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Yvonne Stewart

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Yvonne Stewart joined Public Justice in 2011 as a Legal Assistant. She assists Senior Attorney Paul Bland, Staff Attorney Claire Prestel, and Food Safety & Health Attorney Jessica Culpepper on their many public interest cases. Yvonne has over 25 years of legal secretarial experience. She worked for two law firms -- Williams & Connolly from 1989-1998 where she assisted various attorneys with civil suits and highly visible criminal cases; and Howrey LLP from 1998-2010 where she supported four associates and one partner. Before joining Williams & Connolly, Yvonne worked for the United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds, a group that provides health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their eligible dependents.

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Fred Weaver

Four years ago on New Year’s Eve in Baton Rouge, Fred Weaver received a voicemail from his credit card company. The message said that Weaver was “ruining his life” by not making his payments on time and demanded the call be returned that night.

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Rich Barber

In 2000, Gus Barber was 9-years old when he was killed by a misfired Remington rifle. Since Gus’s tragic death, his father Rich has been gathering evidence about the faulty trigger design on Remington’s 700-series rifles; the defect has been a public safety hazard for more than half a century. Public Justice is now seeking to unseal court records that could prove Remington’s dangerous negligence.

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