Zenia Sanchez Fuentes

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Education

J.D., George Washington University Law School

B.A., Texas A&M University

Admissions

District of Columbia

Maryland

U.S. District Court: District of Columbia

U.S. Court of Appeals: District of Columbia Circuit

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(202) 204-8484

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Zenia Sanchez Fuentes litigates civil rights class actions in the federal courts. She has developed expertise in the rights of Medicaid recipients and applicants and the provision of special education in the correctional setting.

Representative Cases

Ms. Sanchez is class counsel in Salazar v. District of Columbia., D.D.C., Civil Action No. 93-452 (TSC), a complex suit related to the District of Columbia’s widespread failures in its Medicaid program, including failing to timely process Medicaid applications, terminating benefits without advanced notice, and denying children and adolescents under 21 years old the full scope of benefits to which they are entitled under the Early and Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment provision of the Medicaid Act. Ms. Sanchez represents the plaintiff class in monitoring the District of Columbia’s compliance with the settlement and has litigated numerous motions and several appeals related to the consent decree. She also represents individuals in their Medicaid claims before the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. More information related to Salazar is available here.

Ms. Sanchez is also class counsel in Charles H. v. District of Columbia, D.D.C., Civil Action No. 21-00997 (CJN). Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in April 2021 to challenge the District of Columbia’s failure to provide special education and related services to students at the DC Jail during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through Ms. Sanchez’s work, the plaintiff class obtained significant relief. In June 2021, Plaintiffs won a preliminary injunction that requires the District to provide the Plaintiffs with their needed education and related services. In February 2022, Plaintiffs successfully argued that the District be held in contempt for its non-compliance with the Court’s preliminary injunction. Ms. Sanchez drafted the briefs in support of the preliminary injunction and opposing two motions to dismiss. More information about this case is available here.

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Ms. Sanchez earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas A&M University in 1997 and graduated from George Washington University Law School in 2005. Before law school, Ms. Sanchez worked for several years as a management consultant. She joined Terris, Pravlik & Millian as an associate in 2005 and became a partner in 2013.