Today, Attorney David G. Sigale achieved two favorable Court Opinions with potentially large impacts on the nature and exercise of Second Amendment rights. First, Atkinson v. Garland involves the question of whether long-ago non-violent felons can be permanently disarmed under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Plaintiff had requested a hearing to show that – despite his conviction –[…]
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Sigale Files Lawsuit For Federal Firearm Rights Restoration
Civil Rights, Gun Law, Uncategorized Jan 28, 2021
In 2018, in Kanter v. Barr, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a person convicted of a federal felony, no matter how long ago and no matter how non-violent the nature of the offense, could never have their Second Amendment rights restored. The Court effectively ruled: once a felon, always a felon. This contradicts[…]
As a firefighter, S.M. has dedicated his career to helping others and saving lives in his community. It is fitting to call him a hero. In addition, he is a family man and an all-around decent guy. But in 1994, when he was 18, he got into a fight at a high school party that[…]
First and foremost: I hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy in this unprecedented and extraordinary time of COVID-19, one that is challenging all of us, and I join in all the thank-yous to the medical personnel and first responders who are working so heroically to their own detriment for everyone else’s benefit. It is[…]
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two individuals, the Illinois State Rifle Association, and the Second Amendment Foundation against the Illinois State Police and its officials over the lengthy delays of the ISP in responding to FOID appeals. The Plaintiffs in particular had their FOIDs revoked in[…]
David G. Sigale has been selected as a Super Lawyer for seven times and is honored to have been selected by his peers again in 2020. Mr. Sigale has become one of the Nation’s leading Second Amendment and civil rights attorneys since serving as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City[…]
For the sixth time, David G. Sigale has been selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list, to which only 5% of Illinois attorneys are named each year. Sigale appreciates the honor, and the Firm looks forward to serving its clients with dedication and zeal in 2019 and beyond. The Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. was[…]
Free speech on college campuses is a hotbed issue. Controversial speakers are uninvited from delivering speeches after there are objections from a loud (and sometimes violent) opposing segment of the student body. Phrases such as “trigger warning” and “safe space” are now commonplace among college students. While shielding our future leaders from speech that may[…]
The constitutional principle of incorporation is when one of the freedoms in the Bill of Rights is enforced against state and local governments. This was the issue regarding the Second Amendment in McDonald v City of Chicago, and since the first such case in Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago, 166[…]
An excellent article in The Atlantic, brought to my attention through www.scotusblog.com, discusses an ongoing lawsuit over climate change, and the government’s [lack of] policies towards it, that may highlight an early effect of the replacement on the Supreme Court from Justice Kennedy to Justice Kavanaugh. There is a general rule that those with non-individual[…]
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