Amicus brief submitted in a case in which an abuser appealed the issuance of a protection order containing a prohibition against the abuser communicating with the Department of Homeland Security regarding his wife. The K & L Gates brief provided social science documentation of the harm to victims and the lethality of immigration related abuse and discussed the history and purpose of VAWA confidentiality protections (Wash. July 17, 2009).
Amicus Briefs, Case law, Domestic Violence & Dynamics, Protection Orders, Safety Planning, Sexual Assault & Dynamics, VAWA 1994, VAWA 2000, VAWA 2005, VAWA Confidentiality