Tashayla Borden (she/her) Where do you call home: Boston Law school you attend: Columbia Law School Fun fact about yourself? I learned Latin when I was 12. Please don’t test me on it now. Most interesting experience this summer: Going into court and watching the planning of so many experienced attorneys made for an incredible… Read More
In the midst of a dizzying array of decisions on the cutting edge of politics, life, and discrimination, it remains business as usual when it comes to blessing police violence at the Supreme Court. Today, the Supreme Court refused to review two dangerous decisions of the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers where George Floyd… Read More
By: Russell Ainsworth On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army issued General Order No. 3, a handwritten directive enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 for all remaining enslaved persons in the state. The legal abolition of American slavery would come six months later in December of 1865,… Read More
By: Josh Tepfer I have been a lawyer working in the innocence movement for fifteen years now. Since I’ve reached this level of experience, younger lawyers—or even experienced lawyers who take on a pro bono innocence case—often reach out to get my advice on an issue they are experiencing in their case. For the last… Read More
Loevy & Loevy celebrates National Poetry Month with client showcase
Chicago mayoral candidates answered questions from civil rights advocates covering critical issues to their communities. The full questionnaire responses are available online here. Police reform and public safety are at the forefront of this year’s mayoral election. A recent poll revealed that Chicago voters feel unsafe from crime and unhappy with police relations. While the… Read More
Congratulations to attorney Mark Loevy-Reyes for his recognition as a 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly! Mark led the trial team responsible for one of the largest wrongful conviction verdicts in U.S. history: in October 2022, a Massachusetts jury awarded $33 million to our client Frederick Weichel for his wrongful conviction, ruling… Read More
Loevy & Loevy Attorneys at Law is pleased to announce that it has welcomed Locke Bowman as a member of the firm. Bowman fought alongside Loevy & Loevy on behalf of their mutual clients for years in his leadership role at the MacArthur Justice Center. They look forward to working together for years to come.… Read More
Horace Roberts spent two decades behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit. Today, he filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Riverside County and the officers who allegedly framed him. Roberts was a forty-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran and father of two when officers of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department allegedly framed him… Read More
I am not “daredevil.” Often that is the first reaction I get when it comes out that I am (1) blind and (2) an attorney. There are way worse people to be compared to than a crime-fighting superhero, but I assure you the similarity ends at “blind” and “lawyer.” I have a good reason for… Read More
