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RELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment MEGAN CACACE: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Megan Cacace is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Megan joined the firm in 2008. Her practice combines civil rights counseling and civil rights litigation. Megan’s civil rights counseling practice focuses on advising online companies, platforms, and employers. She led the firm’s work on Facebook’s civil rightsaudit
GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an WHITAKER V. KENOSHA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: RELMAN COLFAX After high school sophomore Ash Whitaker came out as a transgender boy in 2014, administrators at Tremper High School in Wisconsin’s Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) began a campaign of discrimination against him. They barred him from using boys’ restrooms, directing him instead to use either girls’ restrooms or alocked single-user
RELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment MEGAN CACACE: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Megan Cacace is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Megan joined the firm in 2008. Her practice combines civil rights counseling and civil rights litigation. Megan’s civil rights counseling practice focuses on advising online companies, platforms, and employers. She led the firm’s work on Facebook’s civil rightsaudit
GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an WHITAKER V. KENOSHA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: RELMAN COLFAX After high school sophomore Ash Whitaker came out as a transgender boy in 2014, administrators at Tremper High School in Wisconsin’s Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) began a campaign of discrimination against him. They barred him from using boys’ restrooms, directing him instead to use either girls’ restrooms or alocked single-user
CASES & MATTERS: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Relman Colfax obtained the first federal court decision holding that a landlord can violate the Fair Housing Act by maintaining a policy of refusing to consider the reasonable accommodation requests of disabled tenants or prospective tenants who seek to alter their rent due dates to correspond with the receipt of their disability benefits, resulting in a settlement including a policy change OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CONTACT US: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Relman Colfax PLLC is based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For general inquiries and media inquiries, please email us at info@relmanlaw.com.. For news and updates about the firm, please follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.To receive periodic email updates from the firm, please send an email to info@relmanlaw.com with your name, affiliation, and email address. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
WHITAKER V. KENOSHA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: RELMAN COLFAX Protecting Transgender Students from Discrimination at School. In a historic victory for Ashton Whitaker and other transgender students, Relman Colfax secured a landmark Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 2017 recognizing that Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment protect transgender students from discrimination at school. KENNEDY V. CITY OF ZANESVILLE: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Kennedy v. City of Zanesville. On July 10, 2008, a federal court jury returned verdicts totaling nearly $11 million against the City of Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum County, Ohio, and the East Muskingum Water Authority for illegally denying water service to a predominately African-American community on the basis of race. The sixty-seven MICHAEL ALLEN: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Michael Allen is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Michael joined the firm in 2006. His civil rights litigation practice focuses on the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and related civil rights laws, with an emphasis on dismantling barriers to integration on the basis of disability and of race. ANGELA GROVES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Angela Groves is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Angela joined the firm in 2018. Her civil rights litigation practice includes cases involving various forms of discrimination in housing, education, policing, and public accommodations.RELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having anRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CONTACT US: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Relman Colfax PLLC is based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For general inquiries and media inquiries, please email us at info@relmanlaw.com.. For news and updates about the firm, please follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.To receive periodic email updates from the firm, please send an email to info@relmanlaw.com with your name, affiliation, and email address.JOHN P. RELMAN
Managing Partner. jrelman@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. John P. Relman is the founder and managing partner of Relman Colfax. For more than 30 years, he has represented individual plaintiffs, cities, and civil rights organizations in many of the country’s most important civil rights cases. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading CALLAN SHOWERS: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Paralegal. cshowers@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. Callan Showers joined Relman Colfax in 2019 for a two-year term as a civil rights paralegal. Her work focuses on supporting the firm's civil rights litigation and civil rights counseling practices. Callan graduated in 2019 from Stanford University with a B.A. in American Studies, with ALESSANDRA MARKANO-STARK: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Sacha Markano-Stark is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. She joined the firm in 2021 and practices in both the civil rights counseling andlitigation groups.
