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FIRM PARTNER A PANELIST AT CIVIL RIGHTS ROUND TABLE AT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL AND SPONSORED BY THE DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

June 6th, 2011 Mr. Vernon was invited to be a panelist at the first annual conference of the Civil Rights Roundtable, in which participants included the Dept. of Justice, the Dept. of Education, and the New York State Division of Human Rights. The program was well attended, and the guest speaker was Soledad O'Brien. The accomplished goal of the program was in educating the public about various changes in the disability laws.

REPRESENTATION OF DISABLED PROSPECTIVE COOP PURCHASER

With victories in both the Lower Court and Appellate Division, the firm prevailed in a challenge to a board's discriminatory rejection of a prospective purchaser. Mr. Vernon argued in both the Lower Court and the Appellate Division in support of the Court's finding that a board may not inquire into a person's disability as part of an application process. The case was reported on the front page of the New York Law Journal