Feb. 1 – Chicago Lawyer
Fair Housing Legal Clinic featured
Blonder and fellow Much Shelist principal Anthony C. Valiulis represented residents Debra Gassman and Lynne Bloch, who first filed complaints of religious discrimination with city and state agencies and then worked with The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic to file a federal lawsuit against their condo association for removing the mezuzahs—small pieces of parchment inscribed with Torah verses and affixed to doorposts as a sign of faith. Blonder and Valiulis prepared the pro bono case for a jury trial, but settled on the courthouse steps in July. Now, the city protects the residential hanging of religious objects.
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