Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed an amended complaint in the class action lawsuit brought to vindicate the rights of more than 700 demonstrators detained in one of the largest mass arrests in recent history, on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1, 2011.

Interview on RT television with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, on the CIA's refusal to process a FOIA records request about the spy agency's role in the coordinated crackdown against Occupy encampments

In 2002, police in the nation's capital rounded up hundreds of people protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney, Partnership for Civil Justice discusses the legal work that has been undertaken to protect Occupy encampments across the nation.

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney, Partnership for Civil Justice discusses the legal work that has been undertaken to protect Occupy encampments across the nation.

Organizations and individuals in New York City and around the country are calling on the Manhattan District Attorney to drop the charges for the 700+ people who were illegally arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1. Please add your voice to this effort.

Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) have released a letter sent to New York City District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., requesting that all charges against the 700+ demonstrators who were subject to mass false arrest on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1, 2011 be dismissed.

A civil rights group sent a letter to Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance asking him to drop charges against 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters who were arrested during a march over the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 1.