Civil rights cases involve police, government employees, school officials, and others in positions of authority. When power is abused and voices are dismissed, the people harmed deserve an attorney who treats the case as more than a file.
Public defender experience
Jury trials to verdict
Fully bilingual counsel
Not every violation looks like the ones on the news. Retaliation, denial of medical care in custody, and school discipline that targets a student can all be civil rights violations. If something happened to you and it didn't feel lawful, it's worth a conversation.
As a senior in high school, Raquel’s future looked different. She was being scouted to play basketball and softball in college and planned to pursue sports medicine. That trajectory changed when she was falsely accused of making a derogatory statement to a teacher.
Raquel fought to clear her name. In the process, she learned how isolating it can feel when institutions move against you, when your voice is dismissed, and when your future is placed at risk by an accusation that is not true.
What started as a fight for herself became the reason she chose law — and the reason she now fights for others whose rights have been violated.
Excessive force, tasers, and unlawful conduct — including officers who witnessed misconduct and failed to intervene.
When a city fails to train, supervise, or discipline officers, or maintains policies that allow violations to continue.
When a civil rights violation costs a life, the family may bring a claim against the officers and the agency responsible.
Discrimination, unlawful discipline, denial of services, and retaliation against students or their families.
Excessive force in custody, denial of necessary medical care, and unsafe conditions of confinement.
Detention without probable cause, or charges pursued without a lawful basis.
Tell us what happened. We listen first, then explain whether what you experienced may be a civil rights violation.
We gather body camera footage, incident reports, personnel records, and witness accounts before they become harder to obtain.
Civil rights claims against government entities have strict notice requirements and deadlines. We handle them correctly from the start.
Government defendants rarely settle early. We prepare every case to be tried.
Federal & State
Public defender in New Mexico and the Southern District of Texas
20+
Jury trials to verdict
EN / ES
Fully bilingual representation
“I know what it feels like to be accused of something you didn’t do, and to have no one in the room on your side. That’s the room I put myself in now.”
Federal & State
Public defender
20+
Jury trials
EN / ES
Bilingual counsel
Police brutality can take many forms. It is not limited to the officer who throws the punch, deploys the taser, or uses excessive force. Officers may also be held accountable when they witness misconduct and fail to intervene.
In some cases, the municipality may also be liable for failing to properly train, supervise, or discipline its officers, or for maintaining policies, practices, or customs that allow constitutional violations to occur. When law enforcement abuses its power, or when departments allow that abuse to continue, victims deserve justice.
Call RAM Law today. (313) 800-9RAM
When police officers, jail staff, correctional officers, or other government employees violate someone’s constitutional rights and cause death, the family deserves answers and accountability.
A loved one’s death should never be dismissed as “just part of the system.” When a government actor’s misconduct, neglect, or deliberate indifference causes a preventable death, Muñoz Law fights to uncover the truth, expose wrongdoing, and pursue justice for the family left behind.
Students have the right to learn in a safe environment free from discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and abuse. These cases may involve discriminatory discipline, disability-related violations, failure to stop bullying or harassment, retaliation for speaking up, or abuse by teachers, coaches, or school officials.
When schools ignore complaints or allow harmful conduct to continue, RAM Law fights to protect students and hold institutions accountable.
People in custody still have constitutional rights. Jail or prison abuse may involve physical assault, excessive force, unsafe conditions, denial of medical care, failure to protect from inmate violence, improper restraints, or abuse by correctional officers or staff.
When a jail, prison, or government agency ignores misconduct or allows dangerous conditions to continue, Muñoz Law fights to hold them accountable.
We are a trial firm, not a call center. We prepare every single case to go to trial, showing the defense we mean business.
We bridge the communication gap, ensuring our Spanish-speaking clients have the same access to justice as anyone else in Michigan.
Relentless representation means real results. We take on negligent officials to win the maximum compensation you deserve.
