Senior Research Attorney John Stone
B.A., University of Virginia, 1974. J.D., Marshall Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, 1978. Member, Virginia Bar. For many years, John has authored articles for NLRG’s client newsletter, Report from Counsel. He has been with NLRG since 1978 and specializes in Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Eminent Domain, and Local & State Government. Areas of expertise include police misconduct, constitutional law, including due process, equal protection, and First Amendment cases, inverse condemnation, local and state government cases in the area of tort immunity, school cases involving disciplinary actions against both students and teachers, and many issues involving zoning and land-use permits. Read Full Bio
Senior Research Attorney Dora Vivaz
B.S., University of South Carolina, 1966. M.A., Syracuse University, 1969. J.D., Vermont Law School, Magna Cum Laude, 1989, where Dora was published in the Law Review in both her second and third years. Dora concentrates in the areas of public law, including Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination, and Local and State Government, including eminent domain and zoning, Property, and Administrative Law, including environmental law and public employment. Her areas of expertise include claims under § 1983 based on due process, equal protection, and First Amendment violations, claims under Title VII for sex, race, disability, or age discrimination, and challenges to ordinance provisions and land-use decisions - Read Full Bio
Senior Research Attorney Suzanne Bailey
B.A., University of Virginia, 1980. J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1983. Member, Michigan, New York, and Virginia Bars. Prior to joining our firm, Suzanne served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Stewart A. Newblatt, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1983 to 1985. She left Michigan for New York, and from 1985 to 1990 she was an Assistant Corporation Counsel, promoted to a Deputy Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, with the New York City Law Department, General Litigation Division, litigating in the state and federal trial courts of New York City, primarily in the areas of civil rights and employment discrimination. Suzanne joined NLRG in 1991, where her areas of expertise include Administrative Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Elections, Insurance, Labor & Employment and more. Read Full Bio
Senior Research Attorney Steven Friedman
B.A., University of Virginia, 1996. J.D., George Mason University Law School, 1999, where he edited the GMU Civil Rights Law Journal. Member, Virginia Bar. Steve joined NLRG in 1999 after having worked for a Northern Virginia law firm. Steve focuses in the areas of Property, Eminent Domain, Local & State Government, Evidence, and Zoning. He has worked extensively in the following areas: foreclosures, real estate contracts, landlord-tenant disputes, easements, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In addition, he has authored a number of appellate briefs, including a brief for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an employment discrimination case, and one for the Louisiana Supreme Court, dealing with attorney misconduct - Read Full Bio.
