July 22, 2024 3:26 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
American Association for Justice Honors Talenfeld for a Career Dedicated to Protecting Children Howard M. Talenfeld, a top children’s rights attorney and Business Unit Leader of Justice for Kids, a division of Kelley Kronenberg, was honored by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) as the recipient of the 2024 Trial Lawyers Care... View Article
July 8, 2024 9:40 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
A former collegiate football player, Trulon Henry, has been accused of sex crimes against children in Illinois DCFS custody. He is charged with three counts of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and predatory criminal sexual assault stemming from crimes he allegedly committed while employed by Aunt Martha’s Health... View Article
July 3, 2024 9:25 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
As reported by WPEC, a South Florida mother accused of keeping her adoptive son locked in an 8×8 box in the garage pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment and neglect of a child. She was sentenced to 10 years of probation with one year of house... View Article
December 19, 2023 6:21 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Following a seven-day trial led by the Justice for Kids Team, a jury awarded $13.5 million to a family that suffered harm after the adoption agency Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS) failed to warn them about psychological problems that make their adopted son unsafe to be around their daughters, one... View Article
April 12, 2023 1:53 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Despite three decades of litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union, broken promises, court orders, news reports, and letters from informed officials, DCFS continually lacks placements for children in its care, forcing some foster children to be wrongfully incarcerated. The recent lawsuit seeks to represent all individuals placed in DCFS... View Article
June 2, 2021 9:03 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Kenisha E. Anthony has become an agent for change within the foster care system. She began her journey as a “ward of the state” when she was only four (4) years old. Her parents struggled with drug addiction and Kenisha was taken from them. She would then be placed in... View Article
December 15, 2014 12:50 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Talenfeld Law recently celebrated its grand opening with an open house event at the firm’s office. Scores of South Florida child advocates, attorneys and others who help protect children in the child welfare system were in attendance. Led by Howard Talenfeld, one of the nation’s preeminent children’s rights attorneys, Talenfeld Law... View Article
