Fighting For Important Causes In State And Federal Courts

Recent Child Sexual Abuse Incidents in Pennsylvania Schools

Pennsylvania’s children and their parents continue to be terrorized by child-predator teachers and school employees who use their positions of trust to sexually abuse students in their schools.  According to Attorney Andrew Shubin, “the institutions that are designed...

Do Victims of Sexual Abuse Have to Face an Abuser in Court

Facing an abuser in court is extremely frightening, and many avoid taking legal action because they cannot face their abuser again. Whether you must face the abuser in court may depend on what kind of legal action you take. Generally, sexual abuse victims have to face...

Do Sexual Abuse Victims Have to Attend Trial and Testify?

There’s often a hesitance in the legal community to have sexual abuse survivors testify about what happened.  With this and other serious crimes, having to testify can re-traumatize the victim, bringing up terrible experiences in detail. Depending on whether the case...

What Damages Are Available in a Sexual Abuse Lawsuit?

After sexual abuse or sexual assault happens, the survivor is left with an immense potential for damages.  Depending on what happened to them, they could face lifelong effects that cause flashbacks, make it hard to move forward with their lives, or result in expensive...

Which States Have an Adult Survivors Act?  What is it?

In 2022, New York State passed a law called the Adult Survivors Act modeled on its Child Victims Act.  The Child Victim’s Act previously extended the statute of limitations for sexual assault claims by people assaulted as minors and created a “lookback” window, during...
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