Civil Rights

Spokane, Washington, Civil Rights Lawsuit Attorney

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The United States Code provides that when a person under color of law causes you to be deprived of any of your rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, then you may be entitled to compensation for the injustice and losses you incurred. Section 1983 has become the primary source of lawsuits arising out of racial profiling, discrimination, or when any government department such as police, jail, and prison officials violate your constitutional civil rights.

Significant civil rights trial experience.

I am civil rights trial attorney Gerald Smith. The Law Offices of Gerald R. Smith can help you to recover money for damages resulting from civil rights abuses. Prior to becoming a licensed attorney, I worked for years in family social services, where I helped people protect their civil rights in a system that often seems not to care. After passing the bar in 1989, I had the opportunity to clerk at the Federal Appeals Court level for several years, where I gained experience on a broad range of civil rights appeals cases. From 1993 until 2005, I served as a federal defense lawyer, with the highest priority of protecting the civil rights of people charged with federal crimes. I have significant experience in civil rights areas such as illegal search and seizure, false arrest, denial of inmate rights, police misconduct or brutality, or similar abuses.

I can help you seek justice if you have had your First Amendment Rights abused in areas such as the following:

• Police misconduct and assault
• Wrongful detainment, false arrest
• Illegal search and seizure
• Hiring and job discrimination
• Neglect of due process and equal protection under the law
• Hate crimes
• Discrimination or harassment related to work, school, housing, financial matters

If you have had been discriminated against, or a federal, state, or local government official has violated your civil rights, you can rely on my experience to help you. Contact the Law Offices of Gerald R. Smith in Spokane, Washington.