Episode Details

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Larry Greenberg of Greenberg Lawyers (https://greenberglawyers.com/) & Cary Hansel of Hansel Law, P.C. (http://www.hansellaw.com/)

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Case Details:

Greenberg Lawyers’ Larry Greenberg and Hansel Law, PC founder Cary Hansel explain how they secured justice for Nicole Wallace’s son, Daquan, who was severely beaten while in police custody. Arrested as a healthy 20-year-old man by Baltimore City police, Daquan was taken into pre-trial detention and beaten regularly by other detainees. Daquan’s mother, Nicole, spoke with officers in hopes they would address the situation and protect her son, who was in jail because she could not afford bail. Despite Nicole’s regular calls, officers violating detention center security and transfer policies, moving Daquan and leaving him alone in a cell, where he was beaten into a coma by other detainees. He now suffers from a traumatic brain injury and cannot walk or stand. A Baltimore City jury returned a verdict of $25 million in damages.

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Guest Bios:

Larry Greenberg

Lawrence “Larry” S. Greenberg earned his undergraduate degree from Boston University and his law degree from the University of Baltimore. After graduating from law school, Larry joined the Greenberg Law Offices, where his practice focuses on representing individuals who were injured from the negligence of others. Larry practices in Maryland state and federal courts, in the areas of general litigation; serious injury claims; medical, legal and other professional malpractice; slip and fall; defective products litigation; victims of truck, tractor-trailer, motorcycle and automobile negligence; and those victims injured by the police or other state agency employees. Larry also represents individuals accused of serious crimes and traffic offenses.

When not in court, Larry is an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he teaches Trial Advocacy. Larry was a Captain and Legal Officer JAG of the Maryland Defense Force, where he provided legal support for the Maryland Army National Guard and the Maryland Air National Guard.

He is past president of the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ). He has served on multiple committees and sections in MAJ, including legislative, auto-negligence, membership, marketing, awards, nominating, mentoring, new lawyers, trial reporter, scholarship, technology, sponsorship committee, and the Criminal Law Section. He was active in the MAJ Foundation. Larry worked tirelessly with the MAJ Public Outreach Committee, where he assisted in planning charity events in conjunction with Safe Kids of Maryland. Together, they donated bike helmets and smoke detectors to underprivileged children and families throughout the state. Larry also worked with MAJ to create the first Social Work Program between the University of Maryland Medical System and MAJ, which donated money to underprivileged families to assist them during times of need when their loved ones were in the hospital.

Larry received training and the certification from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) for DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. This is the same training that all Police Officers in Maryland take before they can properly investigate if a driver in Maryland