Brian Rice Given Connecticut Legal Services Community Award for Helping Immigrant Laborers.STAMFORD, Conn. -- Brian Rice Brian Rice is currently the Assistant Head Coach of Falkirk F.C., a football team in the Scottish Premier League. He was formerly a midfielder for leading clubs in England and Scotland. Playing career Born in Glasgow, Rice's playing career started at Hibernians. , an associate in McCarter & English's Stamford office, has been given the Connecticut Legal Services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. Community Award for his legal work on behalf of immigrant day laborers whose wages were unlawfully withheld. Two day laborers performing construction services on a Stamford condominium complex approached the Connecticut Legal Services Day Laborer Clinic for help when a subcontractor withheld their wages. When the Clinic was unable to recover their wages from the subcontractor and general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. , Mr. Rice, working on a pro bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. basis, prepared and recorded 38 mechanic's liens against the property owners. Within days of serving notice on the condominium association, the workers were paid in full. "Brian's clients in this case were among the most vulnerable members of the American workforce," said Timothy Fisher, a partner in McCarter's Hartford office. "His quick action and clever tactics will send the message throughout the community that such exploitation won't be tolerated." Connecticut Legal Services is a private, non-profit, civil law firm dedicated to helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice. The bulk of its work consists of providing civil law representation and counseling to thousands of low-income families and individuals each year. McCarter & English, established more than 160 years ago, represents Fortune 500 and middle-market companies in their national, regional and local litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and on important transactions. Its 400 attorneys are based in offices in Boston, Hartford, New York Hartford is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,279 at the 2000 census. The Town of Hartford is centrally located in the county. , Newark, Philadelphia, Stamford and Wilmington. |
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