Welcome to the Law Offices of Al Hofeld, Jr., LLC
The Law Offices of Al Hofeld, Jr., LLC, is an experienced, mission-driven, litigation firm dedicated to pursuing and achieving justice in the courts for people who have had their civil, constitutional or consumer rights violated. We handle complex litigation, including jury trials, appeals, and class actions. We prosecute cases of employment discrimination, police misconduct, violations of the fair housing and fair lending laws, and other civil rights laws. We prosecute fraud and deception. We are also experienced in representing victims of predatory lending practices and other violations of consumer rights; defendants in mortgage foreclosure; and businesses and non-profit agencies engaged in community economic development transactions and projects. We have strong relationships with community organizations in Chicago. If you believe that your rights have been violated or you need assistance, contact our firm today for a free initial consultation – 773-241-5844.
Client Testimonials...
“Al is one of the very best of the many lawyers I know.”
- Former Chicago 20th Ward Alderman and WVON Talk Show Host Cliff Kelley
“Al and Hanan stuck with me and advocated for me every step of the way. They worked tirelessly on my case. I trusted them implicitly and was not disappointed.”
- John Pool, former employment discrimination client
RECENT NEWS
THE LAW OFFICES OF AL HOFELD, JR., LLC, HANDLES
THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF CASES:
POLICE MISCONDUCT/POLICE BRUTALITY
If you believe that police officers violated your constitutional or civil rights – including excessive force, unjustified shooting or taser, false arrest, illegal search and seizure, etc. - we can pursue a civil lawsuit against the individual police officers and the municipality that employs them to recover money damages to compensate you for your physical and emotional injuries.
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND LABOR
If you have been harassed at work, retaliated against, or adversely affected in hiring, pay, training, promotions, benefits and/or terminated because of your race, color, national origin, age, gender, physical or mental disability, religion, arrest record, marital status, citizenship status or sexual orientation, we can bring a civil lawsuit against your employer to recover money damages to compensate you for your economic and emotional injuries and the injury to your dignity.
FAIR HOUSING
If you find that you have been discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex, disability, religion or sexual orientation in any aspect of your search for, application for, rental or purchase of housing or any of the goods and services that go with it, such as a mortgage loan or homeowner’s insurance, then we can file a lawsuit for immediate, injunctive relief and/or recover money damages to compensate you for the harm you suffered.
FAIR LENDING
If your loan application was denied or if you received a loan with what seem like high costs or unfair or predatory terms and you suspect that the reason was your race, age, gender, source of income, marital status, religion or sexual orientation, then we can investigate and pursue a civil case for violations of fair lending laws to recover damages for the financial harm you are suffering.
PREDATORY MORTGAGE LENDING/FORECLOSURE DEFENSE
If you were deceived in a mortgage loan transaction, need representation in a mortgage foreclosure action, or otherwise believe that your consumer rights have been violated, we can prosecute a case or raise defenses to foreclosure based on consumer fraud, violation of applicable disclosure statutes and/or other legal grounds that we discover through investigation, review of your closing documents and legal research.
CLASS ACTIONS
Sometimes a class action lawsuit is an appropriate vehicle for effectively redressing widespread, similar violations of civil or consumer rights. If you believe that you are one of many people harmed in a similar way by the same company, we can assemble and pursue a class action to recover money damages and other relief for you and the class. In one recent class action against a reverse mortgage lender, the Law Offices of AL Hofeld, Jr., LLC, recovered eighty cents for every dollar that class members were overcharged, and many class members received recoveries of several hundred dollars each.
