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January 31, 2012: Lauren P. Raysor Sponsors Reception Honoring The Tuskegee Airmen
On January 28, Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. held a reception and fundraiser honoring five of the Tuskegee Airmen at The Riverview... Read
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January 28, 2012: Lauren Raysor appeared on Fox 5 News
Lauren Raysor hosted a special reception honoring members of the Tuskegee Airmen. The event was covered by FOX 5 and the New York Post. Read
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November 15, 2011: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. to Appear at The Learning Tree Multi-Cultural School Fundraiser
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. will be one of four special guests at The Learning Tree Multi-Cultural School fundraiser, which will be held... Read
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October 7, 2011: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Sponsors Jazz by the Riverside during the Month of October
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. announces that she will be sponsoring Jazz by the Riverside... Read
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August 12, 2011: Lauren Raysor appeared on NBC-TV’s “NY Nightly News.”
August 11, 2011: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. to Appear on “NY Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough” on August 12
Attorney and author Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. is scheduled to appear on an upcoming episode of WNBC-TV’s “NY Nightly News... Read
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July 12, 2011: Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Comments on Fourth Anniversary of Shooting by Remy Ma during Signing of “Living The Wealthy Life”
Attorney and author Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. will be able to speak on the upcoming fourth anniversary of the shooting by rap and hip-hop star Remy Ma... Read
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July 7, 2011: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Announces Jazz by the Riverside Featuring Clarissa Sinceno
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq., author of “Living the Wealthy Life,” announces that Jazz by the Riverside will take place on July 8 from 6-10 p.m... Read
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January 4, 2011: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Announces Opportunity Knocks NY Empowerment 2011 Conference
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, LWL Ltd. and JR Allen Solutions are presenting the Opportunity Knocks NY Empowerment 2011 Conference, which will take place Saturday, January 29, 2011... Read
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December 23, 2010: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. to be Keynote Speaker at “Celebrating Kwanzaa & Valuing our Health”
Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. has been named Keynote Speaker for “Celebrating Kwanzaa & Valuing our Health,” which will take place Monday, December 27 at Yonkers YMCA, 17 Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers... Read
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October 4, 2010: “Living The Wealthy Life” Author Sponsors Fundraising Performance at Aaron Davis Hall
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq., author of “Living The Wealthy Life,” is sponsoring a fundraising performance of an amazing rendition of “For Colored Girls,” which will be performed on... Read
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August 23, 2010: Lauren Raysor Appeared on "Open," a Community Affairs Show that Airs on Bronxnet
August 2, 2010: Gall's in His Court: Poser's Lawyer Act
This phony lawyer has some real gall. Nathaniel McLeon, 66, who's awaiting trial in Brooklyn and Queens on charges of impersonating a lawyer, has allegedly been doing it for years in Manhattan... Read
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April 26, 2010: Remy Ma Victim Sues Label
Remy Ma’s shooting victim is taking up her beef with the rapper’s label, Universal Music Group, once again.
