In the recent past, Public Justice Advocacy Clinic students and faculty have:
- Favorably settled a federal lawsuit brought by a restaurant employee who was not paid overtime wages.
- Favorably settled a Superior Court lawsuit brought by a bakery employee who was not paid overtime wages.
- Won a Superior Court judgment for over $12,000 for a cleaning company employee who was not properly paid for her work.
- Settled Superior Court lawsuits for over $6,900 filed on behalf of pizzeria employees who were not properly paid for their work.
- Favorably settled claims filed with co-counsel in Maryland on behalf of three employees of a construction firm who were not paid for some of the work they performed.
- Successfully represented in an unemployment compensation hearing a bus driver who was fired for failing to complete her shift after experiencing medical problems.
- Successfully represented in an unemployment compensation hearing an employee of a federal government contractor who was fired for allegedly making unauthorized long distance phone calls.
- Successfully represented in an unemployment compensation hearing an employee of a food services company who was fired for allegedly assaulting another worker.
- Successfully represented in an unemployment compensation hearing an employee of a social service agency who was fired for allegedly failing to complete assignments.
- Settled on favorable terms federal claims made by families who alleged that they were discriminated against on grounds of their disabilities in homeless shelters. One settlement included substantial reforms to relevant programs.
- Settled a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit on behalf of a university professor who received from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data involving the Medicare Advantage Program.
- Prevailed in a case before the DC Court of Appeals seeking attorney’s fees for law student time in disability compensation case.
- With co-counsel, won a motion for summary judgment on liability in a federal class action filed by the Clinic in 2005 which alleged that the District of Columbia Public Schools violated federal and state law by failing to offer special education services to children aged 3–5.