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Through the Richard Berkman & Toni Seidl Health Care Justice Project, we improve health outcomes in low-income communities, especially for children, by addressing systemic barriers to healthcare and public health threats.

Attorney Ben Geffen and client Kim Burrell. We're representing Ms. Burrell, who lost her son to gun violence, and other advocates who are standing up for gun safety laws in Philadelphia.
Attorney Ben Geffen and client Kim Burrell. We're representing Ms. Burrell, who lost her son to gun violence, and other advocates who are standing up for gun safety laws in Philadelphia.

News

  • Oral argument at the PA Supreme Court scheduled in case challenging state firearm preemption that blocks local gun safety laws
  • We filed our reply brief with the PA Supreme Court in our case taking on Firearm Preemption Laws
  • Op-ed: Philly needs to enact its own gun laws. We sued Harrisburg to let that happen.
  • Families of gun violence victims file brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, taking on firearm preemption laws 
  • PA Lawsuit Taking on Preemption of Local Gun Safety Laws Dismissed; City of Philadelphia and Families of Gun Violence Victims Vow to Appeal
  • Oral argument to be held Nov. 15 in case defending Philadelphia enforcement of “lost and stolen gun” law
  • COVID-19 lawsuit against FDC Philadelphia concludes amid extensive vaccination efforts
  • Families of gun violence victims, the City of Philadelphia, and CeaseFirePA present first court argument in their case against Pennsylvania Firearm Preemption
  • More News

Current Cases & Projects

  • Taking on Gun Safety Preemption in Pennsylvania

Past Cases & Projects

  • Philadelphia Federal Detention Center detainees file class action lawsuit demanding protection from COVID-19
  • Taking on Gun Violence in Philadelphia
  • Challenging Federal Detention Center of Philadelphia’s Visitation Policy
  • Pennsylvania Dental Advocacy Project
  • Right to Know PA Medicaid Payment Rates
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