behalf of a Lawyers’ Committee client or matter.
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Files New Lawsuit to Enforce $2.8 Million Judgment Against Proud Boys
The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, alongside Paul, Weiss, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Washington’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church to enforce a $2.8 million judgment against the Proud Boys and its leaders.
Victims of Charlottesville Rally Eligible for Higher Punitive Damages Against Leaders of “Unite the Right” Rally, Fourth Circuit Rules
As reported by the Washington Post, the AP, and other publications, Paul, Weiss and co-counsel Hecker Fink and Cooley LLP won an appeal in the Fourth Circuit on July 1, 2024. The court overturned a lower court decision capping punitive damages at $350,000 total for victims of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
‘No Accident’: Documentary Filmmakers Chronicle the Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ Trial Team
Paul, Weiss litigation partner Karen Dunn spoke with The American Lawyer about the new HBO Original documentary, No Accident, which illustrates the highs and lows of the four-year litigation in Sines v. Kessler.
HBO Premieres Documentary on the “Unite the Right” Trial
In an interview with Lawdragon, Paul, Weiss litigation partner Karen Dunn discusses what it was like to make No Accident, the HBO Original documentary about Sines v. Kessler, and provides insight into the trial team’s legal strategy.
Paul, Weiss Recognized by The American Lawyer for Metropolitan AME Pro Bono Victory
A Paul, Weiss team led by litigation partners Dan Kramer, Jeannie Rhee, Andrew Ehrlich and Erin Morgan was recognized in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Daily” column for winning over $1 million in damages on behalf of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Proud Boys Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million for Racially Motivated Attack on Historically Black Church
The D.C. Superior Court held that the Proud Boys and several of its leaders must pay more than $1 million for a racially motivated attack on the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in December 2020.
AABANY Releases Second Report on Increased Anti-Asian Violence at Paul, Weiss-Hosted Press Conference
Paul, Weiss hosted a press conference with the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) to release the findings of AABANY’s second report on increased anti-Asian violence in New York City, updating its groundbreaking initial report in February 2021.