Beginning August 1, 2014, Loevy & Loevy will accept applications for our 2015 Summer Associate program from second-year law students and third-year law students who plan to begin clerkships following graduation. In addition, Loevy & Loevy is accepting applications from 2Ls and 1Ls who are interested in participating in our Civil Rights Legal Internship during… Read More
“CTA takes troubling position that the public is not entitled to see non-winning bids and advisor records because it would be ‘too burdensome.’” The Chicago Transit Authority’s Ventra program is the subject of a new suit filed today aimed at opening the books on how the contract for the program was awarded and what bids… Read More
Yesterday, the City produced the names of Chicago Police Officers who have repeated complaints of police misconduct and excessive force to journalist Jamie Kalven. This is a monumental victory for journalists, civil rights advocatess, and the general public. In 2007, Kalven sought to have the investigations of citizen complaints of police misconduct released to the… Read More
Rodell Sanders, wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years due to alleged defense attorney and Chicago Heights, IL police misconduct, got his first taste of freedom today following a retrial that ended with a not guilty verdict at 10 PM last night. Mr. Sanders won his freedom after a 7-year effort by the Exoneration Project, a legal… Read More
In Illinois’s largest-ever settlement for alleged police misconduct, Loevy & Loevy attorneys Jon Loevy, Russell Ainsworth, and Tara Thompson were part of a team that won $40 million for the “Dixmoor 5,” five African American men who served a combined 79 years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Illinois’s largest individual award for… Read More
