Ezekiel Thackston
Founding partner
Police and sheriff misconduct, and appeals
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Every power a city, a county or a prison holds is borrowed, and the loan has terms. When a police department, a housing authority or a jail breaks them, the person who pays has the right to ask a court to call the power in.
That is all this firm does: four lawyers in Montgomery, working for people an institution has harmed. We take few cases, and we take them all the way.
Ezekiel Thackston
Founding partner
Four short claims, and the case behind each
Each claim is paired with a sample matter in outline. The matters are made-up examples, and none of them predicts what will happen in yours.
- 01Police and sheriffs
The report is not the record.
Sample matter: a deputy’s report called a roadside search voluntary. The dash camera recorded a demand, and the complaint quoted both.
Police and sheriff misconduct - 02Housing, lending and services
A rule applied unevenly is a rule broken.
Sample matter: a county rental-aid waiting list that moved faster for some neighborhoods than others. The case began with the list itself, requested in full.
Discrimination in housing, lending and services - 03Disability rights
Access is not a favor.
Sample matter: a school hearing held in a room up a flight of stairs, with a parent told to email ahead for help. A letter and a site visit followed, then a new policy.
Disability rights - 04Jails and prisons
Care is owed, not earned.
Sample matter: a man in a county jail whose prescribed insulin sat in a queue for days. The claim was built from the medication log, hour by hour.
Prisoners’ rights
The lawyers
Four lawyers, and one of them owns your file.
You will know who is handling your case from the first call. Each of us takes one kind of case and sees it through.
Prudence Satterfield
Partner
Discrimination in housing, lending and public services
Solomon Kilgore
Partner
Medical care and conditions in jails and prisons
Ainsley Gilchrist
Associate
Disability rights in schools and public services
Bring us what you have.
A letter, a report number, a photograph, a date. Tell us what an institution did and we will tell you honestly whether we can help, or who can. Writing to us does not make us your lawyers, so please leave out anything confidential.