Top Civil Rights Lawyers in MEMPHIS | 5 available

Firm: Law Office of Andrew C. Clarke

6250 Poplar Avenue , Memphis , Tennessee 38119

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Constitutional , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Police Misconduct, Workers Compensation, Car Accidents

Injury lawyer representing victims of negligence and misconduct for over 25 years.  Licened in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.  Specializing in car wrecks, trucking litigation, worker's compensation, employment law and police misconduct.

Firm: Donati Law

1545 UNION AVE , MEMPHIS , Tennessee 38104

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Brice Timmons divides his practice primarily between the areas of Civil Rights and Education Law.. Mr. Timmons represents plaintiffs in numerous types of civil rights suits against jails, prisons, police, and private prison contractors. Mr. Timmons has obtained substantial settlements for clients due to false arrest, false imprisonment, and poor medical care while incarcerated. He is especially interested in cases involving so-called “mistaken-identity” arrests and refusing to provide medical care to inmates. He has represented clients in other types of cases brought under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act.. Mr. Timmons represents children in suits for civil rights violations arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and other civil rights statutes. In addition, he has represented both adults and minors with mental and emotional disabilities against their caregivers. While children are a vulnerable population, disabled children outside of their parents’ care are especially vulnerable to civil rights violations, malpractice, and neglect and abuse. Mr. Timmons has represented such children in unique and extreme cases including suits involving group homes, intermediate care facilities, schools, and so-called “troubled teen industry” facilities.. He is one of only a handful of attorneys to have obtained injunctive relief barring the expulsion of a college student accused of sexual misconduct under Title IX, successfully arguing that the school denied the student due process. Mr. Timmons represents students and advises families in addressing all manner of student discipline cases including sexual misconduct. He also represents students who are survivors of sexual assault and harassment as well as other forms of discrimination in suits against K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.. Mr. Timmons received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Memphis. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Mr. Timmons has served as a member of the Graduate Faculty of the Department of Political Science at the University of Memphis. He is a member of the Memphis Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and American Bar Association. He currently serves as the chair of the Shelby County Veterans Court Foundation – an organization devoted to giving veterans a path out of the criminal justice system and a second chance.. Mr. Timmons served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States Army. He focuses his pro bono practice on helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault as well as on jail and prison conditions reform.

Firm: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

165 Madison Ave Ste 2000 , Memphis , Tennessee 38103

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Health Care & Hospitalization, Land Use & Zoning, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Civil Rights

40 S Main St Ste 1700 , Memphis , Tennessee 38103

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Practicing law since 1993, Howard Manis is the Managing Partner at The Cochran Firm Mid-South bringing with him over twenty five years of litigation experience in courtrooms throughout the south. Mr. Manis serves as a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee for the past two decades. Howard Manis is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Arkansas & Mississippi and has a significant federal court practice handling both civil and criminal matters.. During his over two decades of practice, Mr. Manis has handled his fair share of high profile matters. These matters include a high school student who was discriminated against due to his sexual orientation, a local cotton gin employee who faced racial discrimination, the family of a man gunned down by a business owner for shoplifting, hundreds of families in the Galilee Cemetery tragedy, children on the Chattanooga bus accident, numerous citizens and families whose civil rights were violated by police misconduct a hundreds of others in need of a dedicated justice fighter. Howard Manis does not back away from a fight and always puts his clients first.. Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Mr. Manis is a graduate of Germantown High School. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Risk Management and Estate Planning, he went on to earn his Juris Doctor (J.D.) at the University of Memphis.

Firm: Rosenblum & Reisman, P.C.

6070 Poplar Avenue , Memphis , Tennessee 38119

Practice Areas: Appellate Practice, Civil Rights, Family Law, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Torts