Sussman & Watkins is a civil rights firm located in Goshen, NY. Michael Sussman has been fighting for social and individual justice for more than 30 years. He is well known as one of the top trial lawyers in the region. Like Sussman, Christopher Watkins is an experienced and well-regarded trial attorney and litigator who has consistently obtained outstanding results for his clients. With a team of knowledgeable and hardworking staff, including Raina Obi, Sonnia Van Haaster, Carmen Vega, Mary Jo Whateley, Esq., Jennie G. Kim, Esq., Jonathan Goldman, Don Buckner, Vincent Ferri, and George Figueroa, we comprise the law firm of Sussman & Watkins, dedicated to preserving civil rights and fighting for justice.
    — Michael H. Sussman, Esq.
    — Christopher D. Watkins, Esq
    — Background & Mission
    — Our Staff

State, county & local governments have a responsibility to maintain and manage the rivers, streams and drainage infrastructures in their jurisdictions.

Sussman & Watkins will be representing victims of recent storms whose' property damage resulted from governmental neglect.

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SUMMARY
    Criminal
    Education
    Employment Discrimination
    Employment & Labor
    • Employment & Labor Cases
    First Amendment: Retaliation
    Governmental Abuse &
    Misconduct
    Land Use
    • Land Use Cases
    Police Abuse & Misconduct
    • Police Abuse Cases
    • Police Brutality
    Voting Rights
    • Orange County Redistricting

D. J. HENRY: Release Statement
    • DOCUMENT RELEASE
    • AUDIO Hawthorne Dispatch
    • AUDIO MPPD
    • AUDIO PVPD
    • AUDIO DES

SLS RESIDENTIAL LITIGATION
    SLS Discovery Demands
    Letter to SLS Class Members
    District Court Decision
    SLS 1st Amended Complaint

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Sussman & Watkins
55 Main Street, Suite 6
PO Box 1005
Goshen, New York 10924
V : 845-294-3991
F : 845-294-1623
Email: sonnia@frontier.com

AND IN NEWBURGH AT:

45 Grand Street,
Newburgh, New York 12550
V : 845-245-4345

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Since 1978, Michael has been handling major education cases. At the Justice Department, he worked on major school desegregation cases in Chicago, Cleveland, Charleston, South Carolina and Indianapolis. At the same time, he did some of the earliest cases vindicating the rights of classified, special needs children who were then often isolated and segregated in deplorable conditions.

In the 1980's, Michael continued to work on both broad systemwide cases which challenged educational inequality in Yonkers, Jacksonville, Florida, Boston, St Louis and other major cities, but also began working for individual clients whose rights were being offended by school districts in this region.

Since 1986, Michael has done more special education cases than any lawyer in the State of New York and this continues to be a major interest of our firm. In addition, we have handled many student discipline cases and represented children subjected to bullying.

A.W. -v- MiddletownECSD	K.S. -v- WarwickSD	G.B. & L.B. -V- TuxedoUSFD
Stutman -v- East Ramapo CSD