Our Firm

Chicago, Illinois, Civil Rights Law Firm

We are trial lawyers committed to achieving justice for our clients.  We pursue civil rights and whistleblower cases in Chicago and throughout the nation.  We've won dozens of jury trials and more than $150 million for our clients.  Our lawyers include some of the best trial lawyers in the nation, and our credentials are as good as any firm in America.  We've all chosen to do this work because we are passionate about obtaining justice for our clients.

Contact us today for help pursuing justice if your civil rights have been violated.

FIRM PHILOSOPHY

We built our firm and we pick our cases to achieve justice.  We take on a case only if it fits with our sense of righting a wrong.

We focus on protecting constitutional and civil rights and whistleblowers and we currently have an eclectic mix of cases involving wrongful convictions, police brutality, excessive force, unjustified police shootings, False Claims Act/qui tam statutes, unlawful arrests, class actions, illegal searches and Fourth Amendment violations, employment discrimination,, and First Amendment violations.  Each of our cases makes a fascinating story.

HISTORY OF THE FIRM

Jon Loevy started the firm in 1997 after leaving the international law firm Sidley & Austin. Since founding the firm, Jon has been joined in the partnership by his wife, Danielle Loevy; Arthur Loevy, who graduated from the University of Michigan Law School; and Mike Kanovitz, a Cornell Law School graduate who joined the firm after practicing at a class action law firm in Washington, D.C. Today, Jon Loevy and Mr. Kanovitz are widely recognized as among the nation's leading civil rights attorneys because of their accomplishments as trial attorneys, having won multiple jury verdicts of more than $1 million. Since 2008 alone, Mr. Loevy and Mr. Kanovitz have secured jury verdicts of $21 million, $16 million, and victory for a class of more than 100,000 people.

The firm has also added eleven additional lawyers since its founding:

Russell Ainsworth, a 2002 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School joined the firm in 2003 after clerking for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Mark Loevy-Reyes, a 1992 graduate of Cornell Law School, joined the firm in 2004 after 12 years of practice with a legal assistance organization and the City of Chicago's Department of Law

Samantha Liskow, a 2005 graduate of Columbia University Law School in New York City, joined the firm in 2005

Gayle Horn, a 2004 magna cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law, joined the firm in 2006 after a fellowship at N.Y.U. and clerking for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Tara Thompson, a 2003 honors graduate of University of Chicago Law School, joined the firm in 2007 after clerking for the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and practicing at the international law firm Mayer Brown

Roshna Bala Keen, a 2004 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, joined the firm in 2008 after practicing at the international firm Sidley Austin

Elizabeth Mazur, a 2005 honors graduate of the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), joined the firm in 2008 after practicing at Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Elizabeth Wang, a 2005 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, joined the firm in 2008 after practicing with the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project and clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Daniel Twetten, a 2001 cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, joined the firm in 2009 after practicing at the international firm Sidley Austin and clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Rachel Steinback, a 2008 cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, joined the firm in 2009 after practicing at the international firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Office manager Andy Thayer and paralegals Anne Gottschalk, John Darragh, Italia Patti, Eva Nagao, and Emily Brown complete the Loevy & Loevy team.

Our lawyers and legal team at Loevy & Loevy focus their practice on civil rights violations, whistleblower cases, class actions, and First Amendment violations throughout Chicago, the state of Illinois, and many other states.

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 prospective clients. The reason Loevy & Loevy chooses so carefully is because once we decide to represent a client and file a lawsuit, or pursue a class action, we make a very serious commitment to win.

This commitment to winning 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 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.

For more information about our civil rights firm, or to talk with an experienced and aggressive trial lawyer about your case, contact Loevy & Loevy today.