by awkolaw2 | Mar 20, 2020 | Chelsie Warner, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
The word “high school” can evoke many different emotions. The butterflies a freshman feels when her crush asks her to homecoming. The uncontainable excitement that rushes through the student body during a pep rally. The nervous elation upperclassman experience while...
by awkolaw2 | Mar 18, 2020 | Chelsie Warner, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
In the 1940s, the “Red Scare” of Communism pervaded the United States of America, and fear of anarchy swept through the country. In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began investigating alleged Communist activities amongst some of the highest...
by awkolaw2 | Mar 15, 2020 | Chelsie Warner, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
Statutes of limitations are laws that require a lawsuit to be filed within a certain amount of time. Failure to file the lawsuit within the specified time frame will forever bar the claim. Before January 1, 2020, California residents who were survivors of childhood...
by awkolaw2 | Dec 17, 2019 | Boy Scouts, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment, Sports Sexual Abuse
Traumatic events haunt some people for their entire lives. Survivors who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may relive the trauma through flashbacks and dreams; they may struggle with their relationships and in their jobs; they may numb their emotions...
by awkolaw2 | Sep 13, 2019 | Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse, Chelsie Warner, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse In Scouting, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment, Sports Sexual Abuse
Trauma has the power to derail lives. People who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying or life-threatening event may experience chronic struggles with relationships, jobs, and physical and emotional health. And...
by awkolaw2 | Aug 12, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
Sex trafficking takes place in the seediest of motel rooms and in the most extravagant mansions of the rich and famous. Traffickers come from a diverse range of socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups. Yet, when a wealthy, powerful individual is implicated in sex...
