In the Media

The Law Office of John A. Scola, PLLC has a proven track record of success with high profile and complex cases. We, and our clients, have been featured in documentaries, podcasts and virtually every news outlet in New York City.

The Law Office of John A. Scola, PLLC is regularly in the media as a result of our many high-profile cases. Due to the volume of media attention we have received, we cannot list them all. Below are some chosen examples of the media attention our clients have received.

1010 Wins:

Ex-cop's lawsuit: NYPD Internal Affairs issues 'fraudulent' subpoenas to investigate cops
NYPD refused to let officer use medical marijuana to treat health issues: lawsuit
Former NYPD lieutenant granted $872K in retaliation case against Manhattan precinct

ABC News:

Clients sue Department of education after daughter commits suicide after being bullied
8 year old client physically assaulted by teachers aide
Exclusive Investigation: Charges dropped against man wrongly arrested by ATF

The Appeal:

NYPD Commander's Text Messages Show How The Quota System Persists

ABC NY:

Investigators: Bronx DA drops murder charges after surveillance video clears man
Evidence clears client falsely accused of murder and imprisoned for two years
8 year old client physically assaulted by teachers aide

AOL:

NYPD worker says supervisor sexually assaulted her and threatened to kill her after breakup

Associated Press News:

NYPD officer cites 'courtesy cards,' used by friends and family of cops, as source of corruption

Audacy:

NYPD captain settles discrimination suit for $800K: report

CBS New York:

NYPD Disputes Claims By Officers That The Department Encourages Minority Arrest Quotas

China Daily:

Asian police captains sue NYPD for discrimination

Daily Mail:

Several clients suing City of New York for false arrests
Moment Walgreens ex-cop security guard tries to stop a shoplifter before he is arrested
NYPD doc rushed a cop with a heart monitor back to full duty forcing the officer to retire, latest lawsuit targeting the physician says
Married NYPD lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting his coworker-turned-lover
White undercover NYPD detective sues city for discrimination

DNA Info:

Several clients suing City of New York for false arrests

Fox News:

Married NYPD boss pressured worker for threesomes, became 'enraged' as relationship crumbled: suit
Cops Gone Wild? Series of sex romp claims dogs law enforcement as 'defund' movement may add fuel to fire
Former NYPD detective claims he was denied backup because he is White: 'traumatic'

Gothamist:

NYPD Sergeant: Mayor's Failure to Lead On Police Reform Is 'Total Hypocrisy'
High Ranking NYPD Officer Is 'David Duke In Uniform,' Officer Alleges
Ex-NYPD Cop Who Claims He Was Bullied For Hip Surgery Gets $250,000 Payout From City
MTA Employee Claims He Was Suspended, Forced Into Rehab For Using Legal Medical Marijuana
NYPD Officer Says She Faced Discrimination For Wearing A Mask At Police Headquarters

Ganjapreneur:

NYPD Cop Forced to Retire Due to Medical Cannabis Registration

Gawker:

Hispanic client falsely arrested and imprisoned for two years for a murder he did not commit
Hispanic Police Officer suffering race discrimination and retaliation recorded audio of Commanding Officer telling him to target black males ages 14-21
We Got the Right Spic: Innocent Man Who Spent Year in Rikers to Sue City

The Guardian:

We didn't ask permission: behind an explosive NYPD documentary
Traffic cop sues city over ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ cards for NYPD friends and family

High Times:

EMT Plans To Sue New York City Over His Right To Use Medical Marijuana

Hollywood Reporter:

Documentary Crime + Punishment Review

HuffPost:

NYPD Announced Internal Review After Black Man’s Violent Arrest. 3 Months Later, Silence.

Law 360:

Fired Analyst Sues Manhattan DA's Office For Racial Bias
Former Rikers K-9 Handler Brings Bias, Retaliation Suit

NBC News:

Major U.S. police departments plagued by officer-on-officer sexual abuse and retaliation
Two more lawsuits filed against NYPD captain accused of abusing female employees

NBC NY:

Man Charged With Gun Crime Claims Feds Botched Case
I-Team: Man Wrongfully Imprisoned on Murder Charge Reaches $800,000 Settlement With New York City
Bronx Man Files Multi-Million-Dollar Notice of Claim Over January Police Incident
NYPD 12 interview featuring twelve minority NYPD officers suing the department over discriminatory policies
NYPD Officers Claim Racial Quotas for Arrests Exist
I-Team: Bronx Precinct Cops Probed Over Abuse Allegations
I-Team: Some Officers Claim NYPD Still Has Quotas, But Department Disagrees
I-Team: NYPD Detective Files Bias, Retaliation Complaint Over Alleged Quotas
I-Team: More NYPD Officers Say There’s Proof of Quota-Driven Arrests
NYPD Still Enforces Illegal Quota System, Minority Officers Allege in Lawsuit
NYPD Officer Accused of Violent Arrest Says He Wasn't at the Scene
Former NYPD Lt. Wins Retaliation Case – NBC New York
NYPD Under Fire For Alleged ‘Secret Subpoenas' Issued to Investigate Cops, Civilians
Former Jail Warden Suing NYC, Says She Was Discriminated Against For Getting COVID

