NLG Chicago April Newsl...

Check out the latest NLG Chicago newsletter, with highlights from the 2012 Midwest Regional Conference and updates of chapter events, our Mass Defense Committee’s work, and Guild victories in the courts!Download...

Occupy Chicago Activist...

MEDIA ADVISORY Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release: March 27, 2012 Contact: NLG Legal Worker Kris Hermes 510-681-6361 or NLG Attorney Sarah Gelsomino 773-520-8246 More than Ninety Occupy Chicago Activists Back in Court Wednesday Seeking Dismissal of...

Update from February 15...

Sisters and Brothers of Occupy Chicago: Thank you to everybody who came down to the Daley Center this afternoon for the first hearing on the Motion To Dismiss.  For those of you unable to attend, John Stainthorp and Tom Durkin did an excellent job arguing the Motion of behalf of all...

Ninety Occupy Chicago A...

MEDIA ADVISORY Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release: February 15, 2012 Ninety Occupy Chicago Activists Go to Court TODAY Seeking Dismissal of Charges National Lawyers Guild will argue First Amendment protections trump park curfew violations Chicago, IL...

NLG Attorneys Win $6.2 ...

CITY OF CHICAGO AGREES TO PAY $6.2 MILLION IN CLASS ACTION FOR PROTESTORS ARRESTED AT 2003 ANTI-WAR PROTEST A settlement has been reached in the class action law suit Vodak v. City of Chicago, brought against the Chicago Police Department on behalf of over 700 protestors who were falsely...

Judge Consolidates 90 O...

MEDIA ADVISORY Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release: December 21, 2011 Judge Consolidates 90 Occupy Chicago Cases for Hearing on Motion to Dismiss National Lawyers Guild attorneys defend activists, seek dismissal of park curfew charges Chicago, IL —...