If you are a victim of discrimination due to your race, sex, age, religion, ethnicity, physical/mental disability or sexual orientation, you should contact a civil rights lawyer at Benson & Case quickly. If you have been a victim of physical abuse by police or wrongfully convicted, a civil rights lawyer at Benson & Case can help you protect your civil rights by fighting against those who violate them. At Benson & Case LLP, we provide expert civil rights legal advice and representation to you. We fight for the citizen, for the "little guy". We work hard to protect your rights and restore you back to "you". The lawyers at Benson & Case won't back down no matter "who" or "how big" the opponent. We can handle the following types of cases:

The United States Constitution guarantees every American citizen certain civil rights of personal liberty. Among these fundamental civil rights and liberties are the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, and to petition the government, and the rights to bear arms, to procedural due process, and to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures and cruel and unusual punishments. Unfair treatment alone does not necessarily involve a violation of civil rights and liberties. It's discrimination only if you're treated unfairly because you have one of the characteristics protected by the Constitution, such as age, disability, race, religion, or sex. Please read on to find a civil rights attorney, civil rights lawyer, or to learn more about civil rights law including freedom of speech and other civil rights. Civil rights attorney and civil rights lawyer information provided by lawyers.com. Access more information here in the civil rights practice center.

At Benson & Case LLP, we have a passion to fight against corruption, abuse of power, and discriminatory behavior. We understand the pain our clients experience because we have seen it first hand. Whether you are someone who has suffered broken bones during an illegal arrest, spent eight years in prison only to find out the DNA evidence tampered with to convict you, or someone who has been fired from their job due to their race, religion, or age - we will be there to stand up and defend you. These types of cases are difficult, and time is of the essence. Some cases have as little as thirty days to file a claim.

When someone has become a victim of civil rights, it is a pain that is felt both by the individual and society as a whole. Civil rights violations are indicative of a larger problem - one that will repeat itself. The only way to stop it is to take up the cause, fight, and punish those who commit these acts. The lawyers at Benson & Case have the tenacity necessary to fight these types of case, and the litigation and trial experience to make a difference in the courtroom. Give us a call. You're going to find out that you want us standing right there next to you. We can help you and society live for a brighter day.

Civil and political rights are a class of rights and freedoms that protect individuals from unwarranted action by government and private organizations and individuals and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression. Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical integrity and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as physical or mental disability, gender, religion, race, sexual orientation, national origin, age, and individual rights such as the freedoms of thought and conscience, speech and expression, religion, the press, and movement. Political rights include natural justice (procedural fairness) in law, such as the rights of the accused, including the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, and the right to vote. Civil and political rights comprise the first portion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (with economic, social and cultural rights comprising the second portion). The theory of three generations of human rights considers this group of rights to be "first-generation rights", and the theory of negative and positive rights considers them to be generally negative rights.Guarantees of rights Civil and political rights were among the first to be recognized and codified. In many countries, they are constitutional rights and are included in a bill of rights or similar document. They are also defined in international human rights instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Civil and political rights need not be codified to be protected, although most democracies worldwide do have formal written guarantees of civil and political rights. Civil rights are often considered to be natural rights. Thomas Jefferson wrote in his 1774 A Summary View of the Rights of British America that "a free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate." Custom also plays a role. Implied or unenumerated rights are rights that courts may find to exist even though not expressly guaranteed by written law or custom; one example is the right to privacy in the United States. The question of who civil and political rights apply to is a subject of controversy. In many countries, citizens have greater protections against infringement of rights than non-citizens; at the same time, civil and political rights are considered to be universal rights that apply to all persons.

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