Managing Partner Joshua Engel will be presenting a talk titled, “Blocking and Cancelling: Social Media and the First Amendment” Engel’s talk will focus on the use of social media by elected officials. Engel & Martin has brought a number of federal free speech civil rights cases against an elected officials who blocked citizens who had …
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Joshua Engel To Present On Recent Summary Judgment Victory In Title IX Case
Managing Partner Joshua Engel is scheduled to present at an attorney’s forum on a recent favorable decision in a Title IX case. The case is Doe v. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Inc., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213380 (M.D. Fla., Nov. 4, 2021). In this case, the Plaintiff was a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc. (“ERAU”), …
Anne Tamashasky — “Hero”
The Managing Partner received one of the nicest emails we ever received today: “Our hero Anne Tamashasky!” The email commends and thanks Anne Tamashasky for her work defending a student wrongfully accused of misconduct in a school disciplinary hearing. I wanted to take this opportunity to say how fortunate we feel to have had Anne …
New Miami Speed Camera Case To Be Reviewed By Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear the New Miami Speed Camera case. The Butler County Common Pleas Court had ordered that over $3.5 million should be returned to tens of thousands of motor vehicle owners who were cited by the Village of New Miami’s unconstitutional automated speed enforcement program (ASEP). The court …
Scott O’Reilly Joins Engel & Martin, LLC
Engel & Martin, LLC is proud to announce that Scott O’Reilly has joined the firm in an Of Counsel position. O’Reilly began his legal career as an assistant prosecutor in the Clermont County Prosecutor’s Office. He became head prosecutor and supervisor for all child abuse and sexual assault cases in 2013. During his tenure in …
Engel & Martin, LLC Statement On Supreme Court LGTBQ Decision
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held that gay and transgender workers are protected by federal law forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex. Engel & Martin, LLC has been a leading Ohio law firm on civil rights issues, including cases involving discrimination against LGTBQ employees and students. The Firm issued the following statement: …
Sixth Circuit Rules in Favor of Student in University of Michigan Title IX Sexual Harassment Case
The University of Michigan must face claims it was deliberately indifferent to the harassment an MBA student suffered while enrolled in the program, the Sixth Circuit said Wednesday. Engel & Martin successfully represented the alleged victim in the Court of Appeals, reversing a contrary decision by the District Court. Read the Decision Here: Foster v. …
COVID Impact on Crime in Cincinnati
Since the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States, it has devastated our country. To date, just under 27 million Americans have been infected with this disease – and over 460,000 Americans have died. The pandemic has also caused economic turmoil, as more than 22 million people lost their jobs. COVID-19 has affected our lives …