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OTMLaw represented Abdur-Rashid & Samir Hashmi, who were improperly surveilled by the NYPD under a Cold War era tactic known as the Glomar response. Abdur-Rashid and Hashmi’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests asking for information about whether they were being surveilled upon by the NYPD were denied, and OTMLaw argued before New York’s highest […]

OTMLAW defeated two motions to dismiss and five summary judgment motions on behalf of the six Imams to establish a major precedent protecting minorities from profiling, warrantless search, illegal detention, and false arrest and imprisonment based on the victims’ religious belief and practices, race and national origin. The precedent asserts the six Imams’ and other

The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC defeats the Transit Authority’s (TA) Summary Judgment Motion and asserts Ms. Lewis’s civil rights in a prominent employment discrimination case two years following her death. In a resounding victory for Stephanie Lewis Judge Townes, the Eastern District of New York, found that there were overwhelming evidence that

OTMLAW successfully handled and settled a landmark $3 million case against the New York Police Department (NYPD) for the racial profiling and killing of an unarmed man, Amadou Diallo.The lawsuit was instrumental in initiating reform throughout the NYPD to prevent profiling against minorities in New York City. Omar T. Mohammedi speaks on the Diallo Case

The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC successfully represented Osama Al Najjar–a 14-year-old student at a New York City public school. Osama was harassed and taunted by the teachers and staff on account of his first name “Osama.” 6/12/07 NYC SUED ON BEHALF OF TEEN NAMED OSAMA, CBS NEWS ON — The parents of

The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC currently represents various not-for-profit defendants in this $8 Trillion Multidistrict Litigation in the Southern District of New York. Read More about the 9/11 Litgation: In re Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, — F.Supp.2d —, 2010 WL 3783702 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 13, 2010) In re Terrorist Attacks of

OTMLAW successfully defeated a lawsuit against religious freedom, and preserved the Islamic Center of South Florida’s right to build a mosque in their local community. SUIT TO BLOCK SUBURBAN MOSQUE IS THROWN OUT, THE LEDGER ON 02/28/08 MIAMI A lawsuit fighting construction of a mosque in a suburban neighborhood has been dismissed, though its backers