Top Civil Rights Lawyers in CHICAGO | 47 available

Firm: Law Office of Adele D Nicholas

5707 W Goodman St. , Chicago , Illinois 60630

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Barney & Hourihane, LLP

53 W Jackson Blvd Ste 1215 , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Appeals, Civil Rights, Civil Rights

Ian M. Barney is a founding partner of Barney Hammond LLP and is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Illinois. He has successfully represented clients both at trial and on appeal and has extensive experience representing individuals in a variety of cases. He has participated in many cases of note and was named a Super Lawyer by the prestiguous Super Lawyers publication. He has obtained landmark judgments and settlements for clients in civil rights and personal injury cases, including a $10 million judgment in a sexual abuse case, $5.75 million for a wrongful conviction, and $2.75 million in a police shooting death case.

Firm: Miner, Barnhill and Galland, P.C.

14 West Erie Street , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Corporate ,Health Care & Hospitalization

Firm: Jeffrey B. Granich

53 W Jackson Boulevard   840  60 , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Criminal Defense ,Drug Crimes,Felonies,Police Misconduct

Firm: Samuels & Associates, Ltd.

53 West Jackson Blvd. , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Jeanette “Sam” Samuels has a proven track record of fighting for justice.  A distinguished trial attorney, Sam has achieved a remarkable degree of success in state and federal courtrooms throughout the midwest.. As a first year associate, Sam was part of the litigation team that settled a case with the City of Chicago for $650 thousand, vindicating the rights of a family who had been harassed and mistreated by several members of the police department. Months later, Sam’s team settled another case for $100 thousand with the City of Chicago on behalf of a client who had been falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted when police officers claimed the salt rocks they found in the cuffs of his pants was methamphetamine. Since becoming licensed, Sam’s practice has focused almost exclusively on enforcing individual liberties, with a special emphasis on civil rights and police misconduct. Aware that discrimination permeates all areas of the law, Sam expanded her practice to represent criminal defendants. As the intersection between civil rights and sports has peaked, Sam’s team now works proactively to represent the interests of athletes by providing legal representation to emerging players, competitors, and coaches.. With the support of community leaders and friends, Sam founded Samuels & Associates, Ltd., to provide affordable, quality legal representation to Chicago’s underserved industries and communities. She was a member of Executive Board for the Cook County Bar Association, is on the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Chicago, and provides pro bono legal advice to various Chicago-area community organizations and associations.. When not working, Sam regularly speaks to students and community organizations on a number of topics, including civil rights, voting, and the importance of social advocacy.

Firm: Janaan Hashim

161 N. Clark St. , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Janaan brings nearly 15 years of experience in the areas of criminal defense and civil rights law.  Janaan's civil rights work focuses on protecting constitutional and statutorily protected rights ranging from First Amendment law to Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act and its federal counterpart, the Rehabiliatation Act section 504.  In criminal defense, after working in the trial court and appellate levels, she now specifically focuses on helping people with criminal records use the tools available to remove those records of the past to help them meet their future goals.. Among the most consistent compliments Janaan receives are on her ability to explain legal concepts to her clients, her excellent communications with clients, and her legal acumen to reach her clients' goals.

300 South Wacker Drive 3400 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Education ,Labor

Firm: James D. Montgomery and Associates, Ltd.

One North LaSalle Street   2450   , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Criminal Defense ,Medical Malpractice,Municipal ,Personal Injury

222 North La Salle Street   300   , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Class Actions,Constitutional ,Corporate ,Municipal

Firm: Pedersen and Weinstein LLP

West Washington Street , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation,Civil Rights,Contracts,Corporate ,Discrimination,Sexual Harassment

Firm: Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP

One North Lasalle Street Suite 2000 , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Antitrust & Trade Law

Firm: Miller Shakman and Beem LLP

3600   180 North La Salle Street , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Business Formation,Civil Rights,Corporate ,Health Care & Hospitalization,Legal Malpractice

Firm: Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP

222 North La Salle Street   300   , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Medical Malpractice,Municipal ,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate

The Transportation Building   203 North La Salle S , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Contracts,Corporate ,Criminal Defense ,Estate ,Estate Planning,Guardianship and Conservatorship,Leases and Leasing,Probate ,Trusts,Wills

Firm: Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd.

