Brooklyn False Arrest Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Brownsville Man

NEW YORK - Feb. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- On April 22, 2014, James W. was lawfully within the property of the  NYCHA building where he resides in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY known as the Van Dykes Houses. He sat on a bench waiting for a friend to go to the gym, when all of a sudden, numerous NYPD vehicles pulled up and ordered James and his friend to stop.

The NYPD officers explained to James that he was being arrested for possession of a firearm although he did not have any weapons on his person. The officers then said that they would check the video footage from the cameras located within the property to see if they showed James in possession of a firearm in the hours that had just passed. The video from the cameras was obtained and it did not show James in possession of any weapons, but he was arrested anyway. He was then taken to the 73rd precinct for processing where he spent about 14 hours. Thereafter, he was transported to Central Booking where he spent another 18 hours before seeing a judge, where he was ROR'd. After returning to court over a seven month time period, all of the criminal charges that had been levied against James were completely dismissed.

Michael Redenburg represents James and regularly represents victims of wrongful arrest, stop and frisk and false arrest in lawsuits against The City of New York in federal court, and has successfully represented dozens of citizens who have been victimized by the NYPD in wrongful arrest & stop and frisk lawsuits.

Mr. Redenburg has been recognized by three (3) different organizations which are invitation only and peer reviewed. In 2014 Michael Redenburg was named a SuperLawyer, 2014 NY Metro Rising Star by Thomson Reuters and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in a state are given this rating. Attorney Redenburg was also named a Top 40 Under 40 attorney by American Society of Legal Advocates ("ASLA") and ASLA limits its membership to less than 1.5% of all licensed lawyers nationwide. Additionally, in 2014 Attorney Redenburg was named Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers, which is invitation only, based on nomination and peer reviewed.

Michael Redenburg has been named a 2015 Top 40 Under 40 attorney for the second year in a row by the American Society of Legal Advocates. Such selection is the culmination of an annual process in which ASLA's lawyers researched information on tens of thousands of lawyers and, in filling each Top 100 and Top 40 category, selected less than 1.5% of lawyers overall nationwide.

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