{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Secrecy and Transparency in Civil Litigation","provider_url":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/secrecy-transparency-2026","author_name":"jcarian","author_url":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/secrecy-transparency-2026\/author\/jcarian\/","title":"Alphonse Gerhardstein - Secrecy and Transparency in Civil Litigation","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hn0bcIW6nL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/secrecy-transparency-2026\/speakers\/alphonse-gerhardstein\/\">Alphonse Gerhardstein<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/secrecy-transparency-2026\/speakers\/alphonse-gerhardstein\/embed\/#?secret=Hn0bcIW6nL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Alphonse Gerhardstein&#8221; &#8212; Secrecy and Transparency in Civil Litigation\" data-secret=\"Hn0bcIW6nL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/secrecy-transparency-2026\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/secrecy-transparency-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2026\/03\/Gerhardstein-1-scaled-e1773947835627.jpg","thumbnail_width":1707,"thumbnail_height":1707,"description":"Alphonse\u00a0A. Gerhardstein\u00a0is a partner in the civil rights firm of Friedman, Gilbert +Gerhardstein.\u00a0https:\/\/www.fggfirm.com\/al-gerhardstein. \u00a0For more than 48 years he has litigated civil rights issues including police misconduct, race, sex, sexual orientation and disability discrimination, prisoner rights, voting rights,\u00a0and reproductive health issues.\u00a0For three decades he represented abortion providers in Ohio. He was counsel of record in\u00a0Obergefell [&hellip;]"}