The legal team at the Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC is deeply committed to protecting our client’s civil and constitutional rights. We have extensive experience representing victims of constitutional violations.
Our managing partner, Omar Mohammedi is a NYC Human Rights Commissioner and works closely with the FBI Civil Rights Task Force, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and other civil rights agencies. The breadth and longevity of our experience has made our firm an authority in this area. We are frequently called upon by the media and organizations to lecture on issues of civil rights.
Police Brutality
The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC also an attorney in In re the Estate of Amadou Diallo et al. In that case, we successfully litigated and settled a $3 million wrongful death action in the shooting of an unarmed African immigrant, Amadou Diallo, by the NYPD’s Street Crime Unit.
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Other High Profile Cases
Our attorneys have successfully litigated high profile and historic cases. The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC has been involved in a broad range of cases including but not limited to:
- Al-Najjar v. New York City et al. Successfully litigated and settled discrimination and harassment case for a Muslim high school student and his family who suffered severe harassment from his teachers in a New York City Public High School because his name was “Osama.”
- Usman v. Mandl School of Allied Health Training et al. Successfully litigated and negotiated a settlement for a Muslim woman who was terminated from her job after returning from Hajj.
- Lewis v. MTA et al. Represent Muslim woman in major employment discrimination suit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority
- Amber v. Horowitz et al. Represent a Pakistani in his hate crime suit against a gang of men whom attacked him on the street in Brooklyn because he was an immigrant