Category: Civil Rights

If you were the victim of an unlawful arrest, you might be able to use false arrest as a defense in your criminal case. You might also be able to pursue financial compensation for the police misconduct. False arrest cases are challenging, and not to be handled as a...

You might wonder whether it is worth it to file a civil rights lawsuit if an employer or someone working for the government violated your civil rights. Will they merely get a reprimand, or will the court make it financially worth your while to hire a lawyer to take action on your...

Yes, you can sue DCFS in Illinois, but it will not be easy. The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) can get sued for abuse, gross negligence, or a violation of civil rights. Because these cases are so difficult, you will want to talk to a Chicago civil rights attorney...

If someone violated your civil liberties, a civil rights lawyer could advocate on your behalf. It can be challenging to know if you have a civil rights violation, but a Chicago civil rights attorney can talk to you and determine whether you might qualify to take legal action because of the...

Federal and state laws protect workers from getting discriminated against by employers based on their disabilities. Nonetheless, disability discrimination still happens in the workplace.  If you think that you were treated unfairly on the job because of your disability, you might want to talk to Chicago civil rights...

No one wants to believe that our justice system fails innocent people. However, wrongful convictions happen at an alarming rate. The rate of wrongful convictions could be as high as ten percent in the United States. Therefore, thousands of people who do not belong there could be in...

Getting wrongfully accused of and prosecuted for a crime can cost you your reputation, your career, and thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend yourself. If the police and prosecutors misuse their authority intentionally, they might get sued for malicious prosecution. It is an uphill battle to prove...

The case of State v. Steele centered on the Fourth Amendment implications involved in the determination of whether a driver is “seized” when an officer in a marked police cruiser tails the driver’s car at 3 a.m., follows the car into an empty parking lot and hails the driver down by using...

We have specific civil rights guaranteed to us by the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Understanding those civil rights can mean the difference between freedom and prison. It can mean the difference between keeping your property and having it seized by the government. An essential element...