Brown, Goldstein & Levy partner Eve Hill was quoted as a legal authority by MadyCast News (MCN), a not-for-profit LGBTQ+ news organization, in article about an ongoing lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in which she is representing transgender women who were held in men’s correctional facilities, suffered sexual assault, denial of hormone treatment, and ongoing harassment because of their transgender status.
As reported by MCN, Eve represents three transgender women whose treatment in Maryland correctional facilities violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The lawsuit’s core claims survived the State of Maryland’s motion for dismissal in December 2024. However, Judge Matthew Maddox dismissed some of the other claims without prejudice. Despite this, Eve is confident in the strength of the lawsuit.
“The reason [Judge Maddox] dismissed most things was because we couldn’t identify the people who took the action,” Eve said, as quoted in the article. “So when we get discovery, which should be able to start soon, we’ll be able to identify those people and [amend the lawsuit] to add them.”
Eve also condemned both Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Governor Wes Moore for “failing to carry out the very principles they espouse. In short, the Department of Corrections, which they control, is blatantly carrying out the very discrimination and cruelty they claim to oppose, but they do nothing to stop it and, in fact, defend it vigorously.”
MCN is run by independent transgender journalist Mady Castigan, who says everyone who contributes to MCN is absolutely devoted to reporting the truth of the threats trans people face and exists to counter misinformation and unethical practices elsewhere in the media. MCN has been cited by publications including The Washington Post, Erin in the Morning, Advocate, and Engadget.
Eve Hill is one of the nation’s leading civil rights lawyers, known especially for her work with clients with disabilities and LGBTQ+ clients. She has been recognized by Law360 as one of just 12 “Titans of the Plaintiffs’ Bar” for 2023, as well as by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2022, 2023, and 2024). Her wide-ranging experience complements Brown, Goldstein & Levy’s decades of dedication to high-impact disability rights cases and its advocacy on behalf of individuals with disabilities and their families. Eve also leads Inclusivity, BGL’s Strategic Consulting Group, which works with organizations to promote the education, engagement, and employment of people with disabilities. Learn more about Eve’s disability rights practice here.
To read the full story from MadyCast News, click here.
Founded in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in Washington, D.C. The firm is nationally recognized in a wide variety of practice areas, including complex civil and commercial litigation, civil rights, health care, family law, and criminal defense. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered law firm that brings decades of experience and passionate, effective advocacy to your fight for justice.