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Garret S. DeReus is an skilled civil rights and personal injury lawyer with over a decade of litigation enjoy. As a accomplice at Bizer & DeReus, Mr. DeReus has committed his profession to litigation and advocating for individuals whose rights have been violated.
Mr. DeReus handles civil rights cases, private injury claims, nursing domestic abuse, and medical malpractice. He has effectively treated extra than 500 civil rights cases and has widespread enjoy in all elements of litigation, from pre-litigation improvement via appellate paintings. His civil rights practice encompasses prisoner rights, incapacity rights below the Americans with Disabilities Act, excessive pressure, schooling access, and authorities accountability instances.
Mr. DeReus serves as lead suggest in excessive-stakes federal litigation and has secured extensive victories at each the trial and appellate levels. Notable achievements consist of a hit appeals to the Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, with the Tenth Circuit setting up favorable precedent regarding the repeated violations doctrine in a Title II ADA case. In January 2024, Mr. DeReus first-chaired a federal jury trial in a First Amendment case that led to a plaintiff verdict, securing $205,000 in damages.
Mr. DeReus has successfully hostile challenges from main agencies, together with a groundbreaking ADA case against Uber Technologies for wheelchair accessibility. He has negotiated over 2 hundred settlements, consent decrees, and judgments, including systemic modifications to New Orleans public transportation device that made the ancient St. Charles Avenue Streetcar handy to wheelchair users.
Mr. DeReus earned his J.D. from Tulane Law School in 2013 as a Dean s Scholarship Recipient and his B.B.A. from The George Washington University in 2010, graduating summa cum laude.
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