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National Civil Rights Firm Sanford Heisler Sharp Opens Silicon Valley Office

September 27, 2022, Palo Alto, CA – today announced the opening of a new office in Palo Alto, the firm’s eighth location nationwide, third office in California, and second new office this year. Long a top-rated law firm in the Bay Area, Sanford Heisler is the first exclusively plaintiff-side law firm with a focus on civil rights, social justice, and…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Vincent McKnight Selected Under Two Categories in 2023 Best Lawyers

H. Vincent McKnight Jr., Co-Managing Partner of Washington office, has been recognized by 2023’s Best Lawyers in America in two categories—Commercial Litigation and Qui Tam Law. Since 2008, McKnight, who co-chairs Whistleblower and Qui Tam practice, has received “Recognition,” Best Lawyers’ highest status, in the category of Commercial Litigation. Now he adds Qui Tam Law to that distinguished record. “I’m…

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City Of Baltimore Files Lawsuit Against Ghost Gun Manufacturer Polymer80

Deadly Ghost Guns Flooding Baltimore are now 19% of all Seized Guns according to Baltimore Police Department Polymer80 Accounts for 91% of all Seized Ghost Guns in Baltimore BALTIMORE, June 1, 2022 – Today, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced that Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest ghost gun manufacturer, Polymer80, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in the Circuit…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Launches The Tom Henderson Civil Rights Fellowship Honoring Long-Time Activist And Esteemed Member Of The Firm

February 15, 2022, Washington, DC – today announced the Tom Henderson Civil Rights Fellowship. The annual one-year position will be available to a junior attorney who has demonstrated academic excellence and a passion for and commitment to civil rights throughout law school. It will honor a well-known national “civil rights warrior” and beloved member of the firm who died in…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Files Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit against Harvard

Complaint Details Long History of Abuse in the Famed Anthropology Department Media Contact: Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027; [email protected] (Cambridge, MA, Feb. 8, 2022) today filed a Complaint in Massachusetts federal court against Harvard University and the President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard” or the “University”). The Complaint alleges that Harvard willfully ignored nearly a decade of sexual harassment and…

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