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Sarah Grady joined Loevy & Loevy in 2013. She leads Loevy & Loevy’s Prisoners’ Rights Project.. Sarah graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law in 2012. At Northwestern, she worked on civil rights cases with the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in the Bluhm Legal Clinic, served on the board of the Public Interest Law Group and the American Constitution Society, and received Northwestern’s annual Public Service Award for her commitment to serving the public interest in her legal work. Sarah also served as the Managing Articles Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology and was awarded the Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Legal Writing for her article on felon disenfranchisement.. While in law school, Sarah worked for the Southern Center for Human Rights. There she worked on the appeal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which the court subsequently granted. She also participated in drafting an amicus brief opposing Georgia’s Illegal Immigration and Reform Act of 2011.. Following law school, Sarah served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.. Sarah’s practice focuses on protecting the constitutional rights of detainees in jails and prisons across the United States.

Ms. Tsai is devoted to defending individuals’ constitutional rights and handles civil rights cases involving wrongful convictions, police brutality, and illegal searches. She also litigates class actions on behalf of people whose rights were violated while detained at various police stations and county jails throughout the country. Ms. Tsai is experienced in all phases of litigation, and has won many motion hearings and successfully obtained favorable verdicts and settlements on behalf of her clients.. Ms. Tsai graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2007 with dual graduate degrees in law (J.D.) and business administration (M.B.A.). During law school, she served as Executive Editor of the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, and represented the school in the regional and national Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition. She also served as an officer of the school’s chapter of Phi Delta Phi and the Asian Pacific American Law School Association, and was an active member of the Public Interest Law Society. Prior to law school, Ms. Tsai worked in the advertising industry in Chicago.

Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is the founder and principal of Mudd Law.  Over the last twenty years, Mr. Mudd has developed a broad-based practice representing local, national, and international clientele in diverse litigation and transactional matters.  Of particular relevance, Mr. Mudd has become internationally known on issues of space law and policy as well as diverse areas of Internet law.  He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the United States, taught at colleges and universities, and appeared in national media.. Over the last few years, Charles expanded the firm's practice into the commercial space industry.  Beyond providing general business representation to clients in the space sector, Charles and his firm provide nuanced representation on issues such as esport control (ITAR and EAR), regulatory compliance and licensing (FAA, FCC, and NOAA), and distinct  space applications.  More broadly, Charles invests a significant amount of his time to the development of sound space law and policy. He has attended and spoken at United Nations conferences on space law and policy as well as provided testimony before federal regulators.  He regularly speaks on space law issues across the United States in a variety of settings (of late, most in a virtual format).  Charles holds memberships in the American Astronomical Society, AIAA, and IEEE. He serves on the Board of Directors for NewSpace Chicago.. Mr. Mudd is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut and Utah.  He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits.  He is also admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Indiana, Central District of Utah, Central District of Michigan, Northern District of Florida, and the District of Colorado.. Apart from practicing law, Charles has been an active member of the legal community. For more than twenty-five years, he has been a member of the International Technology Law Association ("ITechLaw"). He recently completed a six-yar tenure on ITechLaw's Biard of Directors.  He also served as long-standing member of the Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section. More recently, ge became admitted to the International Institute of Space Law.  He also enjoys membership in the European Centre for Space Law.. Charles also has participated in his local business community by serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Northcenter Chamber of Commerce and as a Member of the Kedzie-Elston Business and Industrial Council.  He also served as Cubmaster for a local Cub Scout Pack and as President of the Parent Council for the local middle school.. Among his hobbies and interests, Charles has a passion for astronomy, astrophysics, coding, and genealogical research.

Arthur Loevy graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1963, and has been a member of the Illinois bar continuously for more than forty years. He began his legal career practicing labor law until 1970 when he became an elected officer of a trade union, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (“ACTWU”). Arthur proceeded to serve in various elected capacities for trade unions, including International Executive Vice President of ACTWU, International Secretary-Treasurer of ACTWU, and, most recently International Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of Needle-Trades Industrial and Textile Employees (U.N.I.T.E.).. Arthur Loevy has also served as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Bank of New York (1990-98), the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee of various Taft-Hartley insurance and trust funds for almost twenty years, the President of the Amalgamated Housing Foundation (1974-98), and the President of the Sidney Hillman Health Center in Chicago (1980-98).. Since January 1, 1997, Arthur Loevy has resumed the practice of law on a full-time basis. In 1998, he joined the law firm started by his son, Jon Loevy, and has practiced here ever since.

Experienced Civil attorney serving clients in Chicago and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil attorney serving clients in Chicago and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil attorney serving clients in Chicago and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil attorney serving clients in Chicago and surrounding areas.