BGL Sponsors Incapacity Rights Maryland Breaking Limitations Gala – Cyber Tech

Brown, Goldstein & Levy attorneys Jessie Weber and Jamie Strawbridge, and authorized assistant/paralegal Kayle Hill attended the 2024 Breaking Limitations Awards Gala, hosted by Incapacity Rights Maryland (DRM) on the American Visionary Arts Museum on September 26. The annual gala is DRM’s signature celebration to honor visionary leaders who additional the rights of Marylanders with disabilities. The occasion raises cash to help Marylanders with disabilities looking for entry to vital authorized providers. This 12 months’s gala was significantly particular, as Jessie was launched because the incoming board president of DRM.

BGL proudly sponsored this 12 months’s gala, honoring a long-time custom of sponsorship and help for the occasion, DRM’s work, and our shared mission of uplifting individuals with disabilities throughout the state. As attorneys, Jessie and Jamie are fierce advocates for individuals with disabilities throughout the USA. Jessie has served on the DRM board since 2021. At BGL, Jessie makes use of her experience in civil rights legislation to information her shoppers in a spread of authorized points, together with incapacity rights. Jamie is a seasoned trial and appellate legal professional who has taken on complicated and high-impact incapacity rights circumstances since becoming a member of BGL in 2020. In her position as a authorized assistant/paralegal, Kayle is instrumental in making certain our attorneys are greatest outfitted to acquire justice for his or her shoppers. Kayle is a passionate incapacity rights advocate, whether or not supporting attorneys on a case or in her spare time.

This 12 months’s gala honored 4 award winners for his or her advocacy and management in advancing incapacity rights in Maryland. Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senator for Illinois, acquired the Judith Heumann Champion of Justice Award, and Clarence Lam, Maryland state senator, acquired the Public Coverage Management Award. Liz Bowie, training reporter for The Baltimore Banner, acquired the Excellence in Journalism Award. Lastly, the legislation agency of Mayer Brown acquired the Excellent Authorized Advocacy Award. 

BGL is a nationwide chief in breaking down obstacles confronted by individuals with disabilities throughout the nation. We’re proud to face alongside organizations like DRM, and others, that work to make sure that all applications, providers and alternatives are absolutely accessible to all individuals, as required by the People with Disabilities Act and different legal guidelines. We take immense satisfaction in our high-profile, high-impact incapacity rights circumstances, which our skilled attorneys litigate in trial and appellate courts throughout the nation. We additionally take immense satisfaction in our illustration of individuals with disabilities and their households.

Be taught extra about our incapacity rights apply right here.

ABOUT JESSIE WEBER

Jessie enjoys serving to shoppers navigate a various vary of adverse authorized points, with a concentrate on civil rights, together with incapacity and LGBTQ+ rights, employment legislation, together with wage and hour circumstances, and appellate litigation. Jessie is nicely versed in each complicated litigation and negotiations and enjoys utilizing a spread of instruments to acquire justice for her shoppers. Be taught extra about Jessie right here. 

ABOUT JAMIE STRAWBRIDGE

Jamie Strawbridge’s apply consists of circumstances involving civil rights, incapacity rights, housing discrimination, and business litigation. Be taught extra about Jamie right here.

ABOUT DISABILITY RIGHTS MARYLAND

Incapacity Rights Maryland (DRM), a non-profit 501(c)(3) group, is Maryland’s designated Safety & Advocacy company (previously generally known as “Maryland Incapacity Legislation Middle”). DRM is federally mandated to advance the civil rights of individuals with disabilities. DRM offers free authorized providers to Marylanders of any age with all forms of disabilities (developmental, mental, psychiatric, bodily, sensory, studying, traumatic mind damage), who reside in services, locally or who’re homeless. Extra about DRM.

ABOUT BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY

Based in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a legislation agency primarily based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an workplace in Washington, DC. The agency is nationally acknowledged in all kinds of apply areas, together with complicated civil and business litigation, civil rights, well being care, household legislation, and felony protection. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered legislation agency that brings a long time of expertise and passionate, efficient advocacy to your combat for justice.