$50,000.00 (plus attorneys' fees); $40,000 of the award was for punitive damages)

Brian Cooper v. Commander White and the City of Harvey, Case no. 06 C 830 (This was a Fourth Amendment case based upon a false arrest. Mr. Cooper was accused by his estranged wife of kidnapping his own son and she reported this to the defendant. a Commander in the Harvey Police Department. Mr. Cooper voluntarily went to the police station. When he could not immediately produce his son, Cooper was arrested under the child abduction statute. He was held in custody for less than 45 minutes. The Court ruled the arrest unlawful and the jury awarded damages.

The jury awarded $415,000.00

Reagan v. The Chicago Park District, Case no. 04 L 14042 (This was a personal injury case. The Plaintiff, Ms. Reagan, then 64, tripped into a hole. The hole was an uncovered pole vault box the Park District had constructed at a track that surrounded a football field from which she was watching her grandson's football game. She broke her arm requiring surgery.)

The jury awarded $100,00.00 for pain and suffering and $36,600 for the medical bills. An attorney fee award is pending.

Grant et al., v. Glenview Terrace et al., Case no. 03 L 9571 (This was a nursing home, medical malpractice case arising out of a nursing home resident losing his right eye as a result of an infection that should have been treated sooner. The Plaintiff died of unrelated causes before the trial.)

This case settled for a large, confidential sum

Confidential (This was a legal malpractice case arising out of a class action sex harassment and gender discrimination case. The defendant attorneys negligently advised two women in connection with a settlement.)

This case settled for 1.93 million dollars

Anderson et al., v. Cornejo et al., Case No: 97 C 7556 (This was a race discrimination/Fourth Amendment case brought on behalf of African American women who were strip searched by U.S. Customs upon returning to O'Hare airport from international destinations. The plaintiffs claimed that African American women were unfairly targeted for strip searches based upon their race and gender. This case was enormously successful and resulted in significant policy changes at O'Hare airport in connection with how decisions were to be made to undertake a strip search.)

After 8 days of a jury trial, the case settled against the nursing home and a doctor for nearly 1 million dollars, including punitive damages

Hattie Brown, deceased, by and through her Guardian, Renee Ferguson, et al., v. Renaissance at South Shore; and Doctor Shelly Sternberg, M.D., Case No.: 97 L 001224 (This was a nursing home malpractice case on behalf of a decedent who was 100 years old at the time of incident. The plaintiffs contended that pressure sores were negligently permitted to develop and were not appropriately treated resulting in the partial amputation of one leg and the amputation of part of the other foot. In a case believed to be one of the first since treble damages were eliminated from the statute, plaintiff was able to allege common law punitive damages on behalf of the estate.)

Awarded $122,343,64, including attorneys' fees and costs

Cruzado v. Rose Exterminator Co. Inc, Case No. 99 C 3904 (This was an ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) case on behalf of mentally challenged person who was fired from his job as an exterminator. He had falsified an application to obtain the job, but was a good employee. The jury found that he was fired because of his "mental handicap".

A jury awarded the Plaintiff $95,000.00 including $5,000.00 in punitive damages

Schrader v. The Village of Worth and Officer Ferjack, Case No.: 03 L 000446 (This was a malicious prosecution case against a police officer. Plaintiff alleged that Officer Ferjack wrongfully gave him various traffic tickets, in part, because Ferjack was mad about a complaint made against him by the Schrader family.)

This case settled for $370,000.00 despite that fact that plaintiff would have been in jail in any case for a related charge of aggravated assault

Pernell v. The City of Chicago et al., Case No.: 03 CV 5316 (This was a police brutality case, in which the plaintiff was prosecuted for a murder and was facing the death penalty if convicted. The plaintiff alleged that his confession was coerced in that he was locked in a room for roughly 5 days without food and bathroom privileges and beaten to force the confession.)

A verdict of $243,618

Loeb v. P.T.O. Sales VC016145 (This trial concluded in December 1995, and resulted in a verdict of $243,618, in a wrongful termination case, based upon a breach of contract. The award was the full value of the contract damages.)

A verdict of $208,600.00, plus an award of attorney's fees exceeding $77,000.00

Hodgson v. City of Escondido CV 94-1438H (This trial for a civil rights/excessive force case was for an elderly man who was already severely diseased. Plaintiffs demand was $100,000.00.)

A verdict of $550,000.00

Overby v. Chevron SWC89552 (This trial concluded in February 1993, a wrongful termination case, based upon illegal random drug searches predicated upon California's constitutional right to privacy. The California Supreme Court denied certiorari in February 1995.)

A verdict of $35,350.00

Sloman v. City of Simi Valley et. al, CV 88-O12O4TJH (This was a constitutional law/free speech case trial. The plaintiff was a slow-growth advocate who received undue harassment from the Simi Valley police. It was affirmed on appeal.)

$850,000 cash payout plus various other benefits, including lifetime medical coverage and a public letter of apology

Brooks v. County of Los Angeles (This case settled for a value of several million dollars that included an $850,000 cash payout plus various other benefits, including lifetime medical coverage and a public letter of apology. Plaintiff was a deputy sheriff who would not go along with a cover up of internal misconduct. Other deputies injured him when the sheriff's department tried to have the Plaintiff committed to a psychiatric hospital in furtherance of their cover-up.)

This settled for a significant and confidential sum in February 1998

Roberts et al. v. PCA Inc. (This was a large racial discrimination case, on behalf of 19African-American employees, alleging discrimination in all phases of their employment.)

Awarded $40,000

Leadingham v. Milar 96-2289 (This was an excessive force trial against an off-duty officer who was alleged to have been drinking and using unnecessary force against the plaintiff. The jury held that he was acting under color of law. This occurred in January 1999.)

This case settled for $67,500.00, including attorneys' fees and costs

Beverly Thompson v. D. Wagner, Star No. 634, et al., Case No.: 01 C 4266 (This was a case of false arrest for a middle-aged woman who was a suspect in a burglary. She was handcuffed by the defendant/police in the grocery store where she worked and brought out to a police car where she remained for less than 15 minutes until the police released her.)

The court awarded more than $23,000.00, plus attorneys' fees and costs

Bryant Stewart, v. Calumet City, Officer Alfonso Mora, Star #135, et al., Case No.: 00 C 4621 (This was a case of excessive force and false arrest for an African-American teenager who was falsely accused of being a gang member, carrying a gun and fighting with a police officer.)

The case settled for a confidential sum

Sheri Crampton v. Abbott Laboratories, Case No. 99 C 8138 (This was a case for a wrongful termination/breach of contract on behalf of a woman who was terminated for alleged performance based reasons. After summary judgment motions (with an order in a published opinion)

The case settled before trial for $112,500.00

Eferm Green v. Joliet Police Officer Robert Desiderio, Case No. 98 C 4179 (This was a police misconduct case, arising out of the alleged use of excessive force on the plaintiff, an African-American male.)