We Protect Against Police And Prosecutorial Misconduct
Law Offices of Christian D. Whittaker, P.C., is a leader in helping individuals who are victimized by police or prosecutorial misconduct recover substantial money damages through civil rights lawsuits.
The firm has obtained the largest wrongful conviction settlements in New York, including a total of $15.45 million for William Vadez in 2017 and $13 million for Newton Collins in 2014. In the past 10 years, the firm has settled 12 wrongful conviction lawsuits for $2 million or more, and numerous other police or prosecutorial misconduct lawsuits for substantial amounts.
Mr. Whittaker has won several landmark court decisions in the state and federal courts in New York recognizing the right to recover monetary damages for misconduct by prosecutors, either from a city such as New York or, in rare cases, from the individual prosecutors themselves.
Mr. Whittaker is regularly consulted on civil rights cases by other attorneys or brought in as co-counsel, and he is asked to write amicus or friend of the court briefs in the appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court, for lawyer organizations.
We Take On Rogue Police And Prosecutors
We focus our civil rights practice on the protection of individuals who have been victims of:
- Prosecutorial misconduct — unlawful coercion of or improper promises to witnesses, manufacturing or use of false or unreliable "evidence," withholding of evidence favorable to the defense known as "Brady material" and other misconduct in the investigation or trial of criminal cases
- Police-Misconduct-Litigation/Police misconduct — false arrest; malicious prosecution; manufacturing of false or unreliable evidence; coerced confessions; improperly suggestive identifications; withholding of evidence favorable to the defense known as "Brady material"; excessive use of force and police brutality
Contact Our Office
To discuss your potential case with Mr. Whittaker or another attorney in the office or call us at 347-418-0775.