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Civil Rights

What to expect, depending on your situation, if you become Tim Stoen’s client in a civil rights case:

If you are a plaintiff who has experienced your federal civil rights threatened or violated, or if you are a defendant who has been falsely charged with violating someone’s federal civil rights, he will aggressively represent you, depending on your circumstance, before an administrative agency (e.g., EEOC), and in a federal trial if the case goes to a jury. The type of cases he will handle include:

Constitutional Rights

Protecting Constitutional rights to freedom of speech, association, and religion.

Discrimination or Harassment

Representing Employees and Employers in cases of discrimination or harassment in employment on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Representing Customers and Businesses in cases of discrimination or harassment in public accommodations, such as restaurants, hotels, or businesses on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Protecting persons retaliated against for expressing opposition to discrimination.

Excessive Force and Invasions of Privacy

Protecting persons subjected to excessive force or invasions of privacy by governmental actors.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Protecting prisoners subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.