Attorney Yaida Ford secured a $400,000 settlement against Paul Public Charter School in a case against the school for grade tampering that led to the loss of elite college opportunities for one its student athletes. The student received offers from more than a dozen Division One schools but all schools…
Diamond Rust, was the then-20 year old mother, toting two toddlers on her way to enroll her daughter into Yu-Ying, a hard-to-get-into chinese language immersion school. Rust was traveling from Southeast DC to Northeast on a cold February day last year when she was beaten by transit police for allegedly…
Yaida Ford, who has represented Black metro passengers against DC’s transit police, spoke to the Washington Post about WMATA’s creation of a police review panel and what effect, if any, it will have on the violence afflicted on metro passengers by police. Read more about her position on this panel…
I have been getting calls and emails from clients about how condo and HOA Boards should address owners who default on assessments during COVID 19. Condo assessments are the lifeblood for community associations and most struggle to keep up with monthly obligations when owners default. Surely, some owners have…
Author: Michael Quander Published: 7:41 AM EDT September 25, 2019 Updated: 7:41 AM EDT September 25, 2019 WASHINGTON — Three Metro Transit police officers are being sued after a video blew up online. The footage, which was recorded in June 2019, shows a man getting tased and arrested after defending a minor being…
To raise the profile of the case, Attorney Ford has enlisted a production company to use creative means to get the message across.
On April 29, 2019, Yaida O. Ford, will serve as first chair in a jury trial against Paul Public Charter School, a DC-area charter school that serves low-income middle and high school students. Ms. Ford filed the lawsuit against Paul on October 6, 2016 on behalf of plaintiff Justin Route…
On December 9, 2018, the Greater Washington Area Chapter of the Women Lawyer’s Division of the National Bar Association bestowed the prestigious Trailblazer award to three attorneys. One of them was Yaida O. Ford, managing principal of Ford Law Pros P.C. in Washington, D.C. At the ceremony, Ford spoke of…
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