ACS Member News: Week of September 23, 2021

ACS Board of Directors Member Franita Tolson testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee: “Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combating Discriminatory Abuses;” and was quoted in "Ted Cruz makes a Texas-size mess on voter ID and racism" in The Washington Post. 

ACS Director of Policy and Program Debra Perlin authored "The Supreme Court is Giving George W. Bush the Last Laugh on Guantanamo” in Politico. 

ACS Washington DC Lawyer Chapter Leader Marissa Ditkowsky was quoted in "Anti-Abortion Bills and the Hidden Attack on Disability Rights" in Medium. 

ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Co-Chair Dan Cotter authored "Justices take to the talk circuit as new fall term approaches” in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.   

ACS Member Jarrett Adams was featured in Lawyer Recalls Winning His First Case in Same State Courts Where He Was Wrongfully Convicted in People. 

ACS Member Theo Lesczynski won the 2021 Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service awarded by The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.