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• Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Announces Its New Executive Director

CHICAGO, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. announces that its new Executive Director, Jay Readey, will join the organization on December 13. The Chicago Lawyers' Committee is the public interest law consortium of Chicago's leading law firms. From nineteen firms in 1969, the Committee has grown to forty-five member firms today. Throughout its 41-year history, the Committee has championed civil rights and equal opportunity for poor, disadvantaged, minority and other marginalized populations. Edward Feldman of Miller Shakman & Beem, LLP, who serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Committee, said, "I am very excited that Jay Readey will serve as our Executive Director. Jay's commitment to equal opportunity and ...

• U.S. Newswire
• November 18, 2010

• Jose Aleman; Cesar Basilis; James Blasic; Carlos Borrayo; Mario Rodas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chugach Support Services, Incorporated; Chugach Alaska Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association; Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Amici Supporting Appellants., 485 F.3d 206 (4th Cir. 2007)

ARGUED: Eric Kenneth Bachman, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Harvey Alan Levin, Thompson & Coburn, L.L...

• Federal Circuits

• The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to Celebrate '45 Years in the Relentless Pursuit of Justice'

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Stacie B. Miller of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, +1-202-445-6101, smiller@lawyerscommittee.org

• U.S. Newswire
• September 12, 2008

• Common Cause, the Century Foundation and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Hold a News Teleconference On Deceptive Campaign Practices

COMMON CAUSE, THE CENTURY FOUNDATION, AND THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW HOLD A NEWS TELECONFERENCE ON DECEPTIVE CAMPAIG...

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 28, 2009

• Congresswoman Waters Honored by Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) received the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law today at the National Bar Association's 84th Annual Convention in San Diego, California. The Lawyers' Committee cited Congresswoman Waters' work as a public servant, an advocate on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised, and a mentor and role model for women and youth among its primary reasons for honoring her. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to enlist private lawyers and law firms in civil rights law enforcement. [...] the Lawyers' Committee has been on the forefront of efforts to secure civil rights and improve race ...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• October 15, 2009

• Clarence Page to Address Chicago Bar at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

CHICAGO, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Clarence Page will give the keynote address at the 41st annual meeting of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. The reception will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center, in the Preston Bradley Hall, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Mr. Page, a columnist and a member of the Chicago Tribune's editorial board, will address the need for a candid and constructive conversation about race. The program will include a tribute to the men and women who challenged the firefighters entrance exam, in Lewis v. City of Chicago. Clyde E. Murphy, former Executive Director of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee will be recognized for his lifetime achievement in civil rights.

• U.S. Newswire
• October 19, 2010

• Paula Darlene Hampton, Plaintiff, Demetria Cooper, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Amicus Curiae. Paula Darlene Hampton, Plaintiff-Appellee, Demetria Cooper, Plaintiff, v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Amicus Curiae. Paula Darlene Hampton, Plaintiff-Appellee, Demetria Cooper, Plaintiff, v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellant,, 247 F.3d 1091 (10th Cir. 2001)

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS (D.C. No. 97-CV-2182-KHV)[Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material O...

• Federal Circuits

• Concrete Works of Colorado, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. City and County of Denver, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. City of Chicago; City of Las Vegas; City of Minneapolis; City of San Francisco; International Municipal Lawyers Association; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; City of Phoenix; United States; Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; National Association of Minority Contractors; Latin American Management Association; National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium; Pacific Legal Foundation, Amici Curiae., 321 F.3d 950 (10th Cir. 2003)

Eileen Penner, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, (Thomas B. Colby, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC; J. Wallace Wortham, Jr., City Attorney, N...

• Federal Circuits

• /C O R R E C T I O N -- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law/

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Stacie B. Miller of Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, +1-202-662-8317, +1-202-445-6101 (cell), smiller@lawyerscommittee.org

• U.S. Newswire
• April 28, 2008

• Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Wiley A. Branton Awards Luncheon

(CORRECTED COPY) ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER'S REMARKS AT THE WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS WILEY A. B...

• Political Transcript Wire
• October 02, 2009