Brown, Goldstein & Levy managing partner Jessie Weber presented on deposition strategies in civil rights cases for members of Attorneys for Education Rights (“AFER”), a Washington State association of attorneys who advocate for the rights of students with disabilities. Jessie’s November 7 presentation was part of AFER’s annual education forum series.
During her presentation, Jessie shared tips for successfully preparing for, taking, and defending depositions in civil rights cases. She drew upon her experience litigating groundbreaking civil rights cases over the course of her career, including her work obtaining equal access for individuals with disabilities to voting, websites, government information and services. educational opportunities, and health care.
AFER is a Washington State-based non-profit organization committed to the advancement of education rights for students with disabilities. AFER’s membership is limited to plaintiff-side attorneys, including attorneys in non-profit organizations like TeamChild, Disability Rights Washington, Northwest Justice Project, and the ACLU.
ABOUT JESSIE WEBER
In addition to leading BGL as managing partner, Jessie Weber enjoys helping clients navigate a diverse range of difficult legal issues, with a focus on civil rights, including disability and LGBTQ+ rights, employment law, including wage and hour cases, and appellate litigation. Jessie’s successes include obtaining a $1.25 million settlement for a class of Baltimore City school bus drivers and attendants wrongly denied their full pay, securing an injunction requiring the Maryland Board of Elections to make absentee voting accessible to voters with print disabilities, and winning an arbitration award of more than $250,000 on behalf of an African-American former Hooters server who was fired from her job because of Hooters’ racially discriminatory image policy. Learn more about Jessie here.
ABOUT BROWN GOLDSTEIN & LEVY
Founded in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in Washington, D.C. The firm is nationally recognized in a wide variety of practice areas, including complex civil and commercial litigation, civil rights, health care, family law, and criminal defense. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered law firm that brings decades of experience and passionate, effective advocacy to your fight for justice.