The Law Office of Richard M. Brooks provides civil rights legal counsel
for:
Police civil liability
Police brutality and excessive force
Jail conditions
Denial of medical treatment
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment
The Law Office of Richard M. Brooks has access to many experts in mental
health,
forensics, police policies and procedures and municipal liability. This
enables our staff to
prepare your civil rights case with the assistance of experts that will
aid in substantiating
your claims, thus helping the client to meet his/her objectives.
Civil rights law is a complicated mechanism. Most of the civil rights
cases that we file
are in Federal Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Once a lawsuit is
filed, the
Defendants will file an answer through their attorney. Interrogatories
(written questions)
are exchanged and depositions of the parties and witnesses are taken.
Generally
speaking, the next move is usually from the Defendants. The Defendants
will file a
Motion for Summary Judgment asking the Court to rule on the proof
presented to that
point and make a decision on the case. If the case survives summary
judgment, it goes on
to trial or settlement negotiations begin. Mr. Brooks has many years of
experience
working with the Court systems, including State and Local Courts,
General Sessions, and
Circuit, Federal District Court, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
Tennessee Court of
Appeals, and the Tennessee Supreme Court. Mr. Brooks has also petitioned
the Supreme
Court of the United States for a Writ of Certiorari. (click here to see
Scott v. Clay
County).
