Preliminary hearing in a drug case in which client was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver a controlled substance.
Recent & Upcoming Events
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Thu01May2014(Villanova University)
Center for Arab & Islamic Studies
Final class of Spring 2014 course I designed studying the legal consequences of contemporary American Muslim identity
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Thu01May2014(Bala Cynwyd, PA)
“Amara Civil Rights” private law office opens its doors.
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Thu01May2014(Villanova University)
Center for Arab & Islamic Studies
Final class of Spring 2014 course I designed studying the legal consequences of contemporary American Muslim identity
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Thu08May2014(Philadelphia, PA)
ACLU-PA Board of Directors
Quarterly Meeting
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Wed14May2014(Bensalem, PA)
Mosque Zoning Case
Entered appearance as attorney of record in municipal zoning board proceedings involving issues of state and federal civil rights law
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Thu29May2014(Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors meeting
Public Interest Section Representative and immediate past-chair of the Public Interest Section
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Thu05Jun2014(Bensalem, PA)
Mosque Zoning Hearing
Member of the legal team, and one of the attorneys of record, for The Bensalem Masjid
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Fri06Jun2014(Philadelphia, PA)
ACLU-Philadelphia Legal Committee
Monthly Meeting
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Wed11Jun2014(Philadelphia, PA)
ACLU-PA Celebration of Carol Petraitis
(Retiring director, Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project)
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Sat14Jun2014(Philadelphia, PA)
ACLU-PA Board of Directors
Quarterly Meeting
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Thu26Jun2014(Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors Meeting
Public Interest Section Representative and immediate past-chair of the Public Interest Section
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Thu07Aug2014(Bensalem, PA)
Mosque Zoning Hearing
Member of the legal team, and one of the attorneys of record, for The Bensalem Masjid
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Fri05Sep2014(Philadelphia, PA)
ACLU-Philadelphia Legal Committee
Monthly Meeting
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Sat06Sep2014Sun07Sep2014(Pittsburgh, PA)
ACLU-PA Board of Directors
Quarterly Meeting
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Tue23Sep2014
Mosque Zoning Case
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Tue07Oct2014(Washington, DC)
U.S. Supreme Court, Admission Ceremony
Admission to practice before the Court in all legal matters (previously filed with the court, in a single matter, pursuant to Criminal Justice Act appointment)
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Tue20Jan2015
Robbery Case
Habeas Hearing challenging PA law on scope of co-conspirator liability in light of 2014 SCOTUS decision in Rosemond v. U.S. (requiring co-conspirators to have knowledge of presence of a weapon before imposing liability under federal criminal law) and in light of recent rulings of PA appellate courts limiting co-conspirator liability.
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Tue17Feb2015
Robbery Case
Pre Trial Conference in case alleging a Robbery Threatening Serious Bodily Injury. Called that matter be placed on the Trial List.
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Fri20Mar2015
Robbery Case
Trial List in a case alleging a Robbery Threatening Serious Bodily Injury. Called matter for Jury Trial.
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Thu02Apr2015
Three-County Theft Conspiracy
Preliminary hearing in multiple-defendant case alleging that over $72,000 worth of tools/ power equipment were taken from work vans and trucks in Mont. Co. alone (three-county theft ring).
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Fri01May2015
ACLU-Phila. Legal Committee
Attended as member of the Legal Committee.
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Wed06May2015
ACLU-Phila. Annual Meeting
Ending Mass Incarceration: Fixing a Broken and Racially Biased System. Attended as member of Board of Directors.
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Tue12May2015
Three-County Theft Conspiracy
Pre Trial Conference in multi-defendant three-county theft ring.
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Thu14May2015
ACLU-Phila. Board of Directors
Attended as member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia local chapter.
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Thu14May2015
Robbery Case
Call of the Trial List. Attending as counsel of record for defendant in alleged conspiracy robbery threatening serious bodily injury.
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Thu14May2015
ACLU-PA State Board Meeting
Attend as member of the Board of Directors for the statewide affiliate of the ACLU.
