Loevy & Loevy is one of the largest and most successful civil rights law firms in the Chicagoland area, widely respected for its superior legal work product and consistent success in the courtroom. Our firm’s lawyers have won 12 out of our last 14 jury trials, obtaining jury verdicts totaling more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for clients over the last 10 years, plus millions more in settlements.
FIRM OVERVIEW
With 12 lawyers, Loevy & Loevy is one of the largest private law firms devoted to civil rights in the entire Midwest. Loevy & Loevy files more police abuse lawsuits against the City of Chicago than any other firm, and also litigates an equally heavy caseload against other municipalities in the surrounding Chicagoland metropolitan area, as well as throughout Illinois and beyond.
Many of the attorneys in our firm came from big firm backgrounds, and we bring to the civil rights field an understanding and appreciation for the importance of excellence in legal work product. Loevy & Loevy's clients thus enjoy the benefits of the highest-caliber legal assistance, on par with the service available to clients at any of the City's largest law firms. As much as any other firm in the City, we make client satisfaction our top priority, and we are proud of the many enduring friendships we have made with our clients.
Contact us to see how we can help you protect your civil rights, from police brutality to Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues, to wrongful convictions, to whistleblower retaliation.
LOEVY & LOEVY TRACK RECORD
Over the years, Loevy & Loevy has amassed a truly extraordinary record of success. All told, Loevy & Loevy has obtained jury verdicts totaling more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) over the past 10 years, plus millions more in settlements for our clients. Of the hundreds of clients we have represented over the years, the number of Loevy & Loevy clients who lost (recovered nothing) is less than 1%, a remarkably low figure for this area of the law.
Despite the difficulties associated with winning civil rights cases, we have won 12 out of our past 14 jury trials. Against the City of Chicago alone, the last five times we have gone to trial, the City was confident enough about its chances to offer little more than "nuisance value" to settle the cases, yet Loevy & Loevy obtained million-dollar-plus jury verdicts in four of these trials.
Loevy & Loevy has also developed an outstanding record in the appellate courts. The firm has litigated dozens of cases in appellate courts around the country, winning far more often than the norm for civil rights cases. Jon Loevy, for example, has won six out of his last seven arguments in the Seventh Circuit. This is an outstanding record of appellate success.
FIRM PHILOSOPHY
Loevy & Loevy receives hundreds of inquiries every year from people seeking representation. In deciding which of these many cases to take on, the guiding principle governing our decision process can be summarized very simply: achieving justice. We will accept a case only if it fits with our sense of righting an injustice, with an emphasis on an ACLU-style protection of Constitutional rights.
The net result is an eclectic mix of interesting cases, including police brutality, wrongful convictions, excessive force, coerced confessions, unjustified shootings, planted evidence, illegal searches, unlawful detentions, retaliatory actions, and other civil rights violations. Virtually every one of our cases makes a fascinating story.
HISTORY OF THE FIRM
After leaving the law firm then-known as Sidley & Austin, Jon Loevy started the firm in 1997, first as a solo practitioner, and then in partnership with his wife, Danielle Loevy. Since then, Arthur Loevy (University of Michigan Law School) has joined the partnership, as has Mike Kanovitz (Cornell Law School), who previously worked at a class action law firm in Washington DC.
In addition to the four partners, Loevy & Loevy has added eight other lawyers over the years including, most recently, Brad Block, a lateral transfer who graduated from Harvard Law School; Gayle Horne, an NYU graduate who clerked for Judge Milton Shadur; Samantha Liskow, a graduate of Columbia Law School; Mark Reyes, a Cornell graduate who joined after working for a legal assistance organization in Vermont; Russell Ainsworth and Amanda Antholt, both graduates of Wisconsin Law School; Kurt Feuer, a lateral from Ross & Hardies; and Jon Rosenblatt, who left McDermott Will & Emery to join Loevy & Loevy in 2000. Office managers/paralegals Jessica Sauvageau, Ellie Cotter, Andy Thayer, and Kathleen Rubenstein round out the Loevy & Loevy team.
CASE SELECTION
Before the firm decides whether or not to accept any given case, we spend a substantial amount of time investigating the claims and meeting with the prospective clients. The reason Loevy & Loevy chooses so carefully is because once we decide to represent a client and file a lawsuit, we make a very serious commitment to win. This commitment applies to every single case we take on, from the biggest to the smallest: we devote however much lawyer time and financial resources are necessary to prevail, which is typically hundreds of attorney hours and thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. Given the level of commitment that we bring to every case, we are particularly selective about taking only cases that we really believe have merit.
Because Loevy & Loevy works so closely with our clients in pursuing their cases, it is also important that we only take cases in which we feel we can develop positive relationships with our clients. Indeed, the many strong and enduring relationships Loevy & Loevy has built with our clients is one of the most rewarding aspects of our work, and many of our clients share our appreciation for the bonds we have built.
Fourth Amendment • Qui Tam • Police Brutality • Wrongful Convictions • Police Shootings • Discrimination • Unlawful Arrest • Illegal Searches • First Amendment • Whistleblower Cases • Other Civil Rights Matters • Personal Injury • Commercial Litigation
Contact us for your free initial consultation and to benefit from our extensive experience with civil rights law. We serve victims and their families across the state of Illinois and beyond, with an exclusive focus on protecting their civil rights.
Major Victories Against the City of Chicago
We file more police abuse lawsuits against the City of Chicago than any other firm, and litigate an equally heavy caseload against municipalities in the surrounding Chicagoland metropolitan area, as well as throughout Illinois and many other states.
Contact Loevy & Loevy when your civil rights have been violated.
