A local attorney has teamed up with a Washington, D.C.-area civil rights law firm to “assess the legal and constitutional questions involved” in the sex abuse scandal involving Sandusky and Penn State.
State College attorney Andrew Shubin and David Marshall, a partner in the Washington, D.C., firm of Katz, Marshall and Banks, LLP, said in a press release Penn State could face civil liability in the case.
Sandusky was arraigned Nov. 5 on 40 charges alleging he sexually abused eight boys over a 15-year period.
Also working with Shubin and Marshall is Seth Kreimer, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, and Justine Andronici, a civil rights lawyer. Andronici was the attorney for Jill Jones, formerly Jill Sandusky, who petitioned the court to prohibit contact between Jerry Sandusky and Jones’ three children with Sandusky’s son, Matthew.
Shubin said he put together a legal team specifically geared to the issues in the Sandusky case.
“A terrible injustice has occurred in our community,” Shubin said in the press release. “As a civil rights attorney and father of three children here in State College, I am committed to seeing that the full magnitude of that injustice is exposed, that those responsible are held accountable to the victims and the community for what they have done, and that the victims and their families receive the full measure of compensation to which they are entitled under the law.”
Shubin and Marshall encouraged victims to contact them at 867-3115 and 202-299-1140, respectively.
