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City Rescinds Special Needs Student’s Award for Designing City Sticker

Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Police Officers 06/13/2018bhorwitz

In 2012, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm represented a special needs student after the City of Chicago rescinded his award for winning the annual design contest for the City’s new city sticker. According to CBS News, the contest originated in 1995. Students across Chicagoland would enter artwork ...

Men Unlawfully Detained at Homan Square

Civil Rights, Complex Litigation, Police Misconduct, Police Officers 06/13/2018bhorwitz

In 2015, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of several men who were abused and illegally detained by Chicago police officers at the Chicago Police Department’s notorious Homan Square blacksite. As originally reported by The Guardian, the lawsuit alleged ...

Drowning in Blue Island Public Pool

Civil Rights, Complex Litigation, Criminal Law 06/13/2018bhorwitz

In 2010, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm represented Carlos Salgado’s estate in a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Blue Island and its park district president after Mr. Salgado drowned during an after-hours party organized by Blue Island Park District officials. According to the Chicago ...

Case Proceeds Against V.A. Officer for Road Rage Incident

Civil Rights, Police Officers 06/13/2018bhorwitz

In 2018, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm won a victory in federal court when a federal judge determined that a case could move forward against a U.S. Veterans Affair police officer for violating Angel Marquez’s constitutional rights. As described by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, the lawsuit ...

7th Circuit Reverses: Wrongfully Convicted Man Can Sue

Civil Rights 04/18/2018bhorwitz

In 2019, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a reversal from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for client Walter Goudy, a man suing investigators and prosecutors after spending 16 years behind bars for a wrongful murder conviction. As originally reported on in the Herald Bulletin, Mr. Goudy ...

Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Police Officers 03/28/2018bhorwitz

In 2015, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Jackie Pazera against the College of DuPage and two campus police officers for violating Ms. Pazera’s civil rights by using excessive force and falsely imprisoning her when she was a student at the college. The case ...

Settlement Reached with Schaumburg for Actions of Corrupt Cops

Civil Rights, Police Officers 03/27/2018bhorwitz

In 2015, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a $30,000 settlement for three clients, the Abel family, who were victims to a group of corrupt Schaumburg police officers. According to the American Bar Association Journal, this was the 10th lawsuit the Village of Schaumburg has settled since the ...

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