by Mark Moore, Lucia Mead, and Kaycee Portillo-Soto “Domestic violence exists, and it is pervasive,” Anne Paulle begins, pausing, even over Zoom, as if to let the statement sink in. We first spoke with Paulle shortly after domestic violence had led to a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana. In April...
by Gregory Feit and Kaycee Portillo-Sorto In the landmark 1969 case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District,[1] the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority ruling famously declared that neither students nor teachers “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” The case involved a...
Hannah R. Brefeld Hannah R. Brefeld joins RPJ as our latest Litigation Associate, with a strong background in employment law, dispute resolution, and general commercial litigation. Her practice encompasses litigation strategy, employment and commercial contract claims, internal investigations, compliance and workplace training, agency actions and dispute resolution. Ms. Brefeld has...