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Maurice Rene Dyson

The Dyson Law Firm (855) 673-9766

24 years of experience
Elder Law, Estate Planning, Business Law ...
New York

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Biography

Offering 100% online legal services, convenient and safe. Wills, Trusts, Contracts, Elder Law, Corporate Law. Maurice Dyson has experience with complex transactions valued over $166 billion dollars including corporate mergers, securities, contracts as well as class action civil rights litigation valued over $15 billion. With nearly 20 years of experience, he is a member of the Bar of the nation's highest court, the U.S.Supreme Court, as well as the NY Supreme Court, and NY Court of Appeals. He is a licensed registrant before the U.S. of Justice EOIR, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security USCIS. He is a sought after consultant in wealth management strategic legacy estate planning, wills and trusts, retirement planning, business contracts, and business start ups. Mr. Dyson was former corporate counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, the former Merrill Lynch Philanthropic Foundation SBNY Director, a former U.S. Department of Education OCR attorney, a law clerk to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and is a Harlan Fiske Stone honors graduate of Columbia Law School and King's Crown graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University. He has also practiced law as a nationally recognized leader in civll rights, education law, criminal law and expungement matters. Attorney advertising. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Practice Areas

Elder Law

Estate Planning: Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Business Law: Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Immigration Law: Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas

Education Law

Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law

Trademarks: Trademark Registration

Video Conferencing

Skype
Zoom
GoToMeeting
WhatsApp

Fees

Free Consultation
Credit Cards Accepted

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

New York
Since 2000

2nd Circuit
Since 2000

9th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court
Since 2004

Languages

English: Spoken, Written
Spanish: Spoken, Written

Professional Experience

Associate Attorney: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Current

Attorney: U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights with joint jurisdiction with the U.S. Department of Justice; Current

Law Clerk: NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Current

Managing Attorney: The Dyson Law Firm; Current

Registrant: U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review; Current

Registrant: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship & Immigration Services; Current

Education

Columbia Law School: J.D. | Juris Doctorate in Law & Policy, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar Honors Distinction.; Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar Honors Distinction

Columbia University: B.A. | Political Science Concentration, King's Crown Scholar, Dean's List, Roothbert Fellow.; Honors: King's Crown Scholar, Dean's List, Roothbert Fellow.

Columbia University: Fellow | Department of Organization & Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University, Mentoring Scholars Fellow.; Honors: Mentoring Scholars Fellow

Awards

Section Chair Outstanding Leadership Award: Association of America Law Schools Section on Education Law

Diversity Award of Excellence: California State Bar

50 Under 50 Outstanding Law Professors Award: BLA

Roothbert Fellow: The Roothbert Fund

Endowment Fellow: Lester A. and Stella Porter Russell Endowment

Inducted Member: Order of the Barristers

King's Crown Award (2 years consec): Columbia University

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Professional Associations

New York State Bar Association: Member; Current

San Diego County Bar Association: Member; Current

American Immigration Lawyers Association: Member; Current

Association of American Law Schools: Member; Current

Columbia University Club of New York: Member; Current

Columbia College, Columbia University Alumni Association: Member; Current

Bar of the New York Appellate Court, 2nd Judicial Department: Member; Current

Bar of the New York Court of Appeals: Member; Current

National Bar Association: Member; Current

Alumni of the Ivy League: Member; Current

J.L. Turner Bar Association: Member; Current

Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association: Member; Current

Phi Alpha Delta Honor Society, Law: Advisor; Current

Order of the Barristers: Member; Current

Nassau County Bar Association: Member; Current

Columbia Law School Association: Member; Current

New York City Bar Association: Member; Current

American Bar Association: Member; Current

Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States of America: Member; Current

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Publications

Articles & Publications

A Covenant Broken: The Crisis of Educational Remedy for New York City's Failing Schools, 44 How. L.J. 107 (2000)

Are We Really Racing to The Top or Leaving Behind the Bottom? Challenging Conventional Wisdom and Dismantling Institutional Repression, 40 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 181 (2012)

