Notably, he represented the family of Amadou Diallo in a case that spurred reform of the New York City Police Department.

[2] Anthony Gair represented the mother of Amadou Diallo, who was shot 41 times by officers of the New York Police Department's Street Crimes Unit.

[3][4] The financial calculation for remuneration of Diallo's death would be complicated: He had no wife nor any children; he was killed instantly (and thus ineligible for pain and suffering compensation); lastly, he was a street vendor earning $10,000 a year.

[5] But the city was eager to dispense with the high-profile case, which had inspired protests led by Al Sharpton.

Along with the rape of Abner Louima, the Amadou Diallo case came to symbolize a police department in need of reform.

Judge Lee Holzman held that Gair's counsel would be lead, which would put him in a more lucrative position relative to the other firms.

Neither the NYPD nor the city admitted any wrongdoing, but they expressed with deep "regret what occurred and extend [our] sympathies to the Diallo family.

She was President of the New York Women's Bar Association, and remained counsel to the firm past 90 years of age.