Lawsuit: Portland Police Officer, Demoted to Desk Duty after Record Brutality Jury Verdict, Sexually Harassed Female Employee

Posted on July 29, 2020 by K&M Staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2020 For further information contact: Jason Kafoury (202) 465-2764 PRESS PACKET Today, the Portland law office of Kafoury & McDougal filed a complaint for sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation on behalf of a former Portland Police Background Investigator. In 2014, a Portland jury awarded the largest police excessive force verdict in city history—$562,000—to Jason Cox … Continue reading →

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Central Oregon Community College Agrees to Pay $2,000,000 for its Role in the Death of Kaylee Sawyer

Posted on July 23, 2020 by K&M Staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2020 For Further Information Contact Jason Kafoury (202-465-2764) or Tim Williams (541-410-6082) On July 24, 2016, twenty-three-year-old Central Oregon Community College (COCC) student Kaylee Sawyer was assaulted and murdered by a Campus Public Safety Officer. This tragedy was not unforeseeable. In years prior, students, professors, and Bend Police Chief Jim Porter told COCC administration that … Continue reading →

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Chicago Hilton Palmer House Hotel Discriminates Against Distinguished African American Artist; Employee Says Professor, “Looked Like a Pickpocket,” Complaint Claims

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2020 For further information, contact Jason Kafoury at (202) 465-2764 or Jennifer McGuffin, jmcguffin@rblaw.net or (630) 842-8143 PRESS PACKET OF OTHER HILTON DISCRIMINATION CASES CHICAGO (July 21, 2020) – Arnold J. Kemp, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor, filed an administrative discrimination complaint today against Hilton and the historic Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The complaint was filed … Continue reading →

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Team Doctors Ended Career of Portland Timbers Goalie with Botched Surgeries, Infections, Lawsuit Claims (Press Release)

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2020 For further information contact: Jason Kafoury (202) 465-2764 and Greg Kafoury (971) 563-4139 PRESS PACKET Jake Gleeson, former goalkeeper for the Portland Timbers, MLS Cup winner, and Olympian, filed suit today against Sports Medicine Oregon, team doctors for the Portland Timbers, claiming it ended Jake’s soccer career through surgical mistakes. The lawsuit was filed … Continue reading →

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Hampton Inn Employee Calls Police on African American Family of Civil Rights Pioneer (Press Release)

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2020 Kafoury & McDougal and Cheyenne N. Chambers of Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen filed suit today against Hilton for an incident of discrimination against Black guests at the Hampton Inn & Suites I-95 in Wilson, North Carolina. This filing comes days after an employee of another North Carolina Hampton Inn & Suites—both Hilton franchises—called … Continue reading →

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Washington County awards $625K settlement to Albert Molina, man assaulted by deputy (OregonLive)

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

By Jayati Ramakrishnan and Maxine Bernstein The Washington County board of commissioners voted Tuesday to authorize a $625,000 payout to settle a lawsuit brought by a former inmate whose skull was fractured in what appears to have been an unprovoked attack by a county sheriff’s deputy in the jail’s booking area in 2018. In a prepared statement, the board condemned Washington … Continue reading →

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Sheriff Pins 12-year-old African American to Ground with Knee on Neck; College Student Shot with Rubber Bullet, Thrown to Ground & Wrist Shattered Fleeing Police Attack on Protestors (Press Release)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by K&M Staff

June 18, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sheriff Pins 12-year-old African American to Ground with Knee on Neck Portland law firm Kafoury & McDougal today filed two police brutality cases. 12-year-old Ka’Mar Benbo was arrested at Clackamas Town Center by Clackamas County Sheriffs. The sheriffs were responding to a call that some teenage girls had been involved in a fight. As … Continue reading →

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Kafoury & McDougal Release Video of Brutal Jail Assault by Oregon Sheriff’s Deputy

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

June 10, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Albert Molina, a 45-year-old American of Mexican descent, was arrested for riding a bicycle while drunk. He was processed at the Washington County Jail, where he was searched by Rian Alden, a Washington County Deputy Sheriff since 2007, deployed at the time as a jail deputy. Video released today by Molina’s law firm, Kafoury … Continue reading →

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We are Fighting for You During COVID-19.

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

At Kafoury & McDougal, we are doing our part to help curb the spread of the global pandemic. Although Oregon courts are closed, our office is still open. The K&M team is fighting for our current clients and taking on new clients, too. We’re working remotely to settle cases, and our team is socially distancing to help keep our community … Continue reading →

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Jury Awards $125,000 to Man Tackled by Pioneer Place Mall Guards while on Longboard

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Kafoury & McDougal

By Jayati Ramakrishnan | The Oregonian/OregonLive January 30, 2020 In April 2017, Edwin Yang was riding an electric longboard while on an outing with his wife and kids at Pioneer Place mall. A few seconds after he stepped on the device, an invention of his own, a security guard told him to get off. Within moments, he said, that guard, and … Continue reading →