Kramer Levin Successfully Negotiates for Removal of Young Father From NYS Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment

Summer associate Cal McKinney and Litigation special counsel Karen Kennedy, working with Brooklyn Defender Services, successfully negotiated to remove a client from the New York State (NYS) Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. After the Kramer Levin team demonstrated to the state’s attorney that the evidence failed to meet the standard of neglect for placement on the register, the state’s attorney agreed to drop the case due to “no evidence,” with the result that the administrative law judge will issue a decision finding that the allegations against our client are unfounded. This result was particularly important to the client because he hopes to work in the New York City school system someday, which would have been impossible if his name had remained on the register.