Samy Nemir

Lambda Legal and co-counsels McDermott Will & Emery and Merchant Gould P.C. announced that it has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County challenging the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) discriminatory hiring policies after the MNPD rescinded a hiring offer after learning the applicant was living with HIV.   “I feel vindicated,” said John Doe, a 45-year-old Black man and decorated civil servant who filed the lawsuit anonymously. “All I wanted to do was serve my state and protect its communities, so I’m glad the city is now recognizing that […]