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ODonnell v. Harris County. For decades, the Harris County Jail held tens of thousands of people who were arrested for misdemeanors but were financially unable to post bail. Though arrested for the same minor offense, a person with money could avoid jail entirely while an indigent person would spend days or weeks in jail before determination of merits. Along with Civil Rights Corps and the Texas Fair Defense Project, Susman Godfrey represents on a pro bono basis a class of indigent arrestees who challenged the constitutionality of Harris County’s money bail practices. After an eight-day evidentiary hearing, the US District Court found Harris County’s system unconstitutional and ordered broad injunctive relief. After the bail reforms went into effect, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s rulings that the system was unconstitutional. In the first year in which the injunctive relief was in effect, more than 12,000 people were released from jail.

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General Info: Formed in 1980, Susman Godfrey LLP is one of the leading litigation boutique law firms in the United States. Located in Los Angeles, Calif., the firm specializes in complex commercial litigation environment. The company has several locations in Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York. Susman Godfrey LLP practices in a number of areas, including accounting/auditor liability, antitrust, arbitration, breach of contract, climate change and debtors and creditors, to name a few. In addition, the firm practices in a host of other areas, such as executive compensation, financial institution litigation, family/shareholder dispute and intellectual property, among others.
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Payment method: master card, visa
Neighborhoods: Westside, Century City, West Los Angeles
AKA: Godfrey Susman
Other Link: http://www.susmangodfrey.com
Categories: Attorneys, Accident & Property Damage Attorneys, Business Litigation Attorneys, Civil Litigation & Trial Law Attorneys, County & Parish Government, Criminal Law Attorneys, Discrimination & Civil Rights Law Attorneys, Legal Service Plans

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Phone: (310) 789-3100

Address: 1901 Avenue Of The Stars Ste 950, Los Angeles, CA 90067