Experienced Civil Rights Attorneys serving San Mateo, San Francisco, and San Jose Communities

Police work must always be carried out in a manner which upholds our constitutional rights and respects the dignity, safety, and privacy of all persons. But when police abuse their power and hide behind a blue wall of silence to immunize officers at the expense of civilians, officers and law enforcement agencies must be held fully accountable in the form of civil justice and compensation to victims.

The Emanuel Law Group skillfully litigates cases on behalf of victims of law enforcement misconduct, with careful attention to both the particular experiences of each of its clients and the broader patterns of reckless and destructive policing that bear on that experience.  The Emanuel Law Group pursues civil rights claims resulting from:

• Excessive force
• Unjustified lethal force with firearms
• Unjustified use of tasers
• Failure to employ de-escalation techniques to prevent needless death and injury, including of people with mental health struggles
• Race discrimination
• Gender Violence
• On-duty police officers and jail guards sexually assaulting female detainees
• Failure to prevent predatorial inmates from repeatedly sexually assaulting other inmates
• Failure to properly safeguard inmates who are on suicide watch