Civil Rights Discrimination

We represent clients in cases involving fundamental issues of human rights and freedoms protected by the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States and New Jersey Constitutions and related laws. Our experience extends to issues involving:

• Racial and national origin discrimination
• Housing discrimination
• Age discrimination
• Disability discrimination
• Religious discrimination
• Employment discrimination
• Sexual harassment

Our firm also handles complex claims of civil rights violations against counties, municipalities, and public officials under Sections 1981, 1983, and 1985; the implementing statutes of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. These types of cases often involve:

• Police misconduct
• False arrest and imprisonment
• Excessive force - police brutality
• Malicious prosecution
• Unlawful searches and seizures