FRANCIS V. KINGS PARK MANOR: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Francis v. Kings Park Manor. This Fair Housing Act case regarding neighbor-on-neighbor racial harassment is now being heard en banc by the full Second Circuit. Oral argument is scheduled for September 2020. The litigation arose out of a rental agreement Donahue Francis signed with Kings Park Manor in 2010. Shortly after moving in, thecomplaint
KENNEDY V. CITY OF ZANESVILLE: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Kennedy v. City of Zanesville. On July 10, 2008, a federal court jury returned verdicts totaling nearly $11 million against the City of Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum County, Ohio, and the East Muskingum Water Authority for illegally denying water service to a predominately African-American community on the basis of race. The sixty-seven HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
ANGELA GROVES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Angela Groves is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Angela joined the firm in 2018. Her civil rights litigation practice includes cases involving various forms of discrimination in housing, education, policing, and public accommodations. FAIR HOUSING IMPLICATIONS OF “ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE” HOUSING THE FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION Page 3 I t is widely acknowledged that over the past several years the gap between the price of housing and the income of Florida’s workforce hasRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having anRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CONTACT US: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Relman Colfax PLLC is based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For general inquiries and media inquiries, please email us at info@relmanlaw.com.. For news and updates about the firm, please follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.To receive periodic email updates from the firm, please send an email to info@relmanlaw.com with your name, affiliation, and email address.JOHN P. RELMAN
Managing Partner. jrelman@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. John P. Relman is the founder and managing partner of Relman Colfax. For more than 30 years, he has represented individual plaintiffs, cities, and civil rights organizations in many of the country’s most important civil rights cases. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading CALLAN SHOWERS: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Paralegal. cshowers@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. Callan Showers joined Relman Colfax in 2019 for a two-year term as a civil rights paralegal. Her work focuses on supporting the firm's civil rights litigation and civil rights counseling practices. Callan graduated in 2019 from Stanford University with a B.A. in American Studies, with ALESSANDRA MARKANO-STARK: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Sacha Markano-Stark is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. She joined the firm in 2021 and practices in both the civil rights counseling andlitigation groups.
FRANCIS V. KINGS PARK MANOR: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Francis v. Kings Park Manor. This Fair Housing Act case regarding neighbor-on-neighbor racial harassment is now being heard en banc by the full Second Circuit. Oral argument is scheduled for September 2020. The litigation arose out of a rental agreement Donahue Francis signed with Kings Park Manor in 2010. Shortly after moving in, thecomplaint
KENNEDY V. CITY OF ZANESVILLE: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Kennedy v. City of Zanesville. On July 10, 2008, a federal court jury returned verdicts totaling nearly $11 million against the City of Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum County, Ohio, and the East Muskingum Water Authority for illegally denying water service to a predominately African-American community on the basis of race. The sixty-seven HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
ANGELA GROVES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Angela Groves is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Angela joined the firm in 2018. Her civil rights litigation practice includes cases involving various forms of discrimination in housing, education, policing, and public accommodations. FAIR HOUSING IMPLICATIONS OF “ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE” HOUSING THE FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION Page 3 I t is widely acknowledged that over the past several years the gap between the price of housing and the income of Florida’s workforce hasRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having anRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CIVIL RIGHTS COUNSELING Civil Rights Counseling. Relman Colfax has a robust civil rights and consumer protection counseling practice assisting financial institutions, Internet- and technology-based companies, housing providers, local governments, and nonprofits. The firm advises on the most pressing civil rights and consumer protection issues facinginstitutions today.
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to TAHIR DUCKETT: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Attorney. tduckett@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Twitter. Tahir Duckett is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Tahir joined the firm in 2019, after previously serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2016. In his civil rights litigation practice, Tahir works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing, employment GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an OUR TEAM: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC We focus on civil rights because we want to hasten the time when choices about where to live, work, and go to school are not constrained by discrimination and segregation. CONTACT US: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Relman Colfax PLLC is based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For general inquiries and media inquiries, please email us at info@relmanlaw.com.. For news and updates about the firm, please follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.To receive periodic email updates from the firm, please send an email to info@relmanlaw.com with your name, affiliation, and email address.JOHN P. RELMAN
Managing Partner. jrelman@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. John P. Relman is the founder and managing partner of Relman Colfax. For more than 30 years, he has represented individual plaintiffs, cities, and civil rights organizations in many of the country’s most important civil rights cases. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading CALLAN SHOWERS: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Paralegal. cshowers@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. Callan Showers joined Relman Colfax in 2019 for a two-year term as a civil rights paralegal. Her work focuses on supporting the firm's civil rights litigation and civil rights counseling practices. Callan graduated in 2019 from Stanford University with a B.A. in American Studies, with ALESSANDRA MARKANO-STARK: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Sacha Markano-Stark is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. She joined the firm in 2021 and practices in both the civil rights counseling andlitigation groups.
