Aggressively Defending Your Civil Rights

Litt, Estuar & Kitson, LLP, Believes That the Constitution Does Not Stop Outside the Jail Walls

Litt Estuar & Kitson, LLP, has earned a strong reputation for its cases challenging unconstitutional strip search practices in jails. Ours is a national practice, with pending strip search class actions against Fulton County (Georgia), the City of Baltimore, the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles County and Kern County.

We have a proven track record of success. The firm has obtained many multi-million dollar class action settlements, including some of the largest in the country, on behalf of clients in Los Angeles County ($27 Million), San Bernardino County ($25.5 Million) and Washington, D.C. ($12 Million).

We have the resources to bring complex illegal strip search cases to trial. We fight to ensure that constitutional law is fully enforced and dedicate our practice to bringing about lasting change to institutions that violate civil liberties.

Some of our representative cases include:

• Williams v. Block, Case No. CV-97-03826-CW (C.D. Cal.): $27 Million settlement in involving Los Angeles County jail over detention and strip searches, settlement included a complete revamp of jail procedures.
• Craft v. County of San Bernardino, EDCV05-0359 SGL (C.D. Calif.): $25.5 Million settlement in certified class action against the Sheriff of San Bernardino County for blanket strip searches of detainees, arrestees, and persons ordered released from custody.
• Bynum v. District of Columbia, Case No. 02-956 (RCL) (D.D.C.): $12 Million settlement in certified class action against the District of Columbia for over detentions and strip searches of persons ordered released from custody.

Contact a Los Angeles Jail Conditions Lawyer

If you have been subjected to a strip search that you feel was illegal, we would like to hear from you. Contact our Los Angeles civil rights attorneys online or call 213-863-4527.