WAKE UP EVERYBODY! HELP MY WHOLE HOOD MAKE IT HOME. THE WORLD WON’T GET NO BETTER. THE HOOD WON’T GET NO BETTER. WE GOT TO CHANGE IT, YOU AND ME! (TOBE NWIGWE)

HELP THE RESIDENTS OF RIDGECREST STAY IN THEIR HOMES!
Last week, I was in Court, on behalf of the lower income Residents of the Ridgecrest Condominium. I recently became one of their lawyers. It is not a luxury condominium to be sure. For many, Ridgecrest was all they could afford, purchasing their condos because home ownership is the only way to hedge against ever-increasing rents and remain in the place they love, Washington, DC.…  

BARNES SUES THE D.C. BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO HALT RANK CHOICE VOTING INITIATIVE NUMBER 83

DISCRIMINATION AGAIN HAS RISEN ITS UGLY HEAD – THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW – THE FIRST IN A THREE PART SERIES BY ATTORNEY JOHNNY BARNES

Recent amendments to the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977 (the D.C. Human Rights Enhancement Amendment Act of 2022), specifically overturn the “severe and pervasive” standard of review that D.C. Courts have traditionally adopted from Title V11 case precedent. The Act further provides that conduct may constitute illegal harassment regardless of the following: it was a single incident; it was directed towards someone else; the complainant submitted to or participated in the conduct; the complainant was able to do their job despite the conduct; the conduct did not cause tangible physical or psychological injury; the conduct occurred outside the workplace; or the conduct was not overtly directed at a particular protected characteristic.…