October 18, 2018 | Albuquerque Journal Kate Ferlic has filed a lawsuit against CYFD and Familyworks on behalf of a teenage girl who claims she was raped daily by her foster father for over a year and half between August 2015 – November 2016. The man accused of rape, Clarence Garcia, has a 20 year history of being accused of sexual…
August 31, 2018 Albuquerque Journal Represented by Kate Ferlic, Gail Stoecker has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Miners’ Colfax Medical Center and the board of trustees of the Miners’ Hospital of New Mexico. According to the Albuquerque Journal the lawsuit states, “both parties of violating the New Mexico Human Rights Act and also of negligence.” “Gail is a very brave…
August 11, 2018 | Albuquerque Journal Kate Ferlic is representing 295 Navajo Nation ranchers and farmers suing the Environmental Protective Agency over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill that released over 3 million gallons of toxic waste water and 352 tons of heavy metals into the Animas and San Juan Rivers. The Navajo Nation members were severely economically impacted due…
May 10, 2018 Albuquerque Journal Kate Ferlic filed a whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of former Albuquerque Public Schools employee Antonio Montano. During his employment as a groundskeeper he was instructed multiple times to illegally dump chemicals into a drainage ditch near The Pit, University of New Mexico’s sports arena. When Montano refused to depose of hazardous chemicals into the ditch,…
January 18, 2018 Albuquerque Journal After a lengthy court process, Albuquerque Public Schools settles the Don Moya whistlerblower case with a payout of $800,000 to Moya. Kate Ferlic, Moya’s attorney, along with an APS representative, released a matching statement which said, “Both parties are happy to put the events of 2015 behind them and are moving forward in a positive direction.”…
September 12, 2017 Santa Fe New Mexican Santa Fe County approved the lease of 318 acres of the property La Bajada Ranch to Alamo Creek Conservation, owned by Frank Mancuso, Jr. Attorney Kate Ferlic told the Santa Fe New Mexico the plan for the community farm remains the same for the land. According to the contract the land is “solely for…
July 27, 2017 Santa Fe New Mexican In a complaint filed by Attorney Kate Ferlic, former Wagon Mound superintendent, Sheryl McNellis-Martinez, is requesting reinstatement after being fired six months into her board approved three year contract. The complaint also states the newly elected board violated the New Mexico Open Meetings act by placing McNellis-Martinez on administrative leave before announcing to the…
August 10, 2017 Santa Fe New Mexican Kate Ferlic, on behalf of her clients, filed lawsuit against private tutor Joel Abraham and principal of Secondary Learning Center, Antony Berzack. The suit claims Abraham had sexual relations with a 14 year old student he was tutoring, as well as making inappropriate sexual comments to another student. Ferlic accuses Berzack of knowing…
July 26, 2017 Santa Fe New Mexico New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) agreed to terms concerning a lawsuit over a sexually abuse adopted child who was living in Clovis, New Mexico. The family’s attorney, Kate Ferlic, told the Santa Fe New Mexican, “I can’t disclose the amount of the settlement but the facts of the case were horrific….
July 19, 2017 Albuquerque Journal An exciting Fraud Against Taxpayer Act / Qi Tam case! Founding partner Kate Ferlic says the “Plaintiffs are very brave women who have put their jobs on the line to expose the allegations in the complaint. They are everyday heroes whose bravery will benefit every person in New Mexico.” Egolf + Ferlic + Harwood is proud…