Awakening an Empire of Liberty: Exploring the Roots of Socractic Inquiry & Political Nihilism in American Democracy, 83 St. Louis L. Rev. 575 (currently Wash. U.L.Q.) (2005)

Bringing Every Child Forward: Lessons Learned Under No Child Left Behind & a Road Map for Obama’s Educational Reform, 19 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 63 (2009) (with Philip T.K. Daniel)

De Facto Segregation & Group Blindness: Proposals for Narrow Tailoring under a New Viable State Interest in PICS v. Seattle School District, 77 UMKC L. Rev. 697 (2009)

Excessive Force, Bias & Criminal Justice Reform: Proposals for Congressional Action, 63 Loy. L. Rev. 27 (2017), reprinted in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Handbook, Vol. 33 (2017)

Helen Palsgraf: Invisible, Silent & Marginalized , in Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Torts Opinions (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2018)

In Search of the Talented Tenth: Diversity, Affirmative Access, and University-Driven Reform, 6 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 41 (2003)

Leave No Child Behind: Normative Proposals to Link Educational Adequacy Claims and High Stakes Assessment Due Process Challenges, 7 Tex. F. On C.L. & C.R. 1 (2002)

Multiracial Identity, Monoracial Authenticity & Racial Privacy: Towards an Adequate Theory of Multiracial Resistance, 9 Mich. J. Race & L. 387 (2004)

Our Promise: Achieving Educational Equity for America’s Children (Maurice R. Dyson & Daniel B. Weddle eds., Carolina Academic Press, 2009)

Playing Games with Equality: A Game-Theoretic Critique of Educational Sanctions, Remedies and Strategic Noncompliance, 77 Temp. L. Rev. 577 (2004)

Promise Zones, Poverty & the Future of Public Schools: Confronting the Challenges of Socioeconomic Integration & School Culture in High Poverty Schools, 2014 Mich. St. L. Rev. 711 (2014)

Putting Quality Back Into Equality: The Constitutionality of Charter School Enabling Legislation in a Post-Grutter Era, 36 Rutgers L.J. 1 (2004)

Racial Free-Riding the Coattails of a Dream Deferred: Can I Borrow Your Social Capital? 13 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts J. 967 (2005)

Rethinking Rodriguez After Citizens United: The Poor As A Suspect Class In High Poverty Schools, 24 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol'y 1 (2016)

Rethinking School-Community Collaboration: The Role of Non-Profit Mergers & Joint Ventures in Remedial Education and Social Service Delivery, 16 Natl. Black L.J. 35 (1998) (Note)

Safe Rules or Gay Schools: The Dilemma of Sexual Orientation Segregation in Public Education, 7 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 183 (with N. Harris) (2004)

School Finance and Educational Ultimatums: A Look at School Funding Implications for Public School Accountability, 2 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 1 (2002)

Silencing Race & The First Amendment: The Suppression of Student Expression & Curricular Coverage of Racial Identity and Ethnic Solidarity in K-12 Education, 81 UMKC L. Rev. 569 (2013)

Still Using The Wrong Yardstick: Measuring Quality by the Proxies of Rumor, Bias and Conformity, 31 Colum. J. Gender & L. 154 (2015)

The Death of Robin Hood? Proposals to Overhaul Public School Finance, 11 Geo. J. On Poverty L. & Pol'y 1 (2004)

Towards an Establishment Clause Theory of Race-Based Allocation: Administering Race-Conscious Financial Aid after Grutter and Zelman, 14 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 237 (2005)

When Government is a Passive Participant in Private Discrimination: A Critical Look at White Privilege & the Tacit Return to Interposition in PICS v. Seattle School District, 40 U. Tol. L. Rev. 145 (2008)

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Speaking Engagements

Honoring the 150th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 14th Amendment: The Evolution of Equal Protection., Lau v. Nichols, Endrew F v. Douglas County School District and Mendez v. Westminster School District., Federal Courthouse: February 23, 2018; Federal Judges Association, Federal Bar Association

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