Top Rated Cleveland Heights, OH Civil Rights Lawyers

166 civil rights lawyers serve Cleveland Heights, OH. Compare the best based on 150+ reviews and detailed profiles. Related practice areas and nearby towns in Cuyahoga County are listed below.

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Cleveland Heights Has 166 Civil Rights Attorneys with 150 Reviews

2215 Middlefield Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Ethics and Professional Responsibility

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2558 Queenston Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 40 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment and Labor

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Civil Rights Lawyers in Cleveland Heights, OH

Civil rights attorneys protect individuals’ constitutional and statutory rights against discrimination, police misconduct, or government overreach. They investigate violations, file lawsuits or administrative complaints, seek injunctive relief or damages, represent plaintiffs in class actions, and work to enforce equal treatment under law and institutional reform.

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3602 Grosvenor Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

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3340 E Fairfax Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Employment and Labor

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Bolek Besser Glesius, LLC
Monarch Centre, Suite 302, 5885 Landerbrook Drive, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Constitutional and more

US News' The Best Lawyers in America's 2022 Cleveland "Employment Lawyer of the Year," representing employees. Named a "Super Lawyer" in Cleveland employment law. Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

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Matthew D. Besser's Website

Civil Rights Attorney near Cleveland Heights (Beachwood)

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Litigation and more

Review: "Roni was excellent! She was very professional, understanding, attentive, communicative and a pleasure to work with!"

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Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP
1001 Lakeside Ave East, Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect and more

Bio: I joined the Spangenberg firm as an associate attorney in 2004. I graduated "magna cum laude" from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2002 where I served as managing editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. While an editor, I authored and p...

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Jordan & Sidoti LLP
50 Public Sq Ste 1900, The Terminal Tower, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense

Bio: I graduated college cum laude where I was an Academic All-American athlete majoring in Psychology and Education. I continued my education at the CSU, Marshall School of Law. While in law school, I gained extensive legal experience as the first ass...

Rating: 8.4

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Civil Rights Attorney near Cleveland Heights (Beachwood)

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 39 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment & Labor, Discrimination and more

Bio: I am an AV-Preeminent litigation and trial lawyer with 28 years of experience. My practice focus is employment law and civil rights. I represent employees and victims of civil rights abuses. I offer free telephone consultations during which I can ...

Rating: 9.8

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Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP
1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Class Action, Medical Malpractice and more

Bio: Jeremy Tor joined Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP as an associate in 2014 after working in the litigation department of a large international law firm in Manhattan, where he represented national and multinational companies in contract, product lia...

Rating: 9.6

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Thorman Petrov Group
3100 Terminal Tower, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 34 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment & Labor, Discrimination and more

Review: "My Thorman represented me in a thorny employment situation. He was extremely professional, transparent, and realistic. He is an exceptional attorney who also took a broader interest in my situation as he considered outcomes. He got me a very good ..."

Rating: 9.0

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Paul Daiker Law, LLC
7100 E. Pleasant Valley Rd., Suite 120, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Divorce & Separation, Criminal Defense and more

Bio: I am pleased to state that I have opened my own law firm, Paul Daiker Law, LLC, after more than 25 years at Zukerman, Daiker & Lear. I am continuing to represent clients in the areas of Criminal Defense, OVI/DUI Defense, Family Law, Personal Injur...

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Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., LPA
34305 Solon Road, 100 Franklin's Row, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment & Labor, Appeals and more

Bio: DEFENSE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THEIR INSUREDS Jeff Kay has extensive experience, in both state courts and federal district courts, across multiple areas of practice with the primary area of expertise being civil litigation defense. He has prov...

Rating: 9.1

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Civil Rights Attorney near Cleveland Heights (Shaker Heights)

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Litigation, Securities & Investment Fraud and more

Bio: Michael is a versatile attorney dedicated to helping individual and organizational clients address their disputes in a timely and reasonable manner. He has served both as plaintiff-side-, and defense-counsel. He has represented large corporate cli...

Rating: 7.3

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McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro Co., L.P.A.
4608 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 46 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Insurance and more

Review: "Marilyn was genuinely interested in a case that was both ridiculous and below her pay grade.As a painter/plasterer, I was given a job to fix a ceiling. I was accused of destroying it-despite the fact that it was constructed in '87----1887. Despite..."

Rating: 6.9

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Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.
100 Franklin's Row, 34305 Solon Road, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Appeals, Government

Bio: Franks practice focuses on appellate advocacy in state and federal courts with an emphasis on employment law, constitutional torts (Section 1983), public entity defense, and insurance defense. He has handled more than 150 appellate cases and routi...

Rating: 9.5

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Montgomery Jonson LLP
14701 Detroit Rd., Suite 555, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment & Labor, Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Rating: 10

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1265 West Sixth Street, Suite 400, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 6 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Administrative Law, Employment & Labor

Bio: As a journalist, Brian D. Bardwell was trained to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Now an attorney, he brings the same sensibility to the practice of law, where he focuses on First Amendment rights, whistleblower protection, an...

Rating: 7.3

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Civil Rights Attorney near Cleveland Heights (Shaker Heights)

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 34 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Litigation, Constitutional and more

Review: "While I am proud to call Ray my friend, I am also proud of the outstanding legal representation that he provided to me and my family in recent complex real estate litigation."

Rating: 8.6

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Kelley, Jasons, McGuire & Spinelli, L.L.P.
629 Euclid Avenue Suite 1037, Cleveland, OH

Civil Rights Lawyer Licensed for 44 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Litigation

Rating: 7.1

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Which Civil Rights lawyers have been licensed the longest in Cleveland Heights, OH?

James Lloyd Hardiman 57 years licensed
Alan I. Goodman 56 years licensed
Terry Howard Gilbert 52 years licensed
John Theodore Billick 52 years licensed
Mark B Cohn 51 years licensed
Lawrence Mays 50 years licensed
Alan Gilbert Ross 50 years licensed
Warren Marc Rosman 49 years licensed
Martha Cole Lee 49 years licensed
Edward Alan Icove 48 years licensed

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Connor David Martens 3 years licensed
Addison Josef Caruso 4 years licensed
Lewis Russell Smoot III 4 years licensed
Dillon Cisco Brown 4 years licensed
Matthew Frank Somogye 5 years licensed
Katie Eileen Epperson 6 years licensed
Matthew Ryan Janack 6 years licensed
Brian D. Bardwell 6 years licensed
Dinola Emerald Phillips 7 years licensed
Rachel Lynn Hazelet 7 years licensed

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Cleveland Heights, OH Civil Rights Lawyers

Cleveland Heights Has 166 Civil Rights Attorneys with 150 Reviews

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