Civil Rights

We represent clients in cases involving fundamental issues of human rights and freedoms protected by the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Our experience extends to Constitutional issues involving:

Affirmative action
Employment discrimination
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Housing discrimination
Lending discrimination
Prisoner rights
Privacy rights
Public accommodation discrimination
Publicity rights
Racial and national origin discrimination
Voting rights

Our firm also routinely handles complex claims of civil rights violations against counties, municipalities, and public officials under Sections 1981, 1983, and 1985; and the implementing statutes of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. We represent clients who believe they have been victims of:

Police misconduct
False arrest and imprisonment
Excessive force / police brutality
Malicious prosecution
Unlawful searches and seizures