Civil Rights
First Amendment Retaliation Lawyers
When the government punishes you for speaking, protesting, recording, or petitioning, that is retaliation, and it is unconstitutional. We build these cases so a jury hears exactly what speaking up cost you.
Representing clients throughout Michigan from our Birmingham office. Free consultation: 855-313-RICH, answered 24/7.
Cases we take to trial
01- Retaliation for criticizing public officials
- Arrests and citations for protected speech
- Retaliation against whistleblowing public employees
- Punishment for recording police in public
- Permit denials and selective enforcement
- Retaliatory inspections, audits, and citations
How the other side fights
- — Claiming the action had nothing to do with your speech
- — Pointing to neutral policies as cover for retaliation
- — Arguing officials are immune from suit
- — Framing protected speech as a disturbance or threat
- — Outlasting plaintiffs with government resources
Why Rich Sulaka Law
02- We connect the timeline between your speech and the punishment
- We litigate First Amendment claims in federal court
- We are not intimidated by government defendants
- We pursue damages and injunctions that stop the retaliation
- We prepare every retaliation case for a jury
Their best offer is where we start.
Call us before you call them back.