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Williams Oinonen LLC Lawyers Selected to Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars for a Fifth Year In A Row

Williams Oinonen LLC is proud to announce that each of its lawyers was honored for the 5th year in a row by Georgia Super Lawyers. Mario Williams and Julie Oinonen were both named Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2019. Only 5% of lawyers in Georgia receive this distinction after a…

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Mario Williams Files First Lawsuit On Behalf Of Immigrant Mother and Gets Her Reunited With Son

Mario Williams filed the first lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of a Guatemalan mother and was able to succeed in getting her reunited with her son this morning. The reunification happened in the Baltimore airport and can be seen here. “This child is not the only child,” attorney…

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Mario Williams Featured In Washington Informer Concerning Civil Rights Cases

Mario Williams, civil rights attorney and partner at Williams Oinonen LLC is featured in this edition of Washington informer which can be viewed here: Williams Oinonen LLC represents families whose loved ones have suffered a wrongful death, injury, or injustice. For more information you can contact our law firm at…

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Georgia Civil Rights Lawyer Sues Smith State Prison Correctional Officers For Beating Inmates With Hammer

Georgia Civil Rights Lawyer Mario Williams represents Kelvin Stevenson and Miguel Jackson for violation of their civil rights after correctional officers at State Smith Prison beat them with a hammer. Williams Oinonen LLC filed suit on behalf of the Plaintiffs under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 for violation of their constitutional…

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Good Georgia Lawyer Williams Oinonen LLC Honorees of 2017 Rising Star Super Lawyers Award

The law firm of Williams Oinonen LLC is grateful to have both partners, Mario Williams and Julie Oinonen, as honorees for the Rising Star Super Lawyers Award for a third year in a row. While up to 5 percent of the lawyers in a state are named to Super Lawyers,…

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Mario Williams and Julie Oinonen: Panel Speakers for the John Lewis Fellow Program in Partnership with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Mario Williams and Julie Oinonen were panel speakers on the recent program on Civil Rights Cases on Police Misconduct, a John Lewis Fellows program with Humanity in Action (HIA), in partnership with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR). The John Lewis Fellowship, named after civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis,…

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Georgia Wrongful Death Lawyer Representing Estate of Young Man Fatally Shot: District Court Orders Trial And Defendant Appeals To Eleventh Circuit

A Federal District Court has ordered a trial in a wrongful death civil rights case brought by our client, Lena Williams, individual and as administrator of the Estate of her son, the Decedent, Mr. Melvin Williams. On May 14, 2010, an officer of the East Dublin Police Department fatally shot…

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Good Georgia Education and Employment Lawyer Wins Due Process Student Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing in DeKalb County School District

Student disciplinary tribunals are notoriously difficult to win, a recent study showing that 89 to 91 percent of students are found guilty and lose their tribunal hearing. Good Georgia Education Lawyer has been very fortunate to have a solid track record of success, including this past week where she won…

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Buzzfeed Article Details Good Georgia Civil Rights Lawyer’s Transgendered Client Who Was Violently Raped In Prison

Good Georgia Civil Rights Attorney Mario Williams’s lawsuit was featured again in today’s recent issue of Buzzfeed. The article features what happened to transgendered woman, Zahara Green. The article describes how between Ms. Green’s first day in prison and becoming repeatedly raped—she had met with the warden in person, then…

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