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Matthew Underwood -- previously with DOJ Civil Rights and Williams & Connolly -- has joined Kaplan & Grady LLC as a partner. In the legal industry, I think this is commonly referred to as a "major coup." He is a supremely talented lawyer and a great guy. Welcome to the team!! We're all looking forward to trying cases with you. https://lnkd.in/gD8G-q9p

Great work on this federal appeal on behalf of a woman who had her medications for opioid addiction abruptly cut off after she gave birth (while shackled) in a North Carolina prison. Details and a link to the brief below. Kaplan & Grady LLC, along with Rights Behind Bars, Tycko & Zavareei LLP, the ACLU of North Carolina, and the ACLU Disability Rights Program, filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of Tracy Edwards. While she was incarcerated in the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, prison officials cut off Ms. Edwards’ medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) after she gave birth, causing an extremely painful, dangerous, and unnecessary withdrawal. Prison officials also kept Ms. Edwards shackled during and after giving birth – in direct violation of the prison system’s own policy – causing severe pain and interfering with Ms. Edwards’ ability to bond with her newborn child. Ms. Edwards brought claims for damages under the Eighth Amendment and federal disability rights laws. The district court ruled against Ms. Edwards. In this appeal, Ms. Edwards seeks to have the district court’s decision reversed so a jury can decide on her claims. “The treatment that Ms. Edwards experienced is both inhumane and unconstitutional,”?said Amelia Caramadre and David Howard Sinkman of Kaplan & Grady who worked on the appeal. “This appeal is about accountability. No one, especially a new mother, should endure such cruel and degrading conditions. And no one should be denied access to their lifesaving medications for opioid use disorder, especially when tens of thousands of Americans are dying of an overdose every year. We are working to ensure Ms. Edwards gets her day in court and that this kind of mistreatment is never repeated.” The appeals brief can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gzA4R9TX

Kaplan & Grady LLC is accepting applications for an office manager -- FT and PT applications will be considered. We started as 2 people 2 years ago and we're soon going to be 20! Time to add somebody to the team to relieve our wonderful paralegals from some of their administrative responsibilities. We work hard, we're big on teamwork, and have good time. If this sounds good to you, get in touch! https://lnkd.in/gRNczXfS

Welcome to Vanessa del Valle, our newest partner. She joins the firm after a decade with the MacArthur Justice Center and Northwestern, two years with the great Judge Castillo, and degrees from Stanford and Yale. The best part: she is in fact as awesome as all of that sounds. Welcome Vanessa! We're all looking forward to trying cases with you. https://lnkd.in/guU997Z8

We should add, we are ALSO looking for talented associates, separate and apart from our search for an attorney to support a particular non-profit client. Great for an attorney with excellent credentials and eager to mix it up in court, hearings, and in witness work. We have gazillions of trials lined up, so you will not find an opportunity with more stand up experience in high stakes civil cases. Send your resume! https://lnkd.in/gpSfPqjE

Hiring! We are looking to hire another highly-qualified attorney to work closely with an important non-profit client. Great opportunity for someone transitioning from big law. Rare (to wit, unheard of) chance to be compensated at big law levels for impact litigation work. https://lnkd.in/gGDbhNuM

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Please join us on Thursday to honor Mr. Broadway's memory and for a discussion of a lawsuit demanding justice for his needless death.

Appellate CLE opportunity! On Oct. 24, John D. Tinder, a former Seventh Circuit Judge and Of Counsel at Kaplan & Grady LLC, is leading a CLE on appellate advocacy, presented by the Seventh Circuit Bar Association in Indianapolis. The panel will be analyzing oral arguments presented to the Seventh Circuit earlier that day. Should be interesting! If you'd like to attend, please contact Debbie Groboski [email protected] Thursday, October 24, 2024 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET https://lnkd.in/gvA7Twxi