Attorney Elizabeth C. Wang's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

People v. Britton

Nov 05, 2014

OUTCOME: Obtained new trial and found not guilty at retrial

Post-conviction litigation and appellate counsel for Robert Britton. Obtained a decision vacating Mr. Britton’s 1996 conviction and secured a new trial for him on grounds of ineffective assistance of t ... rial counsel. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the decision vacating Mr. Britton’s conviction and granting him a new trial. Found not guilty after retrial and released after 19 years wrongful imprisonment.

Civil rights

Ortiz v. City of Chicago

N/A

OUTCOME: $1 million verdict

Civil rights case alleging that May Molina died as a result of being wrongfully denied medication and medical treatment, after 28 hours in Chicago police custody. Jury returned a $1 million verdict for ... Ms. Molina’s estate and found that the City of Chicago’s policies and practices were responsible for her death.

Civil rights

Fox v. Barnes

N/A

OUTCOME: $12 million verdict

Civil rights lawsuit alleging that deliberate indifference by prison officials to Ray Fox’s medical needs resulted in serious brain injuries. Jury returned a $12 million verdict for Mr. Fox, among the ... highest recorded deliberate indifference verdicts in U.S. history.

Civil rights

Bell v. Keating

N/A

OUTCOME: Disorderly conduct ordinance ruled unconstitutional

Challenged the City of Chicago’s disorderly conduct ordinance as unconstitutional. Secured decision from the Seventh Circuit holding that the ordinance’s failure-to-disperse provision violated the Firs ... t Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. As a result, the City of Chicago amended its ordinance.

Civil rights

Perry v. City of Gary

N/A

OUTCOME: $850,000 verdict

Excessive force case on behalf of a man who lost his eye as a result of being severely beaten by a Gary police officer. Jury returned an $850,000 verdict for Percy Perry.

Civil rights

Frasier v. Evans and City and County of Denver

N/A

OUTCOME: Pending

Litigation counsel for Levi Frasier, who was harassed and threatened by Denver police for video-recording their acts of excessive force during an arrest of a suspect and his pregnant girlfriend. Frasie ... r's recording device was unlawfully searched and his First Amendment right to record police doing their official duties in public violated.

Civil rights

Benn v. Lopez, City and County of Denver

N/A

OUTCOME: Pending

Plaintiff alleged First and Fourth Amendment claims relating to Denver police commander's unlawful seizure of her cell phone while she was recording an arrest during a protest

Civil rights

Julian v. Hanna, et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: $3 million settlement

Plaintiff was wrongfully prosecuted and convicted of crime he did not commit and spent over 3 years imprisoned. After his exoneration, he sued police officers involved in his criminal case for withhold ... ing exculpatory evidence and violation of his civil rights.

Elizabeth C. Wang's Legal Cases (8)

People v. Britton

Ortiz v. City of Chicago

Fox v. Barnes

Bell v. Keating

Perry v. City of Gary

Frasier v. Evans and City and County of Denver

Benn v. Lopez, City and County of Denver

Julian v. Hanna, et al.