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Notable Civil Rights Settlements

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, and Alexa C. Bradley settled a wrongful death federal court civil lawsuit for $6.75 million in 2019 for the death of an inmate at the Milwaukee County Jail. The settlement was the largest known prison death settlement ever in Wisconsin and was the subject of national and international news coverage.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht and James P. End represented an employee in an Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Title VII discrimination and retaliation case which resolved in 2019.

FAB attorneys James P. End and Bryn I. Baker resolved a Fourth Amendment unlawful detention and excessive force claim against a local law enforcement agency in 2019. Attorneys End and Baker also resolved a related state Open Records dispute simultaneously.

FAB attorneys Thomas C. Lenz, Christopher G. Meadows, and Bryn I. Baker successfully resolved an inmate excessive force claim against the State of Wisconsin in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley resolved a Fourth Amendment claim against a local law enforcement agency in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley successfully resolved a prison sexual assault claim in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley successfully settled a prison lack of medical care and wrongful death case against State of Wisconsin prison officials in 2017.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz resolved a prison lack of medical care and wrongful death case against a jail in Southeastern Wisconsin in 2017.

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Lecture & Publication on Human Rights

On June 25, 2019, FAB Attorney Lawrence G. Albrecht presented a lecture “Are Sovereign Immunity Norms Mutable When Confronted by Ever Expanding Human Rights Theories of Liability: A Perspective from Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions” at Canterbury Christ Church University in England. The lecture is to be published in a forthcoming book by the University.

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Presentation on Current Legal Topics

FAB attorneys Thomas C. Lenz and Christopher G. Meadows presented to a group of practitioners at a large Milwaukee-area clinic focused on providing quality health care and social services to underserved populations.  Their presentation covered issues arising in personal injury, worker's compensation, FMLA, and ADA matters.  

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Book Reviews

FAB attorney Lawrence G. Albrecht prepared a review of two human rights books, East-West Street and Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World published in the ABA International News.  

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Lecture on Civil Rights

FAB Attorney Lawrence G. Albrecht was awarded the 2017 Justice Robert D. Rucker Lecture on Civil Rights at Valparaiso University School of Law, and lectured on Confronting Governmental Impunity and Immunity “From Below" published as a law review article in the Valparaiso University Law Review, 53 Valparaiso University Law Review 47 (2019).  

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International Human Rights Law Review Author
 

FAB Attorney Lawrence G. Albrecht was an ongoing contributing author on international human rights developments published in 49 The International Lawyer 355 (2015); 48 The International Lawyer 453 (2014); 47 The International Lawyer 407 (2013); and 46 The International Lawyer 389 (2012).

 
ABA Annual Meeting
 

FAB Attorney Lawrence G. Albrecht attended the ABA annual meeting held in Chicago in August 2015, which celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Rule of Law Initiations of which he is an alumni.