GARRET DEREUS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER, EXPERIENCED FEDERAL LITIGATOR, AND PHOTOGRAPHER.
LEGAL BIO: MR. DEREUS HAS HANDLED HUNDREDS OF A CIVIL CASES IN LOUISIANA AND OTHER STATES. MR. DEREUS’ PRACTICE COVERS DISABILITY RIGHTS, PRISONER RIGHTS, FIRST AMENDMENT, DISCRIMINATION BY UNIVERSITIES AND LICENSURE BOARDS, AND WRONGFUL DEATH. MR. DEREUS IS ALSO ADEPT AT HANDLING PERSONAL INJURY CASES.
MR. DEREUS’ PASSION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS STARTED WHEN HE WAS IN LAW SCHOOL AT TULANE LAW SCHOOL WHEN HE WORKED AT THE LOUISIANA FAIR HOUSING ACTION CENTER (FORMERLY THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FAIR HOUSING ACTION CENTER). AFTER GRADUATING FROM TULANE LAW SCHOOL, MR. DEREUS STARTED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE HANDLING DISABILITY RIGHTS CASES.
PHOTOGRAPHY BIO: MR. DEREUS IS ALSO AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER, WITH AN INTEREST IN POP ART, ABSTRACT IMAGE MODIFICATION, AND COLOR MANIPULATION. WITH A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE POP ART MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S, MR. DEREUS REIMAGINES HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND EVERYDAY OBJECTS HE PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGH EXTREME DIGITAL MANIPULATION. HIS WORK, CHARACTERIZED BY BOLD COLOR MANIPULATIONS AND REPETITIVE PATTERNS, TRANSFORMS EVERYDAY SUBJECTS INTO UNIQUE COMPOSITIONS.