David J. Cynamon, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop in Washington, DC, represents the four remaining Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including Fawzi Al-Odah, the lead named plaintiff in Al Odah v. United States. A senior litigator with more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Cynamon currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. In the past, he has co-chaired the Committee's Board.

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Restore Habeas Corpus

Posted December 3, 2007 | 08:16 PM (EST)


On December 5, 2007, the Supreme Court will begin to consider rectifying an injustice that has persisted for almost six years. The court will hear oral arguments in two cases, Al Odah v. United States and Boumediene v. Bush, and will decide later this term whether the men imprisoned at...

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