As an experienced police misconduct and civil rights attorney, I have had the honor and privilege of representing persons whose constitutional rights were violated by police officers, jail officials, and prison officials employed or working for cities and counties, as well as for the State of Washington.

I have successfully handled many police misconduct cases involving Federal Civil Rights claims for the following kinds of claims:

• Federal claims based on an unreasonable seizure claims
• Federal claims based on a warrantless search of your home or residence
• Federal claims based on a situation where excessive force was used against you or your loved one
• Federal claims based on wrongful prosecution, wrongful conviction, and wrongful imprisonment
• Federal claims based on a violation of you or your loved one’s constitutional right to right to fair trial when a detective or officer has withheld material exculpatory evidence
• Federal claims based on police use of deadly force including police shootings
• Federal claims based on reckless or dangerous police pursuits claims
• State Law Claims for many different wrongs you or your loved one may have suffered from police misconduct including false arrest, assault and battery, malicious prosecution, negligence, and other related claims

I have also successfully handled many cases against jails in the State of Washington including the following kinds of claims:

• Federal claims based on a involving a failure to protect a jail or prison inmate
• Federal claims involving failure to provide proper and sufficient treatment for medical and/or psychiatric treatment
• Federal claims involving the loss of a loved one from a Jail Suicide
• Federal claims involving the loss of a loved one from a failure to provide proper and sufficient medical and/or psychiatric treatment and/or dental care
• Federal claims involving the loss of a loved one from a beating or brutality inflicted by a correctional officer
• State Law claims for negligence committed by a jail or prison for failing to protect you or your loved one, failing to protect your loved one from self harm, failing to provide proper medical and psychiatric care to you or your loved one, and related claims

When I take a civil rights case, I am committed to standing with you, to advocating on your behalf, to see Justice done, to see that the officers, correctional officers, or the public officials involved, including the City, County, State or other public entity involved, who were responsible for causing you or your loved one to suffer one or more constitutional violations, be held accountable under the Federal Civil Rights Act, namely 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, and/or under State Law as well. I understand that bringing a civil rights action is something wholly and completely different than a normal tort case, like an auto personal injury case or a slip and fall case. As a great civil rights attorney, Samuel Paz, once said, Civil Rights are Special Rights, they are something beyond the normal kinds of everyday rights that most personal injury cases involve. They deserve special attention, special consideration, because of what they mean to us, a free people, living under a Constitutional system of government. Thus, when we take a civil rights case, we intend to see it through to the end, to battle for you, to help you seek the Justice that you deserve for having your constitutional rights wrongfully violated by police officers, correctional officers, and/or other public officials acting under color of state law. If we take your case, we will do our best to successfully advocate for you, to prosecute your civil rights claim, to obtain a proper measure of relief under the law, including just compensation for your injuries and damages, as well as for your dignity, and your self-respect.