Religious Freedom – Faver v. Clarke
This client came to use after filing a lawsuit pro se regarding his religious beliefs. We are able to secure him a victory that impacted the entire prison system by changing VDOC’s policies and procedures of not allowing him to grow at least a fist length beard as required by his religion violated RLUIPA, and […]
Excessive force – Dean v. Douglass et al.
At the time, this represented the largest single prisoner plaintiff settlement amount for a non-custodial death ($350,000). Dean was beat into a coma but even the ACLU turned down the case. Mr. Williams took the case and thoroughly litigated it. The result was a tremendous win for Mr. Dean, when other lawyers and organizations felt […]
Shooting of a dog by Police. Ray v. Roane
A police officer killed our client’s dog by shooting it in the head. Our client lived in rural Virginia with little resources. No one would take her case. Our firm did, however. We litigated the case for nearly 8 years and accomplished a rare feat: we obtained two published opinions from the Fourth Circuit Court […]
Prison visitation. Jackson v. Humphrey, et al
On behalf of her incarcerated husband, Ms. Jackson protested in front of the Georgia Department of correction. On that day, the Department of Corrections took away her visitation privileges. No lawyer would take the case because supposedly visitation is a privilege not a right. We took the case. And after going to the Eleventh Circuit […]
Trump Separation at the border
Mr. Williams was the first lawyer, through litigation, to reunite mothers with their children, who were separated by Presidents Trump’s border policies. These cases were: