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Celebrating Successes in 2016

January 04, 2017

As we get ready to take on 2017, Terrell Marshall Law Group would like to thank its co-counsel, clients, and community partners for allowing the firm to work toward justice during the past year. Together we achieved the following successes:

Civil Rights

  • Ended Benton County’s practice of jailing, threatening to jail, or forcing manual labor on poor people unable to afford legal financial obligations (LFOs) in Fuentes v. Benton County.
  • Established that Washington courts must consider an indigent person’s ability to meet basic needs before enforcing LFOs in City of Richland v. Wakefield.
  • Established that Washington courts must liberally construe the Wrongly Convicted Persons Act in favor of exonerated individuals in Larson v. State.

Wage and Hour

Consumer

Environmental

  • Established that mishandled manure is a solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and obtained consent decrees requiring Yakima mega-dairies to prevent groundwater contamination and environmental pollution and provide safe drinking water to local communities.

Terrell Marshall Law Group looks forward to continuing to partner with you to protect workers, consumers, and other individuals and groups whose rights have been violated.