Bernabei & Wachtel has represented KindHearts, an Ohio charity, since 2006, when the government began an investigation of it. Along with co-counsel from the ACLU, David Cole (Georgetown Law), and Fritz Byers (Toledo, Ohio), we were successful in obtaining a significant court ruling that the government had violated KindHearts’ constitutional rights when it investigated the charity and blocked the charity from carrying out its humanitarian projects. The government has now agreed to a settlement, under which the charity’s funds will be distributed to other charities, the charity’s creditors will be reimbursed, and the charity’s officers remain free to form a new charitable organization. This settlement was recently announced by the ACLU, and was widely covered, including by the Washington Post, Toledo Blade and the Charity & Security Network.
Once again, the Super Lawyers has listed Lynne Bernabei, David Wachtel, and Alan Kabat as among the top attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area for employment litigation. Lynne was also listed as one of the “Top 100” lawyers in Washington, D.C., based on a vote by her peers. This was also published in the Washington Post, Magazine section (April 29, 2012).
