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| Community Rights Counsel (CRC) is a nonprofit, public interest
law firm based in Washington DC that was formed in 1997 to assist
communities in protecting their health and welfare. CRC provides
strategic assistance to state and local government attorneys
in defending land use laws, environmental protections, public
health measures, and other community protections. CRC has published
a litigation
handbook, which assists state and local attorneys defending
against takings claims. CRC gives
presentations and conducts
workshops, helps governments secure amicus support and,
in critical cases, offers free representation to state and local
governments and other clients. For a list of clients CRC has
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Community Rights Counsel is directed by a board consisting
of 5 members:
- Eldon ("Took") H. Crowell, is a founding partner
of Crowell & Moring, a Washington DC-based law firm
employing more than 270 lawyers;
- Veronica Eady Famira, a staff attorney at New York Lawyers for
the Public Interest;
- Douglas T. Kendall, CRC's founder and Executive Director; and
- David Stern, Executive Director of Equal Justice Works
CRC began as a project of the International City/County Management
Association (ICMA)--a national association representing over
8,000 city and county managers from around the country--and
was housed within ICMA's offices until July 1998.
To view hightlights of some of our most significant achievements, click
here.
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