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Joseph M. Polick

  • Partner

Practice Areas:

  • Civil Rights Defense
  • Municipal Defense
  • Government Representation
  • Employment Discrimination Defense
  • Employee Internal Investigations

Biography

Prior to joining The Sotos Law Firm, Joe was a Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel for the trial division at the City of Chicago. At the City of Chicago, Joe represented law enforcement and other municipal employees in all aspects of civil rights and tort litigation.  Joe became special Litigation Counsel representing the City and law enforcement in wrongful death, reversed conviction and other complex, high-exposure civil rights and tort litigation in federal court and worked in that capacity for four years before returning to his position as a Chief in the Federal Civil Rights Litigation Division.  Joe has tried several civil rights cases against law enforcement to verdict over the course of his career.

Education

  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
    • J.D. - 1990
  • Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
    • B.A. - 1984
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Major: Political Science

Bar Admission

  • Illinois, 1990
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996
  • U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois

Past Positions

  • City of Chicago- Law Department, Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, 2005 to 2015
  • City of Chicago- Law Department, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1996 to 2005
  • Norton & Mancini, Associate, 1996 to 1996
  • City of Chicago- Law Department, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1990 to 1996

Professional Associations

  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association