The Schmidt Firm, LLP

January 31, 2012 — The Los Angeles City Fire Department has agreed to pay one of its employees, Anthony Alameida, $494,150 to settle a Sexual and Religious Harassment case. The Fire Department also agreed to implement widespread anti-harassment training to all fire station chiefs and staff in the every fire station in Los Angeles. Anthony… Read More

January 27, 2012 — Washington State has agreed to a $2.35 million settlement brought by a woman who was sexually abused as a child, and alleges that two Washington State agencies failed to protect her from a known sex offender who was living with her family. The woman was abused by a man named Danny… Read More

Thirteen men who say they were abused by Christian Brothers at Briscoe Memorial School in Kent, WA have agreed on a $7 million settlement with the Christian Brothers and the Seattle Archdiocese. The men were sexually abused and physically abused at the school during the 1960s. The school is now closed. If you have been… Read More

A report by the Associated Press has found that child sexual abuse in public schools is widespread, but often goes unreported, unpunished, and school officials often allow pedophiles to continue teaching despite sexual misconduct toward children. If you or someone you know has been the victim of child sexual abuse in a public school, you… Read More

Sexual abuse cases continue to be filed against the Congregation of Christian Brothers in North America, with the nexus of the cases filed in Seattle, due to the actions of Edward Courtney and others. Because the Christian Brothers operate dozens of schools in all regions of the U.S., Canada, and also Australia and Ireland, it… Read More