THE FIRM YOU GO TO WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH
If you were sexually abused by a prison guard, staff member, or volunteer while serving a sentence at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, CA, you may be entitled to...
Levy Konigsberg is currently investigating claims from former female inmates who were sexually abused while incarcerated at Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) in Chowchilla, California. VVSPW is...
Levy Konigsberg is currently investigating cases of staff-on-inmate sexual abuse at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City (MCC New York), the Metropolitan Detention Center in...
Sexual assault is a serious and pervasive problem in the United States. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), 43.6 percent of women and 24.8 percent of men will...
Lakeview Shock Incarceration Center is one of the last remaining “shock” jails in New York. In exchange for shorter sentences, incarcerated convicts agree to enter a “shock” program to discipline...
Legal Action against New York Archdiocese Levy Konigsberg’s ongoing work representing women who were sexually abused at New York prisons and jails has been profiled by the New York Daily News....
The newly passed New York Adult Survivors Act has renewed a focus on the dark legacy of sexual abuse against female inmates at Bayview, Albion, and other New York State women’s prisons. But prisons...
Survivors of sexual abuse at the women-only Albion Correctional Facility now have a one-year window to file sex abuse lawsuits regardless of how long ago the abuse occurred. The New York Adult...
Women who were sexually abused while incarcerated at New York State prisons may now have meaningful options to seek justice and compensation for their losses – including civil lawsuits filed under...
11/29/22 Update: Levy Konigsberg has filed civil lawsuits on behalf of numerous former female inmates who were sexually abused while incarcerated at Bayview Correctional Facility. Bayview...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has recently signaled her support of the Adult Survivors Act, as it is currently called. The legislation, if passed, would create a one-year window to revive...
In 2019, the New York Legislature took a landmark step in protecting the rights of victims of childhood sexual abuse by extending the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse lawsuits....
New York, August 3, 2020—Today, Governor Cuomo signed into law a one-year extension of the “look back window” created by the historic New York Child Victims Act (CVA). Survivors of child sex abuse...
Delaware, June 3, 2020—Last week, a Delaware Bankruptcy Court issued an order requiring all sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America to be filed with the bankruptcy court by November 16,...
New York, May 29, 2020—Levy Konigsberg attorneys Corey Stern and Renner Walker successfully opposed a pair of motions to dismiss filed by the Rockefeller University Hospital in federal court. A...
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