FRANCIS V. KINGS PARK MANOR: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Francis v. Kings Park Manor. This Fair Housing Act case regarding neighbor-on-neighbor racial harassment is now being heard en banc by the full Second Circuit. Oral argument is scheduled for September 2020. The litigation arose out of a rental agreement Donahue Francis signed with Kings Park Manor in 2010. Shortly after moving in, thecomplaint
KENNEDY V. CITY OF ZANESVILLE: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Kennedy v. City of Zanesville. On July 10, 2008, a federal court jury returned verdicts totaling nearly $11 million against the City of Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum County, Ohio, and the East Muskingum Water Authority for illegally denying water service to a predominately African-American community on the basis of race. The sixty-seven HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
ANGELA GROVES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Angela Groves is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. Angela joined the firm in 2018. Her civil rights litigation practice includes cases involving various forms of discrimination in housing, education, policing, and public accommodations. FAIR HOUSING IMPLICATIONS OF “ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE” HOUSING THE FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION Page 3 I t is widely acknowledged that over the past several years the gap between the price of housing and the income of Florida’s workforce hasRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
RELMAN, DANE & COLFAX AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLE Plaintiffs in a major housing discrimination case against an Akron-Canton, Ohio area landlord have settled their claims for $850,000 and extensive injunctive relief. HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an VILLAGE OF COXSACKIE SUED FOR EXCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING Village of Coxsackie Sued for Excluding Affordable Housing. On October 1, 2018, Relman, Dane & Colfax filed suit against the Village of Coxsackie, New York, on behalf of UMH Properties, a developer seeking to build a community of affordable manufactured homes in the Village. UMH began planning Mountainview Estates in 2004, initially with theRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Emigrant Mortgage. In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing thecritical shortage
RELMAN COLFAX RELEASES UPSTART NETWORK FAIR LENDING 04.14.2021. On April 14, 2021, Relman Colfax published an Initial Report in its role as fair lending Monitor of Upstart Network (“Upstart”), pursuant to an agreement between Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (“SPBC”). Upstart’s lending platform relies on MachineLearning
FLACK V. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: RELMAN On December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs announced a final resolution of the case, including a $2.2 million monetary settlement, including compensatory damages to the four individual Plaintiffs and class counsel's attorney's fees and costs. The Relman Colfax litigation team was led by Joe Wardenski, Jennifer Klar, Orly May, and Alexa Milton. STEPHEN HAYES: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC shayes@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. LinkedIn. Stephen Hayes is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Stephen originally joined the firm in 2011 and returned in 2018 after several years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He practices in both the civil rights counseling and litigation groups, with an emphasis on fair lending andfair
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF CENTRAL INDIANA V. RAINBOW REALTY Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana v. Rainbow Realty Group. This class action housing discrimination lawsuit challenges an Indianapolis company's predatory and discriminatory rent-to-own housing program. Relman Colfax represents the plaintiff class, which includes over 3,000 current and former Rainbow customers who entered intorent-to-own
RELMAN, DANE & COLFAX AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLE Plaintiffs in a major housing discrimination case against an Akron-Canton, Ohio area landlord have settled their claims for $850,000 and extensive injunctive relief. HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP V. CITY OF LAGRANGE Georgia Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange. This Fair Housing Act lawsuit was filed on April 18, 2017 against the City of LaGrange, Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Troup County NAACP, Project South, and seven individual plaintiffs. The lawsuit challenges the City's utility service policies as having an VILLAGE OF COXSACKIE SUED FOR EXCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING Village of Coxsackie Sued for Excluding Affordable Housing. On October 1, 2018, Relman, Dane & Colfax filed suit against the Village of Coxsackie, New York, on behalf of UMH Properties, a developer seeking to build a community of affordable manufactured homes in the Village. UMH began planning Mountainview Estates in 2004, initially with theJOHN P. RELMAN
