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[…]
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David Sigale was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune’s Katherine Douglas regarding Dione Weaver, who was sitting in his parked car on a Chicago street one late night when he saw a man walking from car to car shining a flashlight inside them. Weaver called 911, said he was worried about the person, and that Weaver[…]
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[…]
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale has filed a Petition for Certiorari in the case of Culp v. Raoul, which challenges the State of Illinois’ concealed carry system which results in law-abiding persons from 45 states being prohibited from filing an application for an Illinois CCL solely based on their state of residence, regardless[…]
Sigale wins another battle in Illinois. The Illinois Second District Appellate Court dismissed an appeal by the Village of Deerfield over its semi-automatic rifle and large capacity magazine ban. The Court agreed with the Law Firm of David G. Sigale that the Court lacked jurisdiction, because the status of the case was not appropriate for[…]
Sigale Challenges Injustices of Concealed Carry Application Process
Civil Rights, Gun Law May 06, 2019
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. is co-counsel in the cause of Michael White, who has for years attempted to obtain an Illinois concealed carry license. His case has repeatedly been referred to the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board, where the false presumptions about long-ago alleged occurrences, and the lack of a hearing[…]
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. has recently obtained a ruling that the Village of Deerfield exceeded its authority when it enacted an assault weapon ban (AWB) and large capacity magazine (LCM) ban. In Easterday v. Village of Deerfield, a Judge in the Lake County Circuit Court held the ordinances to be unenforceable[…]
Rappers like Chance the Rapper, Killer Mike, Fat Joe and Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) have teamed with law school professors, and a university professor on the subject of hip hop culture, to submit an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking certiorari in Knox v. Pennsylvania. In Knox, the Petitioner raps under the[…]
David Sigale was pleased to speak at the First Amendment Lawyers Association’s winter conference in Tampa, Florida. The topic was First Amendment Issues in Second Amendment Cases. Mr. Sigale is pleased to be a member of an organization so devoted to protecting the free speech and expression rights for all. If you have a First[…]
Eugene Volokh at reason.com wrote an informative article about a Pennsylvania man with a permanent firearm possession ban after he was convicted of possessing and using a falsified Pennsylvania Department of Transportation document in 1998 – specifically, he falsified a vehicle window-tinting permit. Technically a misdemeanor, the way the potential sentencing worked in Pennsylvania labeled[…]