In 2007, Blake Horwitz earned a $180,000 settlement for Roy Castillo after he was brutalized by Waukegan police officers out front of his own home years earlier. As originally reported by the Lake County Sun, in April of 2005, Mr. Castillo was sitting out front of his home in Waukegan when he ...
In 2004, attorney Blake Horwitz filed 12 different lawsuits in one day against the City of Blue Island on behalf of citizens alleging police beatings, malicious prosecutions, and false arrests. The lawsuits were intended to hold police officers accountable when the city had consistently failed ...
In 2007, attorney Blake Horwitz filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of multiple Chicago Public School students at Cuffe Math and Science Academy on Chicago’s South Side who were prevented from using the bathroom during class time. As originally reported by ABC7 News, the lawsuit was in ...
In 2008, attorney Blake Horwitz represented the owners of an apartment building in Rolling Meadows that had essentially been turned into a gated community by police barricades without their consent. As originally reported by the Chicago Tribune, one day, Rolling Meadows police showed up at the ...
In 2008, attorney Blake Horwitz represented Daniel Casares, who is a quadriplegic, in a lawsuit filed in federal court after his civil rights were violated by multiple Chicago police officers. As described by the Chicago Tribune, several officers brutalized Mr. Casares but then lied about the ...
In 2018, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm represented Adam Shorter, a prominent African-American businessman and community leader whose business license was revoked following a shooting outside of his restaurant in Blue Island, the Island Sports Bar and Grill. As reported by CBS News, the ...
In 2013, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a settlement totaling more than $600,000 for Josue Tapia after he was tasered 11 times by Chicago police officers who mistook him for a wanted man. As originally reported by the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Tapia and his wife Marlyn were pulled over in 2010 ...
In 2010, The Blake Horwitz Law Firm earned a settlement from the City of Chicago for nurse Lisa Hofstra after she was unlawfully detained for simply following hospital procedures when she was asked by a police officer to draw blood from a drunk-driving suspect. As reported by the Huffington ...
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 ...
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 ...
