In 2018, a large cross-office Sidley team, working alongside Public Counsel, sought a preliminary injunction requiring the government to provide mental health services to a putative class of immigrant families separated upon entry into the United States. On November 6, 2019, in a groundbreaking 50-page order, Judge Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the preliminary injunction and certified the class, requiring mental health screenings and treatment to help separated family members begin to address the severe and ongoing trauma associated with family separation.
Sidley’s team includes lawyers and staff from Century City, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Palo, Alto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., including Amy Lally, Bridget Johnsen, Ellyce Cooper, Carter Phillips, Jennifer Clark, Michael Andolina, Kevin Fee, Sean Commons, Tim Payne, Kelly Huggins, Daniel Craig, Nick Tygesson, Karim Basaria, David Diorio, Naomi Igra, Logan Brown, Christopher Eiswerth, Shay Banerjee, Justin Benson, Melanie Berdecia, Patricia Butler, Fitz Collings, Nick DeAngelis, Amy DeLine, Samuel Dillon, Rachel Goldberg, William Hochul III, Patrick Kelly, Adriane Peralta, Alexandria Ruiz, Mohindra Rupram, Helen Theung, Andrew Van Haute, Jon Zucker, Thom Berninzoni, and former Sidley partner Mark Haddad.