AllHipHop.com reports that Makeda Barnes-Joseph has filed appeal in her 2008 suit against Universal Music Group. Read
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April 26, 2010: Remy Ma's Victim Renews Lawsuit Against Label
The woman whom Bronx rapper Remy Ma infamously shot in the stomach over a money dispute is renewing her lawsuit against Remy's record label, Universal Music Group. Read
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April 23, 2010: Remy Ma's Victim Presses On With Suit Against Label
Rapper Remy Ma's shooting victim is borrowing legal strategies from suits against pedophile priests to press her multimillion-dollar claim against the femcee's label, Universal Music Group. Read
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April 16, 2010: Oral Arguments on Lauren P. Raysor's Appellate Brief Against Universal Music Group Begin April 20
Lauren P. Raysor, Esq., a Manhattan-based civil rights attorney and former
prosecutor, will appear at New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division,
First Department in New York County on April 20 for opening oral arguments
regarding the Appellate Brief she filed on behalf of her client, Makeda
Barnes-Joseph, on February 3 against Universal Music Group et. al. Both
sides are due in court at 2 p.m. Read
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March 10, 2010: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Files Appeal Seeking Universal Music Group to Take Responsibility for Rap Artist's Actions
On February 3, 2010, Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. announced the filing of an
Appellate Brief against Universal Music Group et al. Read
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December 12, 2009: Holiday Fundraiser for The Learning Tree Multi-Cultural School
The money raised will benefit The Learning Tree Multi-Cultural School
and its unique educational programs that the school offers. Read
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November 24, 2009: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Co-Hosts "The Awareness Hour" Radio Program
Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. is pleased to announce that she is co-hosting "The
Awareness Hour" with J.R. Allen on WVIP-FM Radio (93.5 FM) in New Rochelle,
New York. She can be heard every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. Read
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November 23, 2009: Analysis of the Case Against Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a distinguished scholar and professor at Harvard University, was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts by a local police officer responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering a residence. Read
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November 17, 2009: Attorney Lauren Raysor
Sponsors Urban Fight Back School of Martial Arts and Self Defense
Lauren Raysor, Sensei Mo & students at Urban Fight Back School of Martial
Arts and Self Defense in New York City. Ms. Raysor donated a mirror to the
school to help students better practice their moves. Read
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August 30, 2009:
Lauren Raysor Appeared on Black Talk Radio Website
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August 25, 2009: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Seeks Record Companies to Impose Morality Clause in Contracts with Music Artists
Following the second anniversary of the shooting of her client, Makeda
Barnes-Joseph, by rap and hip-hop artist Remy Ma, attorney Lauren P. Raysor
announced on August 24 that she is asking all record companies to include a
"morality clause" in their contracts with new artists. Ms. Raysor says this
will act as an incentive for these artists not to engage in violent or
criminal activity and also provides protection for these artists from other
people who may intend to inflict great harm on them. Read
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August 12, 2009: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Hosts Meet-and-Greet for Manhattan DA Candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder
Attorney Lauren Raysor, Esq., a civil rights attorney based in Manhattan who is in a high-profile civil case against rapper Remy Ma, announced she is supporting Leslie Crocker Snyder in Ms. Snyder’s Democratic primary run for the office of Manhattan District Attorney. Joined by another attorney, Pamela D. Hayes, Ms. Raysor will hold a meet-and-greet with the candidate on August 13 at Creole Restaurant in East Harlem from 6-8 p.m. The restaurant is located at 2167 3rd Avenue (between 118th and 119th Streets). Read
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May 20, 2009: Attorney Lauren Raysor Sponsors Science Fair
As a public service, Lauren Raysor, a New York City-based attorney, sponsored The Learning Tree Multi-Cultural School Science Fair on April 24 at The Learning Tree in Corona. Ms. Raysor was joined by the school’s principal, Nicole Bailey, and the school’s science and mathematics department chairperson, Aqila Muhammad, who organized the science fair. Yazmin Baptiste was presented with the Teacher’s Choice Award, which is the highest honor given to a student. Read
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February 5, 2009: Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Fights to Get Justice, Money for Her Clients
In a time of global financial turmoil, where a sea of ever-mounting foreclosures are present, Lauren P. Raysor, Esq., a renowned Manhattan-based attorney, announced that she has recently re-filed a complaint in New York State Supreme Court, Westchester County, on behalf of her clients, Niosha Gibson and Monique Johnson. The complaint alleges a breach of contract by property owners Dina Palmiotto and Danzig, Fishman, & Decea of White Plains (the law firm that represented Ms. Palmiotto), failure of Ms. Palmiotto to finish construction on a new home, and refusal to pay back the money she borrowed from Ms. Gibson and Ms. Johnson, who wholeheartedly answered her cry for monetary help. Read
