Michael McMahon

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Federal Judge Upholds Equitable Admissions Policy for Boston Exam Schools

April 27, 2021

A Massachusetts federal judge has upheld the Boston school system’s new admission policy for exam schools, a victory that will enhance racial, socioeconomic and geographical diversity in the city’s most prestigious public high schools. Cooley partners Michael Sheetz and Adam Gershenson led the Cooley effort, representing Anti-Defamation League on an amicus brief alongside leading nonprofits, business organizations and sports teams the Boston Celtics and the Boston Red Sox. The brief demonstrated that diversity benefits all students and local businesses because it helps create a generation of leaders equipped to compete in a diverse, global marketplace.

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Michael Sheetz
Partner, Boston
Adam Gershenson
Partner, Boston
Michael McMahon
Partner, Boston
Robby L.R. Saldaña
Associate, Washington DC
Elizabeth Reinhardt
Associate, Washington DC
Elizabeth Rice
Paralegal Specialist, Boston

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Cooley + Coalition Secure Strengthened Protections for Children in Immigration Custody

March 21, 2022

Cooley, alongside the National Center for Youth Law, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, and the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic, achieved a landmark ruling in which a federal judge held that unaccompanied children in federal immigration custody are entitled to greater constitutional protections than they are currently afforded when they are detained in restrictive placements or denied release to family members. Lawyers Summer Wynn, Michael McMahon, Alix Mayhugh and Jamie Robertson led the Cooley effort.

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Summer Wynn
Partner, San Diego
Michael McMahon
Partner, Boston
Alexandra Rex Mayhugh
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Rebecca Tarneja
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Jamie Robertson
Associate, Chicago
Ginny Williams-Walulik
Senior Paralegal, San Diego
Erin Combs
Senior Paralegal, Washington DC

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