Law enforcement officers are entrusted with significant authority, but that authority has legal and constitutional limits. When an officer uses unlawful or excessive force, the consequences can include catastrophic injury, permanent disability, or death. Peck Baxter represents individuals and families in serious civil rights and personal injury claims arising from police brutality, officer-involved shootings, and other unlawful uses of force.

Our attorneys handle matters involving excessive force, unjustified shootings, improper use of restraints or less-lethal weapons, unlawful arrests and detentions, and other law enforcement misconduct resulting in serious injury or death. We carefully investigate the circumstances surrounding an encounter, including body-camera and surveillance footage, dispatch and incident records, witness testimony, physical evidence, departmental policies, and applicable use-of-force standards.

Claims against law enforcement officers and governmental entities involve complex constitutional law, immunity defenses, procedural requirements, and often highly contested factual issues. Peck Baxter brings experienced litigation and trial advocacy to these cases, working with appropriate experts and pursuing accountability and compensation through federal civil rights claims and other available legal remedies.