Feb 19 2012
Child abuse victims’ rights attorney Robert Allard chose California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) February 16, 2012
California lawyer review the announcement that the San Jose child abuse victims’ rights attorney Robert Allard was elected one of its prestigious CLAY awards received, must in March by the state Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. The clay Awards are given to California attorneys whose achievements had a significant impact on social well over the last year or whose work is expected to make such an effect in the coming years.
Allard, a founding member in personal injury law firm of Corsiglia, McMahon & Allard, was honored for his extraordinary achievements in the field of public justice according to a statement by California Attorney magazine.
Long before Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, the Penn State emphasized the issue of abuse in sports, sexual harassment lawsuits against by USA Swimming (Santa Clara County Superior Court Case # and Case # 109CV149813 110CV174783) filed by lawyers Allards , which included lawyers Lynn Johnson, John Parisi, Daniel Singer and Rex Sharp of Kansas City, Missouri and Jonathan Little Indianapolis, Indiana, forcing the organization that oversees competitive swimming in the U.S. and the U.S. Olympic team chooses to protect young athletes to make a top priority. At the same time, the United States Olympic Committee pressured by the work of the lawyers, the attorneys against sexual exploitation of children (LASAC), the centralization and standardization background checks on all Olympic sports, and by approximately one million athletes.
nationwide lawsuits allege that USA Swimming has a lot of effort to swim coaches at the expense of the young athletes to protect. “We went through this litigation that the USA Swimming in the worst way to trust that parents put them through the presentation of their children to the care of its members, coaches betrayed This organization is known for decades that the sexual exploitation of swimmers with coaches. a serious problem in its ranks and has little or nothing in response until forced to do so, said Allard We can only hope that it will serve as a lesson to other companies that they need to the right thing to do and act in the best interest of others when it comes to sexual abuse, especially children to be raped, contrary to their own
Allard actively campaigns for the use of law as a positive way of obtaining justice for his clients and in creating a safer community for all. The victims he represents Allards legal team also deals with California state legislators to make new laws that will expand and strengthen the reporting of child sexual abuse.
prestigious clay Awards are handed out to a select group of lawyers from different practice areas. The Allard with the other honorees will be presented with the award March 20th in San Francisco, and profiles of the recipients will be California’s attorney in March 2012 issue published.
on Corsiglia McMahon & Allard
Corsiglia. McMahon & Allard is included in U.S. News & best Attorneys – “Top law firms’ 2011-12 law firm rankings. All three of his name. Bradley Corsiglia, Timothy McMahon and Allard, was named a Super lawyers and his fellow Mark Sigala as a Rising Star. Corsiglia and Allard was honored as the Santa Clara trial attorneys of the year and among the top 100 trial lawyers in the state of California. Corsiglia McMahon and members of the American Council of the trial Advocates (ABOTA)
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