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Dennis Aftergut

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Dennis Aftergut (@DennisAftergut) has won cases of significance in the United States Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court. He is a former federal prosecutor and Chief Assistant City Attorney in San Francisco. During his tenure with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, he was named a “Lawyer of the Year” by California Lawyer Magazine for his work defending San Francisco’s pioneering Equal Benefits Ordinance. A stepping stone toward court approval of same-sex marriage, the ordinance required the same employment benefits to gay and lesbian domestic partners that companies offered to married couples. He is also on LinkedIn.

Articles by this author:

Reporters watch a CNN town hall featuring Donald Trump on a screen.

Trump’s Most Pivotal, Incriminating Admission on CNN

May 17, 2023 and
Attorney General Merrick Garland departs after delivering a statement at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Mr. Attorney General, It’s Too Late to Appoint A Special Counsel

Nov. 9, 2022 and
Trump leaves the Manhattan Supreme Court where he serves on jury duty on August 17, 2015 in New York City. Reporters gather around him with cameras and microphones.

When, Where and For What Mar-a-Lago Crimes Should Garland Indict Trump?

Sep. 6, 2022 , and 1 more
PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 29: In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 29, 2021 in Paris, France. On October 28, during the Facebook Connect virtual conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change of Facebook, believing that the term Facebook was too closely linked to that of the platform of the same name, launched in 2004. It is now official, the Facebook company changes its name and becomes Meta. (Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Big-Tobacco-Type Lawsuits from State AGs: A Roadmap for Redressing Facebook’s Harms

Nov. 18, 2021 and
US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice alongside Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on April 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.

DOJ Should Investigate Jeff Clark and Mark Meadows for Political Coercion Act and Hatch Act Violations

Aug. 26, 2021 and

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