Pasadena Civil Rights Blog
Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai Attorneys Represent Benjamin Montemayor, a Protestor Brutally Shot in the Groin by the LAPD. Video Footage of the Vicious Incident was Released September 18th.
Montemayor’s attorney Dan Stormer commented on the footage, “In some ways, it’s even worse than we thought. It’s not often you see something like this that is so cut and dried, but it’s pretty brutal.” The LAPD is conducting internal investigations into this incident...
Online Listings Violate Short-Term Rental Law – Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai Attorneys Highlight AirBnB’s Failure to Comply With the Ordinance
In December 2018, the City of Los Angeles enacted the “Home Sharing Ordinance,” which allows homeowners to rent their homes on a short-term basis within specific guidelines. The law, which was designed to mitigate the city’s housing crisis, allows hosts to register...
HSRD Attorneys Represent a Black Family in a Racial Profiling Claim Against Nike – Parents Were Wrongfully Accused of Shoplifting
Attorneys Dan Stormer and David Washington of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP filed the claim July 4th in Los Angeles federal court on behalf of clients Joel Stallworth, TaMiya Dickerson and their young son. The suit names Nike Corporation and former Nike store...
HSRD Attorney Dan Stormer Says Trump Administration’s Visa Plan Will Favor the “Silicon Valley People”
Trump’s June 22nd executive order, which extends through the end of 2020, suspends many temporary work visas, giving visa access only to “specialty occupations.” Dan Stormer says the foreign workers who will benefit from the changes are “the Silicon Valley people, the...
Supreme Court Upholds Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program
On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the manner in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the DACA program was unlawful. This means that, for the time being, DACA survives and DACA recipients can continue to renew their DACA...
Supreme Court Denies the State of Idaho’s Request to Delay Transgender Prisoner’s Medically Necessary Surgery
On Thursday, May 21, 2020, the Supreme Court rejected the State of Idaho’s attempt to delay Adree Edmo’s medically necessary gender confirmation surgery, which is currently scheduled for July 2020. This ruling follows a series of legal victories for Ms. Edmo in the...
Justice-LA COVID-19 Response Team Files Emergency Class Action Lawsuit Against Los Angeles County and Sheriffs Department Officials for Failing to Protect the Lives of People in LA County Jail
HSRD attorney Dan Stormer, who represents the Youth Justice Coalition, Dignity and Power Now, and nine inmates named as plaintiffs in the suit said, "Prisoners are going to die at an incredible rate unless something is done to address these horrible conditions." For...
Advocates Sue LAPD Officer Who Suffocated Blind 63-Year-Old African American Man Strapped to Hospital Gurney
April 1, 2020, lawyers from the Civil Rights law firms Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai and Law Office of Matthew Strugar sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its officers for arresting, beating, and suffocating Michael Moore, a 63-year-old legally blind African...
HSRD Attorneys Join the Women’s March 2020!
Attorneys Tanya Sukhija-Cohen, Ellie Song and Theresa Zhen Women's March, Los Angeles, January 2020
Advocates File Suit To Stop Calpers’ Illegal Cuts To Public Employees’ Retirement Benefits
PRESS RELEASE Date: January 7, 2020Re: Huasha Liu, et al. v. Board of Administration, California Public Employees Retirement System, et al., Case No. 19STCP04056Press Contacts: Brian Olney, Esq. - (626) 585-9600, Lisa Holder, Esq. - (323) 683-6610ADVOCATES FILE SUIT...
