Civil Rights and Constitutional Law

In representing our public sector clients, including railroads, cities and municipalities, and public and law enforcement officials, our attorneys are often required to defend claims alleging violations of state and federal civil and constitutional rights, including Section 1983 and Bivens claims against law enforcement officers and other state and federal actors.

The Firm's attorneys have successfully defended our clients in actions asserting civil rights violations arising from of multitude of scenarios, including denial of zoning and land use approvals, implementation of employee drug testing and search polices, law enforcement actions and disability discrimination claims. We have also successfully defended civil rights claims asserted in "predatory lending" litigation under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Housing Act, the Truth In Lending Act, and the Real Estate Settlement Practices Act. Likewise, we have succeeded in representing our clients in cases alleging constitutional violations in the areas of substantive and procedural due process, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, search and seizure and discrimination in the areas of employment and public bidding. We also have extensively litigated constitutional defenses available to our clients, such as sovereign immunity and qualified immunity.