By Naomi Adkins and Teri Mastando Women in the workforce made a historic stride towards equality on June 27, 2023, when the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) came into force. This groundbreaking law now offers stronger protections against discrimination for pregnant and postpartum workers across the United States. According to the National Partnership for Women…
Read the article here – https://www.huntsvillebar.org/resources/Women’s%20Section%20April%20Newsletter.pdf Excerpt Firm: Mastando & Artrip, LLC Practice Area: Labor & employment law, Title IX (sexual harassment and discrimination in schools), and Civil Rights Law School: Cumberland School of Law What do you like most about your practice area? I really feel like I make a difference in the lives…
In today’s world, personal safety is of paramount importance for women, regardless of age or background. The significance of being aware of your surroundings and possessing the knowledge to protect yourself in unfortunate situations cannot be overstated. With this in mind, self-defense instructors Sensei Kevin Swanner and Blackbelt Tony Mastando hosted a Women’s Self-Defense Awareness…
By Javon Williams Published: Mar. 21, 2023 at 5:59 PM CDT|Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:01 PM CDT At this time Clayton stepped in to get Watts off the bus so that “pictures could be taken of the bite mark”, it was also at this moment an SRO was told to arrest Jane Doe. Jane…
“We’ve carefully looked at the videos that were made of the incident in question and we see there was probably a dozen or more ways this vice principal could have handled himself besides punching a 15-year-old girl in the face repeatedly with a closed fist” Attorney Eric Artrip by: Kait Newsum, Jess Grotjahn, Brian Lawson,…
“They broke her arm so badly she had to have surgery. That’s a serious injury” attorney Eric Artrip by Valerie BellWednesday, October 12th 2022 A complaint was filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County against three minors and three administrators at Mortimer Jordan High School. The lawsuit claims that the administrators failed to act…
By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com A Kimberly high school student would not have been beaten by her classmates in an attack posted on social media if school administrators took her claims of being bullied seriously, according to a lawsuit filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court. The mother who filed the lawsuit on behalf of her…
by: Kait Newsum for WHNT Posted: Jun 8, 2022 / 06:16 AM CDT LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Court documents filed on Monday lay out the details behind a claim that a Limestone County School employee abused a 12-year-old non-verbal student with autism. The lawsuit is a complaint against Limestone County Schools and Robye Patterson,…
“The child is a nonverbal, autistic child. That is a problem because finding the source of these injuries is going to be very difficult.” Eric Artrip By Kailey Schuyler for WAFF Published: Jun. 8, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Limestone County Schools and one of its former employees are facing a…
Eric J. Artrip, a partner at Huntsville, Alabama-based law firm Mastando & Artrip, told The Register in a phone interview, “Ultimately, our goal is to see some real and systemic change in the farming industry.” Artrip explained that farming profit margins are extremely small and depend upon factors outside of farmers’ control like weather and…