Use of Force and Qualified Immunity After Barnes v. Felix: Monell Exposure, Municipal Liability, and Reform

Named one of Delaware’s 13 “Most Influential People in Law” by Delaware News Journal, Mr. Griffith is the Managing Partner of Whiteford's Delaware office and co-chairs the firm's Tort and Insurance Litigation Section. He handles professional liability matters, class action and multi-district litigation, business disputes, complex insurance issues, civil rights matters and a wide range of other litigation. In addition to representing professionals (attorneys, insurance professionals, private and public employers and police officers) in litigated matters, Mr. Griffith represents commercial and personal insurance carriers, multi-national corporations, municipal entities and state governments. He focuses his practice on civil rights litigation; complex insurance coverage matters and litigation arising from business disputes.

Professor Rosenthal entered the practice of law as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, specializing in organized crime and public corruption prosecutions. Among other things, he brought the first racketeering case involving insider trading, and secured the longest sentence in the history of the district in an organized crime case (200 years). Professor Rosenthal subsequently joined the City of Chicago's Department of Law, where he was Deputy Corporation Counsel for Counseling, Appeals, and Legal Policy. In that capacity, he argued three cases in the United States Supreme Court, and supervised a large volume of complex litigation as well as legislative as policy matters.