In 1999, attorney Blake Horwitz won a verdict from a federal jury awarding Joseph Regalado $28 million for debilitating injuries he suffered from Chicago police officers—this was and remains the largest verdict ever obtained against the City of Chicago for police brutality and excessive force. ...
In 2017, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a $1.6 million verdict and eventual settlement from the City of Chicago for Joseph Smith, a 25-year Chicago police veteran who was left disabled by high-ranking Chicago firefighter Mark Altman. As part of the settlement, Altman, who is the son of ...
The Blake Horwitz Law Firm settled a federal lawsuit against the state of Indiana, the city of Anderson, and others for $1.4 million on behalf of Walter Goudy, who spent nearly two decades behind bars for a murder that he never committed. As originally reported on by the Indianapolis Star, now ...
In 2012, the City of Chicago agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by The Blake Horwitz Law Firm on behalf of a family from Chicago’s South Side that was abused and extorted for nearly a year by four corrupt Chicago police officers. As described by the Chicago Tribune, starting in 2004, a group of ...
On August 24, 2018, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a new trial for Kasey Burton when the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court abused its discretion by preventing Ms. Burton from introducing evidence of a previous incident where Zion police officers used excessive force ...
On July 25, 2017, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm filed suit against the City of Chicago and several police officers on behalf of Ashley Phifer and her two children for the deadly shooting of Joshua Beal by two off-duty Chicago police officers. On November 5, 2016, Mr. Beal and his fiancé, Ms. ...
In February of 2018, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned its clients a $50,000 settlement from Kane County for violating their constitutional rights. As originally reported by the Chicago Tribune, in 2015, then-Sergeant Ronald Hain—who is now the Kane County Sheriff—pulled over three individuals ...
In 2019, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a $125,000 settlement for Tad and Charlene Johnson from the City of Yorkville after police officers taunted and tased Mr. Johnson while he was experiencing a mental health crisis. As reported by the Chicago Tribune, two Yorkville police officers were ...
On January 16, 2019, a federal judge ruled in favor for The Blake Horwitz Law Firm in a case brought on behalf of David Michon alleging denial of medical care while Mr. Michon was in custody against the City of Chicago and several police officers. In his ruling, the federal judge determined ...
The Blake Horwitz Law Firm currently represents a Chicago firefighter with more than 20 years of experience who was assaulted by his superior for going against the Chicago Fire Department’s “code of silence.” On March 25, 2018, the firefighter and Lieutenant Leonard Johnson, were responding to ...