Managing Partner. jrelman@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. John P. Relman is the founder and managing partner of Relman Colfax. For more than 30 years, he has represented individual plaintiffs, cities, and civil rights organizations in many of the country’s most important civil rights cases. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leadingRELMAN COLFAX PLLC
Relman Colfax is at the forefront of the legal battle against discriminatory lending practices, working on behalf of individuals, organizations, and municipalities across the nation. The firm regularly litigates landmark lending cases involving allegations of redlining (denying minority communities access to credit) and reverseredlining
HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER V. CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS HOPE Fair Housing Center v. City of Peoria, Illinois. On August 10, 2017, Relman Colfax filed a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the City's enforcement of its "chronic nuisance ordinance" violates the Fair Housing Act, on the basis of race and sex. The lawsuit, filed in theU.S. District
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CENTER V. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: RELMAN Westchester County. On Monday, August 10, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote approved an historic $62.5 million settlement agreement in U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County. The ground-breaking litigation is the first to employ the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") to enforce a County's obligation to COLORADO CROSS-DISABILITY COALITION V. CSL PLASMA, INC On May 13, 2020, Relman Colfax filed this disability rights lawsuit against CSL Plasma, Inc., for excluding people with a wide variety of disabilities from donating plasma. STEVE DANE ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE; FIRM RENAMED RELMAN Steve Dane Announces His Departure; Firm Renamed Relman Colfax PLLC. 01.01.2020. After fifteen years of groundbreaking litigation, Steve Dane will be departing the Firm effective December 31, 2019. With an eye to spending more time with his family, he will be practicing as a solo practitioner from his office in Ohio. RELMAN, DANE & COLFAX AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLE Plaintiffs in a major housing discrimination case against an Akron-Canton, Ohio area landlord have settled their claims for $850,000 and extensive injunctive relief. VILLAGE OF COXSACKIE SUED FOR EXCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING Village of Coxsackie Sued for Excluding Affordable Housing. On October 1, 2018, Relman, Dane & Colfax filed suit against the Village of Coxsackie, New York, on behalf of UMH Properties, a developer seeking to build a community of affordable manufactured homes in the Village. UMH began planning Mountainview Estates in 2004, initially with the JENNIFER KLAR: RELMAN COLFAX PLLC Partner. jklar@relmanlaw.com. T: (202) 728-1888. Jennifer Klar is a Partner at Relman Colfax. Jennifer joined the firm in 2004. Her civil rights practice focuses on complex litigation, including class actions, multi-plaintiff cases, and cases with significant discovery. During her time at the firm, Jennifer has litigated complex civilrights
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Combating Predatory Lending in New York City In a significant victory in the fight for fair lending, Relman Colfax secured a major jury verdict in a reverse redlining case against New York-based Emigrant Savings Bank and Emigrant Mortgage Company, holding Emigrant accountable for discriminatory mortgage lending practices contributing to the country’s 2008 financial collapse.Fair Lending
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Securing Accessible, Affordable Housing in Los Angeles In 2016, Relman Colfax settled the largest affordable housing accessibility case in the nation’s history, securing an important victory for people with disabilities in Los Angeles. At least 4,000 affordable and highly accessible housing units will be built and rented to people who need them, addressing the critical shortage of accessible housing in the city. Fair Housing / Independent Living Center v.Los Angeles
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Protecting Transgender Students at School In a historic victory for Ashton Whitaker and other transgender students, Relman Colfax secured a landmark Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 2017 recognizing that Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment protect transgender students from discrimination at school. Education / Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified SchoolDistrict
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Court Holds Uber Can be Held Accountable for Disability Discrimination*
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John Relman Named Washington, D.C. Civil Rights Lawyer of the Year*
New York State Sued For Exposing Elderly and Infirm Prisoners to Unnecessary COVID Risk*
Sapelo Island Descendants Settle Claims against Georgia for Broad Injunctive and Monetary Relief*
MISSOURI LESBIAN COUPLE SETTLES DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST SENIORHOUSING COMMUNITY
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