Prudence Satterfield
Partner
Takes the cases where an agency, a landlord or a lender applied one rule to some people and another to everyone else.
Prudence came to civil rights work from a legal aid office, where she saw the same denial letters arrive in the same neighborhoods. She handles discrimination claims in housing, lending and public services.
She starts in the paperwork, and she does not file until she can show the pattern.
Takes cases about
- Housing and tenancy
- Lending and insurance
- Public programs and services
Credentials
Admitted to practice
Alabama
2008
Georgia
2010
Courts
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law
B.A., Spelman College
Languages
English
French
Conversational
Memberships
Alabama State Bar
Alabama Lawyers Association
The pattern is in the paper
One denial is a decision. Fifty of them, sorted by neighborhood, are a record. I ask for the waiting lists, the approval rates and the policy manuals, and I read them before I write a demand.
I also tell people early when the facts do not add up to a claim. A straight answer in the first call is worth more than a long case that goes nowhere.