Case Stats
- This gives referring lawyers and the outside world the exact same information we use in-house for quality control. Intakes need to be accepted / declined and cases need to be resolved! Justice delayed is justice denied.
- Total 2020 Intake Contacts 902
- 2021 Intake Contacts (3/1/21) 144
- Total 2020 Intakes Declined 736
- 2021 Intake Contacts (3/1/21) 96
- All Intakes Under Investigation 52 (3/1/21)
- 2021 Accepted/Filed Cases 1 (3/1/21)
- Referred Cases from other lawyers state and nationwide 94%
- Median Time First Contact to Decline 25 days (most cases are reviewed w/ an indication of merit within 72 hours)
- Median Time First Contact to Accepted/Filed Cases 9 weeks
- Median Time Case Filing to Resolution 1.8 years
archive for September, 2020
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Restaurant Owner Sued for Human Trafficking, Debt Bondage and Slavery
By Christina Acampora | posted on September 3rd, 2020
Denis Aplicano vs. Ah Cheng Siew (U.S. District Court—filed August 17, 2020) Faxon Law Group filed a suit in federal court on behalf of a young Honduran man who sought employment in the U.S to escape threats of violence and intimidation only to be forced into slavery by his employer, Ah Cheng Siew, owner of Empire Szechuan in Bethel and Southbury, CT. For six years, the plaintiff—along with many other undocumented enslaved restaurant co-workers—lived in constant fear and subjugation until being liberated by law enforcement, including the FBI, as part of a large human trafficking investigation. The nightmare began in MORE