515 North State Street   2800  60 , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Corporate ,Labor

Firm: Leahy Eisenberg & Fraenkel, Ltd

33 W. Monroe , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Insurance , Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Litigation

Firm: Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC

20 S. Clark Street, Suite 1500 , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Communications & Media , Consumer Protection, Insurance , Real Estate , Securities , Toxic Substances, Debt Collection

Daniel A. Edelman is a member  of the firm of Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC.  He is a 1976 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.  From 1976 to 1981 he was an associate at the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis.   In 1981 he became an associate at Reuben & Proctor and was made a partner there in 1982.  From the end of 1985 he has been in private practice in downtown Chicago.  Virtually all of his 14-attorney firm’s practice involves litigation on behalf of consumers, including individual and class actions under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and Truth in Lending Act, and debt collection defense.  Mr. Edelman argued for the consumer in Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291 (1995), establishing  FDCPA coverage of attorneys.. Mr. Edelman is the author or coauthor of numerous publications on class actions and consumer protection law, including Predatory Mortgage Lending (Ill. Inst. for Cont. Legal. Educ. 2008), author of Chapter 6, “Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions,” in Real Estate Litigation (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal Educ. 2008), Chapter 4-1, “Truth in Lending Act,” in Illinois Causes of Action (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal Educ. 2008), Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions, ch. 6 of Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Practice (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal );  Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions, ch. 5 of Real Estate Litigation (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal ); Illinois Consumer Law, in Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and Related Areas Update (Chicago Bar Ass’n 2002); Predatory Lending Litigation in Illinois (2001); Consumer Class Action Manual (2d-5th editions), National Consumer Law Center 1990-2002; Payday Loans:  Big Interest Rates and Little Regulation, 11 L.Rptr. 14 (1999); Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Update --  1999, Chicago Bar Ass’n 1999; An Overview of The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, in Financial Services Litigation, Practicing Law Institute (1999); Consumer Fraud and Insurance Claims, in Bad Faith and Extracontractual Damage Claims in Insurance Litigation, Chicago Bar Ass'n 1992; Chapter 8, "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," Ohio Consumer Law (1995 ed.); Fair Debt Collection:  The Need for Private Enforcement, 7 L.Rptr. 89 (1995); The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  Recent Developments, 8 L. Rptr. 303 (1996); Residential Mortgage Litigation, in Financial Services Litigation, Practicing Law Institute (1996); Automobile Leasing:  Problems and Solutions, 7 L.Rptr. 14 (1994); Current Trends in Residential Mortgage Litigation, 12 Rev. of Banking & Financial Services 71 (1996); Applicability of Illinois Consumer Fraud Act in Favor of Out-of-State Consumers, 8 L.Rptr. 27 (1996); Illinois Consumer Law (Chicago Bar Ass'n 1996).  He has testified before the Federal Trade Commission and legislative committees on consumer related issues.. Mr. Edelman is licensed in Illinois state court and in all federal courts in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan, as well as others.

Firm: FirmEquity

444 North Wabash , Chicago , Illinois 60611

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998, with a B.A. in Sociology, (with high honors in the major); Behavioral Science and Law, (with honors in the major); and a Certificate in Integrated Liberal Studies. After graduating from college, I stayed in Madison, where I served as a public school teacher for students with profound disabilities. After teaching for three years, I decided to pursue law school to address many of the social issues I observed as an educator. In 2004 was awarded a law degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law, with a Certificate in Civil Litigation.. During law school, I was a student mentor in Big Buddies, where I mentored and tutored a middle school student from East Cleveland and was also an instructor for the Street Law Program. I served as a clinical intern with the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. During the summers of 2002 and 2003, I was a legal extern for the U.S. Department of Education in the Office for Civil Rights. In my final year of law school, I was a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge John M. Manos in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. I was also president of the Jewish Law Students Association and a Trustee on the Board of Trustees for the Hillel Foundation of Case Western Reserve University.. After becoming licensed, I began my legal career as an Assistant Public Guardian for Cook County, where I represented abused and neglected minors in Circuit Court. In 2007, I transitioned into the private sector and worked for a boutique employment law litigation firm in Chicago. I represented clients in state and federal court, the EEOC, the Illinois Court of Claims, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Human Rights Commission, and the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. I also worked on a number of large commercial litigation cases. In 2012, Billy and I formed FirmEquity.. I am a pro bono attorney for Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,The Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law, and serve on the board of Keshet, an organization devoted to providing recreational and educational opportunities for children with developmental disabilities.

300 South Wacker Drive 3400 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Education ,Labor

Firm: Deutsch Levy & Engel Chartered

225 West Washington Street Suite 1700 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Corporate , Intellectual Property , Intellectual Property