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[…]
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[…]
The Illinois State Rifle Association recently released a statement on the subject of firearm rights and the new marijuana landscape in Illinois. Long and short, the Illinois State Police has stated it will “not revoke Firearm Owners’ Identification cards based solely on a person’s legal use of adult-use cannabis.” Further, unless the user (for some[…]
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[…]
New York City Trying to Moot 2nd Amendment Case at Supreme Court, But Case is Still Pending
Gun Law Aug 28, 2019
The first significant Second Amendment case in almost a decade is pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York, the plaintiffs are challenging an NYC ordinance forbidding the transport of a home firearm, except to seven NYC-approved firing ranges. The plaintiffs argue that the[…]
On July 16, the Law Firm of David G. Sigale, PC, filed a lawsuit in Springfield to stop the State’s new Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. On top of the federal payments and regulations with which lawful dealers must already comply, the Act requires the payment of exorbitant (and in many cases, multiple) fees, and[…]
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[…]