2016 Postmortem

bigtree

(85,998 posts) Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:31 AM Jul 2016

Tim Kaine Took On Insurers Over ‘Redlining’ as a Young Civil Rights Lawyer in Va.

Ari Berman ?@AriBerman
Kaine won $17 mil case against redlining http://bit.ly/2a1QLs6 while Trump sued by DOJ http://wapo.st/1NsiG0j

Hillary Clinton’s choice for presidential running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, is a Harvard Law grad who cut his teeth as a young lawyer fighting for fair housing issues, winning a $100 million jury verdict against Nationwide Insurance over allegedly discriminatory lending practices.

Like Clinton, Kaine is a lawyer; he graduated from Harvard in 1983, a decade after Clinton earned her own law degree from Yale. He took nearly a year off before graduating to work as a missionary in Honduras. Unlike many in his class who vaulted into Big Law careers, Kaine joined a small firm in Richmond, now called McCandlish Holton, where he focused largely on fair housing matters.

Kaine’s most high-profile case was brought on behalf of a local non-profit, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), which alleged that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. had discriminated against African-American neighborhoods through the practice known as redlining.

The case went to trial in 1998, after Kaine had become Richmond’s mayor. The jury sided with HOME and returned a $100 million verdict against Nationwide. The verdict was later overturned by Virginia’s highest court, which sided with lawyers for the insurer at Kirkland & Ellis. HOME later reached a $17.5 million settlement with Nationwide...

read more: http://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2016/07/22/clinton-vp-pick-tim-kaine-took-on-insurers-over-redlining-as-young-lawyer/?slreturn=20160623092114

Ari Berman @AriBerman
Tim Kaine was fighting housing discrimination as a civil rights lawyer in VA while Trump was refusing to rent to African-Americans in NYC

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Tim Kaine Took On Insurers Over ‘Redlining’ as a Young Civil Rights Lawyer in Va. (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2016 OP

Super admirable. He seems like a good man. auntpurl Jul 2016 #1

Gosh you're right about easy on the eyes! Her Sister Jul 2016 #3

Oh Man!!! Her Sister Jul 2016 #2

So basically while Obama was taking on fair housing issues in Chicago as a civil rights attorney Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #4

Most admirable.. he's the smart choice.. and years later there's this.. Cha Jul 2016 #5

An "F" rating from the NRA, the mark of a true liberal! nt BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #10

And, Hillary is thrilled! Cha Jul 2016 #12

The more I know about him the more I understand DURHAM D Jul 2016 #6

Isn't it refreshing? tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #7

.. Cha Jul 2016 #13

Our ticket is now made up of two strong Democrat lawyers who began their careers fighting to advance BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #8

Wow! mcar Jul 2016 #9

The more I learn DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #11

kick bigtree Jul 2016 #14

Very admirable! wildeyed Jul 2016 #15

Reminds me quite a lot of the former mayor of Burlington VT ALBliberal Jul 2016 #16

Kaine's secret sauce is that he is a good liberal who appears moderate IronLionZion Jul 2016 #17

woah. a young tim kaine was quite attractive La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #18

Older Tim Kaine isn't bad, either - but he's too young for me. csziggy Jul 2016 #23

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I watched the Miami rally today NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #21

internet twaddle bigtree Jul 2016 #22

auntpurl

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1. Super admirable. He seems like a good man.