Media Coverage
Source: Law360
Media Coverage
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas
03.29.22
In a feature about Pillsbury’s recent pro bono efforts, Law360 reported that Pillsbury Public Policy partner Craig Saperstein and senior counsel Greg Laughlin worked pro bono for more than five years to help secure the passage of a provision in the recently enacted Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 that, in exchange for grants, requires state family courts to protect children from parental abuse during custody proceedings.
Saperstein and Laughlin, a former Texas Congressman, worked on behalf of their client The Center for Judicial Excellence to protect children from abuse when their parents are embroiled in custody and visitation proceedings.
The VAWA 2022 reauthorization act, which was included in the recently passed $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill, requires court grant recipients to minimize further child abuse, adjudicate domestic violence and child abuse allegations based on credible evidence, and provide court personnel with education training on child abuse and the impact of trauma on adolescent brain development, according to Law360.
“I hope it will make judges and court-appointed officials who participate in these family court proceedings think much more deeply about the implications of their decisions,” Saperstein said.
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