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Suzanne C. Shapiro has experience handling every phase of civil litigation, with a particular interest in appellate litigation. She has handled appeals for over thirty years as counsel of record, personally arguing countless appeals in Maryland's appellate courts. Ms. Shapiro is skilled in constructing persuasive briefs and presenting effective winning arguments in court. She has set legal precedent in the areas of child advocacy, toxic and environmental tort litigation, governmental immunity and experimental research ethics. She has successfully protected multi-million dollar jury verdicts on appeal. Prior to starting her own law firm, Ms. Shapiro worked for a litigation practice, gaining invaluable experience in all aspects of civil litigation. Immediately following law school, Ms. Shapiro was a judicial law clerk in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Ms. Shapiro distinguished herself in law school for her outstanding legal writing and analysis, as a member of her school’s Law Review. Underscoring Ms. Shapiro’s legal career is her passion and commitment to her clients’ causes. Appeals are not just cases to Ms. Shapiro. They are a means to seek justice, set appropriate legal standards, deter harmful activities, and make the world a safer place for all.. An appeal is often the last stage of litigation, requiring a skilled appellate advocate to preserve a victory or overturn an unjust ruling. Often times cases that reach the appellate level concern legal issues with minimal legal precedent. Suzanne C. Shapiro has extensive practical experience handling complex and novel legal issues at the trial and appellate levels. Drawing on this experience, Ms. Shapiro is tenacious in representing clients on issues of first impression, as well as advocating for necessary changes in the law. She is skilled in presenting complicated issues in a concise yet persuasive manner. She presents creative legal analysis, with an adept use of the record, to emphasize the strength of her clients’ positions, and to provide proper solutions to the courts in reaching  just and fair decisions for her clients.

Joseph Dudek focuses his practice on civil and appellate litigation. Since coming to Maryland in May 2016, Joe has worked on a wide variety of cases in a wide variety of courts from emergency appeals before the Court of Appeals of Maryland to Copyright actions in three federal trial courts to motions and petitions before the Supreme Court of the United States. In each subject area and in each court, Joe leverages his background in mathematics, communication, and collegiate debate to find creative solutions for clients and to find space for negotiated dispute resolution. Before coming to the firm, Joe worked for the City of Los Angeles, for an activist hedge fund in New York City, and for the Volunteer Legal Services Project for his hometown of Rochester, New York.

In February 2017, Eve Hill, one of the nation’s leading disability rights attorneys, joined Brown, Goldstein & Levy, where she continues to pursue her devotion to civil rights.  Her wide-ranging experience complements the firm’s dedication to high-impact disability rights cases and its advocacy on behalf of individuals with disabilities and their families.. From 2011 to January 2017, Eve served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, where she was responsible for oversight of the Division’s disability rights enforcement, educational civil rights enforcement, Title VI interagency coordination, and the American Indian Working Group.  She was part of the negotiating team for the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled; testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; enforced accessibility requirements for websites and other digital technology; implemented Olmstead community integration requirements in employment and education; and enforced disability rights in education, testing, and health care.. Eve is the former Senior Vice President at the Burton Blatt Institute of Syracuse University, where she was responsible for the Institute’s work on the Americans with Disabilities Act, disability civil rights, and communications issues.  Her legal advocacy included representing the National Federation of the Blind with respect to the accessibility of information and communication technology, such as the Amazon Kindle and Adobe Digital Editions.  She also worked on matters involving transportation accessibility, procurement preferences for disability-owned businesses, affirmative action for people with disabilities, best practices for inclusive corporate culture, segregated and subminimum wage employment, and the intersection of ADA community integration requirements and fair housing law.. Preceding her employment at the Burton Blatt Institute, Eve was the District of Columbia’s first Director of the Office of Disability Rights, responsible for ensuring compliance with the ADA throughout District government.  This position gave Eve an insider’s view on investigations of complaints, informal dispute resolution, litigation consultation, training, and disability policy development.. As the Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center at Loyola Law School, Eve managed all aspects of this non-profit disability rights organization and supervised all major programs, including the Civil Rights Litigation Project, Disability Mediation Center, Cancer Legal Resource Center, Community Outreach Program, and Education Advocacy Project.. Eve’s experience in many facets of organizations and government with respect to disability issues allows her to assist disability advocacy groups in enforcing rights to accessibility and employment and in breaking down other barriers.