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December 2008: Lauren P. Raysor Greets Ruby Dee at Learning Tree Event
Ms. Raysor sponsored a VIP reception for an event at the Learning Tree Multicultural School in December 2008. Read
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May 6, 2008: Victim's Attorney: Remy Ma's Claims Absurd
On Thursday, March 27, Rap Artist Remy Ma was convicted of first-degree
assault and weapons charges for the July 14, 2007 shooting of Makeda
Barnes-Joseph. While awaiting sentencing at Rikers Island, Remy Ma
conducted a phone interview
with Sirius Satellite radio's Kay Slay in which she claimed her conviction
was part of a vast conspiracy. Read
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April 25, 2008: Civil Rights Attorney
Available to Comment on Bell Jury Verdict – 51 shots are a Violation
of Civil Rights
Lauren P. Raysor is available to speak with members of the media following
the not guilty verdict of New York City Police Officers involved in
the November 2006 death of Sean Bell. The former New York County assistant
district attorney and former assistant attorney general and current
civil rights attorney who represents victims of police misconduct,
believes "51
shots is unacceptable from any police department." Read
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April 2, 2008: Victim's Attorney: Remy Ma Needs to Take Responsibility
On Thursday, March 27, Rap Artist Remy Ma was convicted of first-degree
assault and weapons charges for the July 14, 2007 shooting of Makeda
Barnes-Joseph. Days later, Ma began asking her fans on her Myspace page
(www.myspace.com/remyma)
to “write letters about how Remy and her music has positively affected
you, influenced you, inspired you, etc…” to the judge asking
for leniency without taking responsibility for her actions or apologizing
to her victim. A cursory review of Ma’s lyrics reveal images of drug
use, violence and glamorization of guns in her songs. Read
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March 28, 2008: Remy Ma Shooting Victim
and Attorney Available to Comment on Jury Verdict
Makeda Barnes-Joseph and her attorney, Lauren P. Raysor are available
to speak with members of the media following the guilty verdict of
Rap Artist Remy Ma. The trial began on March 10. Following one and one
half days of deliberation, a New York County jury returned a guilty
verdict yesterday
in the People
v. Remy Smith, aka Remy Ma. Read
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January 9, 2008: Victim of Shooting Files
$80 Million Lawsuit Against Remy Ma
On Friday, December 21, Makeda Barnes-Joseph's attorney Lauren P. Raysor
filed an $80 million lawsuit against rapper Remy Ma, as well as Universal
Music Group and Sure Shot Recordings alleging they encouraged Remy
Ma to engage in violent behavior as part of her image. Read
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December 3, 2007: Clarissa Sinceno Sings
in the Holidays
Start the Holiday Season with an evening of jazz inspired Christmas
music at Riverside Church (91 Claremont Street, on the corner of 122nd
Street). Singer Clarissa Sinceno will perform holiday standards in "A
Jazzy Christmas Concert" at 7:30 PM on Friday, December 7, 2007. Read
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November 6, 2007: Shooting Star
Remy Ma—the new Remy, the one who's ditched the two-tone hairdo that
was her trademark so that she presents a more intelligent, grown-up
image to the world—leaves a restaurant, and it's immediately apparent
that her new look isn't working. Read more »
October 18, 2007: Hip Hop Media Outlets Unfairly Protect Artists
Hot 97.1 FM and the BET television network are two of the most influential
voices in the hip hop community. However, both media outlets have failed
to provide balanced reporting in the case of Remy Ma, the rapper charged
with first-degree assault in the shooting of Makeda Barnes-Joseph. Read
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September 21, 2007: Conference on Gun Violence
Gun violence has plagued our communities for decades, claiming countless
lives and leaving families shattered. Now is the time to stop the violence.
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August 14, 2007: New York City District Attorney Indicts Remy Ma
Makeda Barnes-Joseph will be speaking 1 p.m., Tuesday, August 7 about
the events of July 14, when she was shot twice in the abdomen in an unprovoked
act of violence that led to the arrest of the rapper known as Remy
Ma. Read
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July 27, 2007: Family of Makeda Barnes-Joseph
to Speak with Gun Violence Support Group "Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E."
The family of Makeda Barnes-Joseph, the woman allegedly shot twice in
the abdomen by the rapper known as Remy Ma on July 14, will be meeting with
members of the gun violence support group Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. at
1 p.m. on Monday, July 30 at the offices of Lauren Raysor, Esq., legal
counsel for the victim’s family. Read
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July 17, 2007: Statement From Lauren Raysor, ESQ., Attorney Representing
Family of Makeda Barnes-Joseph
Makeda Barnes-Joseph remains hospitalized in intensive care after being shot
twice in the abdomen by the rapper known as Remy Ma, while sitting
in a car outside a New York City night club Saturday night. Read
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