Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Receives Two Major Civil Rights Awards from Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., June 22, 2009

We are pleased to announce that Benjamin F. Wilson, Managing Principal of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. and separately, the Firm itself received awards for outstanding achievement in civil rights law by the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Development (WLC) at its annual awards lunch on June 16, 2009.

Mr. Wilson, along with Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, received the Wiley Branton Award, which is given to a member of the legal community whose lifetime efforts on behalf of civil rights advocacy exemplify civil rights lawyer Wiley Branton’s deep commitment to civil rights issues. It is a major award in the civil rights community and reflects not only Mr. Wilson’s long standing commitment to pro bono work, but his hands on undertaking of such work for many years.

To view a video montage (in two parts) by the WLC honoring four civil rights champions with a passion for justice, including Mr. Wilson, please click here for Part 1, and here for Part 2.

Separately, Beveridge & Diamond received an award for our work and highly successful outcome in which we sued the City of Manassas in connection with its unlawful efforts to drive immigrant residents from the City. The suit resulted in a settlement providing for major legal reform in the City and damages to our clients, the Equal Rights Center and 11 individual plaintiffs.

These two awards reflect Mr. Wilson’s and the Firm’s long standing commitment to pro bono work and our many achievements in our civil rights cases.  For additional information about the pro bono program at Beveridge & Diamond, please see:   http://www.bdlaw.com/practices-probono.html.