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Fri22May2015
Three-County Theft Conspiracy
Initial Pre-trial filings (including initial discovery request). Among motions made in Omnibus Pretrial Motion: (1) Motion for Appointment of Expert Witness (reliability of "Cell Data Records" to pinpoint location of defendant at specific time), and (2) motion to exclude from evidence all cell data records and cell tower maps.
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Fri22May2015
Three-County Theft Conspiracy
Filing of Pre-Trial Motions. Moved for Court-Appointment of Expert Witness on reliability of Cell Phone Data to establish that defendant(s) was/were in a particular place at a particular time. Moved for second Expert Witness to analyze (lack of) forensic evidence.
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Fri29May2015
Robbery Case
Call of the Trial List (scheduled for standby-trial on July 27, 2015). Client has been continuously incarcerated since October 7 on charges including conspiracy robbery - threatening serious bodily injury.
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Sun05Jul2015
ACLU-PA
Attended as a member of the Board of Directors for statewide ACLU affiliate.
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Tue14Jul2015
Three-County Theft Conspiracy
Pre Trial Conference on three files alleging various thefts from work trucks in three counties on various dates during Summer 2014.
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Tue08Dec2015Superior Court of PA
Sixth Amendment & Prosecutorial Misconduct Appeal
Prepared and filed 63-page brief (with separate 32-page appendix).
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Mon22Feb2016Superior Court of PA
Sixth Amendment & Prosecutorial Misconduct Appeal
Filed "Reply Brief" correcting errors in Commonwealth's previously-filed brief and clarified issues on appeal.
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Thu21Apr20166:30 pmMoore College of Art & Design
"Fighting Words": Free Speech in the 21st Century
Principal planner of 2016 ACLU-Philadelphia Annual Meeting.
Also moderating a "roundtable" panel discussion which will explore, question, and challenge the extent to which the First Amendment guarantee of "free speech" can, and should, apply to "hate speech." Questions will focus upon examples of "hate speech" which have arisen in the public discourse over the past year.
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Wed27Apr2016Thu28Apr2016Publication Date
Calling a Terrorist a "Terrorist" (article)
This article appears in the April 2016 edition of Upon Further Review, an online publication of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Full title: "Calling a Terrorist a 'Terrorist': Why Philadelphia's Cop-Shooting Jihadist Should Be Prosecuted Under PA's Criminal 'Terrorism' Statute (Instead of Waiting on the Feds)"
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Tue24May2016Crime Scene (location withheld)
Assault by Police Officer
After initial client meeting, personally visited crime scene for investigative purposes.
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Fri03Jun2016Montgomery County Courthouse
Assault by Police Officer
Filed Entry of Appearance in case involving altercation with a police officer.
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Fri03Jun2016Crime Scene (location withheld)
Assault by Police Officer
Submitted a Notice to Retain Evidence letter requesting surveillance video from the 2nd camera present at the crime scene (video provided to law enforcement did not show altercation which occurred "off camera" in direction of 2nd camera).
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Thu09Jun2016Montgomery County Courthouse
Assault by Police Officer
Filed Motion to Remand for New Preliminary Hearing on grounds of constitutional right to counsel at preliminary hearing.
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Mon20Jun2016Magisterial District Court
Drug Case - Personal Use Charged as Delivery
Preliminary hearing in a drug case in which client was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver a controlled substance.
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Thu23Jun2016Montgomery County Courthouse
Assault by Police Officer
Hearing on Motion to Remand for New Preliminary Hearing.
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Tue28Jun20169:30 amSuperior Court of PA
Sixth Amendment & Prosecutorial Misconduct Appeal
Oral argument scheduled.
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Thu18Aug2016TBDFree Library of Northampton Township
"My Speech is Better Than Your Speech"
Part of the "Civics for Grownups" curriculum which I am planning on behalf of the ACLU-Phila. and in partnership with the Free Library of Northampton Twp. At time of this posting, my co-presenter is TBD.