Notable Civil Rights Settlements

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, and Alexa C. Bradley settled a wrongful death federal court civil lawsuit for $6.75 million in 2019 for the death of an inmate at the Milwaukee County Jail. The settlement was the largest known prison death settlement ever in Wisconsin and was the subject of national and international news coverage.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht and James P. End represented an employee in an Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Title VII discrimination and retaliation case which resolved in 2019.

FAB attorneys James P. End and Bryn I. Baker resolved a Fourth Amendment unlawful detention and excessive force claim against a local law enforcement agency in 2019. Attorneys End and Baker also resolved a related state Open Records dispute simultaneously.

FAB attorneys Thomas C. Lenz, Christopher G. Meadows, and Bryn I. Baker successfully resolved an inmate excessive force claim against the State of Wisconsin in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley resolved a Fourth Amendment claim against a local law enforcement agency in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley successfully resolved a prison sexual assault claim in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley successfully settled a prison lack of medical care and wrongful death case against State of Wisconsin prison officials in 2017.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz resolved a prison lack of medical care and wrongful death case against a jail in Southeastern Wisconsin in 2017.