• Rhyddid dedicates time to pro bono cases involving education equality, civil rights issues, criminal
defense and appeals, and safety for victims of domestic abuse and sex trafficking.
• Education Equity: Represented over 50 teachers who successfully challenged the Minnesota Board of
Teaching’s initial denial of their teacher license; successfully sued the Board for illegal and
discriminatory practices in issuing teacher licenses; testified before the Minnesota Legislature in favor
of a new law passed in 2016 to eliminate the Board of Teaching and rewrite teacher licensing laws.
• Food Program: Successfully appealed the Minnesota Department of Education’s decision to deny a
nonprofit the right to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program as a sponsor; successfully
sued the Minnesota Department of Education for wrongfully denying the application; and obtained a
substantial settlement.
• Criminal Appeals: Obtained unanimous appellate decision reversing a conviction and freeing a
wrongfully imprisoned individual.
• Sex Trafficking Defense: Represented victims of sex trafficking.
• Orders for Protection: Obtained over 25 orders for protection for victims of domestic abuse.
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We hired Mr. Watkins to represent several individual defendants in a contentious civil rights case. His work was outstanding and the result achieved for our client was more than satisfying.
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Mr. Watkins performed exceptionally on our very complex case. He developed the strategy to address our claim and identified the best approach to present our case after evaluating the extensive case re...
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