KEITH COHAN AND RYAN GOLDSTEIN DISCUSS PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP WITH ACLU OF LOUISIANA’S JUSTICE LAB ON PLI PODCAST
Reid Collins Partners Keith Y. Cohan and Ryan M. Goldstein joined Nora Ahmed of the ACLU of Louisiana for the Practising Law Institute’s podcast “Defending Constitutional Rights Pro Bono,” part of its series “Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files.”
Cohan and Goldstein share their thoughts about the ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab and its longstanding advocacy for individuals impacted by discriminatory policing, as well as how the pursuit of justice in dozens of these cases can lead to systemic reforms.
In partnership with the Justice Lab initiative, Cohan and Goldstein represent Teliah Perkins and her son De’Shaun Johnson in civil rights cases arising from the violent arrest of Ms. Perkins in her own driveway for alleged minor traffic violations she did not commit. At De’Shaun’s May 2024 trial in Louisiana federal court, Cohan and Goldstein – along with their Reid Collins colleague Emma Culotta – obtained the first jury verdict victory in the history of Justice Lab, winning a $185,000 award for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Ms. Perkins’ case is pending appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Click here to view the full episode of PLI’s podcast “Defending Constitutional Rights Pro Bono.”
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