Press Room

arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Firm Overview
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Biographies of Selected Attorneys
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Plaintiff Statements/Declarations
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Congressional Support
arrow3.gif (97 bytes)Letter from Congressman John Salazar to The Honorable Alberto Gonzalez; May 6, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes)Letter from Congressman Silvestre Reyes to Senator Tom Harkin regarding 2007 Farm Bill Proposals; October 16, 2007
Press Releases
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Black Farmers are not the Only Victims of the USDA"; August 26, 2002
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Hispanic Farmers Describe USDA Discriminatory Lending Practices to House Committee"; September 25, 2002
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Garcia Noticias"; September 11, 2002
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "USDA Creates Voluntary Register to Reach Minority Producers"; USDA News Release No. 0346.04; August 20, 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Veneman Launches New Spanish-Language Website"; USDA News Release
No. 0391.04; September 16, 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Resignation letter of Secretary Ann M. Veneman, November 12, 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Johanns Announces FSA County Committee Elections Process"; USDA News Release No. 0213.05; June 15, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Johanns Announces Appointment of Annabelle Romero As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights"; USDA News Release No. 0328.05; August 26, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Statement by Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding the Resignation of Jim Little as FSA Administrator"; USDA Release No. 0393.05; September 23, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Johanns Announces Proposal to Modernize the Farm Service Agency";  USDA Release No. 0405.05; September 28, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Johanns Names Lasseter as Farm Service Agency Administrator"; USDA Release No. 0446.05; October 18, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "FSA Appoints Connelly Deputy Administrator for Field Operations" Farm Service Agency News Room; November 18, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Statement by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding the Resignation of Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Jim Butler";
USDA Release No. 0528.05; December 6, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Statement by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding Resignation of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Vernon Parker"; USDA Release No. 0013.06; January 17, 2006
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Adams Named Assistant Deputy Administrator For Farm Programs"; Farm Service Agency News Room; January 17, 2006
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Johanns Awards $5 Million to Assist Minority Farmers and Ranchers"; USDA Release No. 0014.06; January 18, 2006
arrow3.gif (97 bytes)Fact Sheet to USDA Release No. 0014.06; January 18, 2006 
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Johanns Appoints Thomas as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration"; USDA Release No. 0052.06; February 23, 2006
Coverage in the Media
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Latino farmers file discrimination lawsuit against USDA"; The Militant, January 15, 2001
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Minority Farmers Get Short Shrift"; USA Today; July 12, 2002
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Hispanic Farmers Charge U.S. Department of Agriculture with Discrimination"; Houston Chronicle; October 13, 2002
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Hispanic Farmers' Lawsuit Alleges USDA Discrimination"; Santa Fe New Mexican, February 28, 2003
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Do right by minority farmers.  USDA needs to reform its loan program"; Washington Times; July 17, 2003
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "USDA under fire.  Farm loan practices are challenged by minorities, women"; National Law Journal; November 3, 2003
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Cultivate Hispanic farmers"; Dallas Morning News, December 1, 2003
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "USDA faces series of discrimination lawsuits"; Trial, January 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Federal Judge Scolds Justice Dept. Lawyers"; Washington Post; January 24, 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Loans denied, Hispanic farmers say"; El Paso Times, February 26, 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Hispanic farmers suing USDA for discrimination wait to be joined together"; The Monitor, July 12, 2004
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Minority farmers accuse USDA of discrimination"; The Register-Guard, January 23, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Angry Hispanic Caucus withholds party dues"; The Hill, March 8, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Article on the USDA Listening Session in Salinas, CA on March 3, 2005; The Californian, March 4, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Farmers meet with USDA officials"; The Monitor, March 31, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Hispanic Growth Surge Fueled by Births in U.S."; Washington Post; June 9, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Hispanic farmers meet in Las Cruces"; Las Cruces Sun-News; August 27, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Secretary Johanns Hears Comments at New Mexico Forum"; Farm Service Agency Online; September 6, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Farmers Rage Against the Dying of the 'County Office'; Washington Post; October 18, 2005
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "USDA's Civil Rights Chief to Leave"; Washington Post; January 20, 2006
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Agriculture Secretary Resigns; Considers Senate Run"; Washington Post; September 21, 2007
arrow3.gif (97 bytes)USDA Biography.  Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner
USDA Publications
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Civil Rights at the United States Department of Agriculture, A Report by the Civil Rights Action Team [CRAT], February 1997
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) "Continuing the State Civil Rights Review Groups for the Review of Pending Acceleration and Foreclosure Cases"; FSA Notice FLP-372; January 6, 2005 
USDA Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") Responses
arrow3.gif (97 bytes) Response dated October 6, 2005:  Current listing of all FSA handbooks and updates

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