New York Daily News:

Shocking claims of racism, other misonduct by high-ranking NYPD cops emerge in ‘collar quotas’ case
City lawyers on NYPD quotas case can’t be trusted to turn over damaging evidence, attorney says
Ex-cop details NYPD ‘collar quotas’ — arrest black and Hispanic men, ‘no cuffs on soft targets’ of Jews, Asians, whites: court docs
Cop who blew whistle on arrest quotas felt ‘threatened’ by then-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton: court docs
Bronx high school student killed herself after bullies tormented her and school officials turned their backs: lawsuit
Stop-and-frisk trial: Cop's secret tape reveals boss ordered him to target blacks males ages 14 to 21
Man who spent two years in Rikers files $20M notice of claim against city for wrongful prosecution
NYPD, NYC Law Department destroyed cop’s notes on alleged racist arrest quota system, judge rules
Brooklyn cop claims he was punished for not meeting NYPD quotas, refusing to take responsibility for controversial arrest in which he wasn’t involved
Retired cop sues claiming NYPD improperly obtained his phone records
Former city Health and Hospitals secretary sues over repeated sexual harassment by not-so-knightly boss
Iraq and Afghanistan vet says frat-house sexism of Manhattan police command hurts her NYPD career
Recently retired cop claims NYPD forced him out for legally using medical marijuana
Demotion of NYPD detective, son of top police union official, sparks legal battle with the department
NY Detective Union Misconduct Demotion
NYC pols, lawyers call for deeper probe into racist rants allegedly made by NYPD anti-harass honcho
‘The Fire Department is living in a bubble’: EMT sues over FDNY’s opposition to his medical marijuana prescription for painful ailment
Elite K-9 sits at home in retaliation for NYC correction officer’s sexual harassment claim: suit
Former investigator for Manhattan DA was called ‘monkey’ at work, passed over for promotions as white colleagues ascended: lawsuit
NYPD captain claims her discrimination and harassment complaint was buried by inspector: suit
Ex-NYPD cop gets $872K for discrimination allegations - New York Daily News
MTA worker plans $5M suit over denial of medical marijuana, says agency forced him into drug rehab classes
Four NYPD officers say in new affidavits that arrest quota system targeted Black and Latino New Yorkers
Lawsuit raises questions about top brass handling of NYPD officer’s Internal Affairs Bureau complaint
Mayoral candidate Eric Adams agreed to testify on behalf of NYPD whistleblower claiming race-based arrest quotas
NYPD cop alleges bullying, abuse in Times Square command
NYC woman, 81, sexually abused in nursing home
NYPD captain gets $800K sex harass settlement
NYC correction officer claims pressure to return to Rikers after inmate assault
Queens COVID vaccine site gave patients diluted doses: suit
NYPD detective who fought to get his old job back urges probe of Internal Affairs
Ex-NYPD cop gets $872K for discrimination allegations
NYPD accused of citing sealed arrest in forcing cop to quit
Buzzkill! NYPD will continue current marijuana testing protocols
NYPD detective who fought to get his old job back urges probe of Internal Affairs
Retired police captain sues NYPD, claiming bias against Asians
NYPD lieutenant faces charges he manipulated probe of young detective in vendetta against police union honcho
NYPD chief detective James Essig out in top police brass shuffle
Veteran NYPD misconduct lawyer files lawsuit alleging discrimination, retaliation
Police lieutenant charged with sexually assaulting NYPD worker after she ended their affair
NYC police courtesy cards' use to escape traffic stops bared in suit

New York Times:

Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone
NYPD Lieutenant suffering race discrimination, retaliation and first amendment retaliation
Documentary Crime + Punishment Review
In the Case of the Dead Dog, Police Say They ‘May Have Dropped the Ball’

The New Yorker:

An NYPD Sergeant Blows the Whistle on Quotas

News 12:

Bronx DA to dismiss charges against man in murder case

Newsday:

Nicholas Aponte lawsuit: Medical marijuana text message led to lost job, prospects

Newsweek:

White Police Supervisor Allegedly Pressured Minority Cops to 'Take People's Freedom'

NY1:

Sergeant Says NYPD is Refusing to Promote Him Because of His Criticism of the Department
Lawsuit Accuses NYPD of Using Warrant-Less Subpoenas to Investigative Officers
Agente de policía hispano demanda al NYPD por dis­crim­inación

NY Magazine:

Officer Serrano’s Hidden Camera

NY Post:

Police Officer client sues NYPD for racial discrimination and retaliation
NYPD veteran shunned over mental health issues to sue NYPD for $1M
Parents sue city, DOE after Bronx teen ‘bullied into sex’ jumps off building
Sea Gate cop pulls gun on NYPD officer more than a mile from the seaside community: suit
NYPD destroyed cop’s memo book with racist quotas, judge rules
Muslim cop plans to sue NYPD for $5M after alleged discrimination
NYPD has pattern of using ‘fraudulent’ subpoenas to get what it wants: suit
NYPD veteran with 9/11 illness claims she was ‘treated like crap’ by medical division
NYC hospitals honcho made worker watch porn, commented that her ‘butt spreads’
NYPD captain to sue department for $5M over alleged sexual harassment
Cop forced out of NYPD over medical marijuana prescription, lawsuit claims
Whistle-blowing NYPD cop sues city over mental-health ‘stigma’
Injured NYPD cop forced to work through pain, lawsuit claims
How the NYPD obtains people’s personal data with no oversight
High-ranking NYPD cop accused of online harassment buried complaints: suit
NYPD cop ridiculed by supervisor after police dog hit by car, notice says
Whistle-blowing NYPD cop sues city over mental-health ‘stigma’
Bullied ex-cop settles lawsuit against NYPD for $250K
Hispanic ex-DA employee says he was fired for complaining about being called ‘monkey’: suit
Ex-NYPD officer's lawsuit could affect 'rape cops' ruling: attorneys
NYPD bosses 'cursed' at cop who wanted to mask up: lawsuit
Cop hit by stray bullet at NYPD firing range plans to sue for $5M
Police Officer unlawfully terminated Challenges NYPD trial room in Court
MTA worker demoted, forced into counseling over legal medical marijuana use: suit
NYPD cop forced to retire on false claims she's suicidal: suit
Retired female cop sues NYPD in gender discrimination suit
Whistleblowing cop asks Mayor Adams to probe NYPD's Internal Affairs
NYPD doc slammed detective suffering long COVID as a liar
Top NYC cop at center of love triangle gave precinct girlfriends cushy posts: lawsuit
NYPD boss Widler Lucas indicted over sexual assault allegations of underling
Warrant issued for alleged thief who socked Walgreens guard
Second cancer-stricken NYPD cop claims doc 'harassed' her
NYPD doctor allegedly 'bullied' cancer-stricken cop off force: suit
NYPD doctor bullied cop for taking sick time for work injury
Walgreens guard arrested for stopping shoplifter to sue PAPD
NYPD doc facing another suit after forcing cop with heart monitor back to work
NY park ranger loses job, denied law enforcement positions over pot text
NYPD cop claims accused racist supervisor refused to promote him: lawsuit
NYPD cop says boss asked her for sex while wearing sex toy: suit
White NYC detective was targeted because of race: suit

NYPD Confidential:

NYPD Sergeant client sues NYPD for race and disability discrimination and retaliation

Patch:

Park Slope Precinct Plagued By Discrimination: Lawsuit

PBS NewsHour:

NYPD officer cites ‘courtesy cards’ as a source of widespread corruption

Pix 11:

Hispanic client falsely arrested by NYPD and Federal ATF agents and forced to spend 6 months in jail for a crime he did not committ
Minister client brutalized and falsely arrested while visiting son at Riker’s Island
Underage client beaten on video by Peace Officer
South Bronx residents say detective terrorized neighborhood
Witnesses, legal team lead police to 2 gang leaders suspected in slaying, so why are there no arrests?

ProPublica:

Over a Dozen Black and Latino Men Accused a Cop of Humiliating, Invasive Strip Searches. The NYPD Kept Promoting Him.

Rolling Stone:

Sergeant Faced Retaliation for Accusing Cops of Getting Drunk at EZoo

SI Live:

Staten Island NYPD officer alleges he was punished for refusing to honor ‘courtesy cards’

The City:

NYPD Has Not Reviewed Cases of Racist Misogynistic Inspector Two Years After Firing

US News:

NYPD Officer Cites 'Courtesy Cards,' Used by Friends and Family of Cops, as Source of Corruption

Vice:

Infamous NYPD Transit Cop Gives Secret Testimony About Racist Policing Practices

Washington Post:

‘Crime + Punishment’ takes a sobering look at the state of modern urban policing
NYPD officer is sued over 'courtesy cards' issued by police associations

Yahoo.com:

Ex-NYPD lieutenant awarded $872,000 for retaliation at Manhattan precinct
Married NYPD boss arrested after heinous sex assault claims by worker
Retired Asian captains sue NYPD over alleged promotion bias
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