Patrick
MSI Executive Member
Mr. Hansel is a well-known civil rights lawyer who has won some good cases in MD against police misconduct.
http://www.jgllaw.com/Bio/CaryHansel.asp
I've got his firm's info as my "emergency civil rights suit contact" if the MoCO PD ever goes off on a wild hair over my 2A activities, SBR ownership, "anti government extremist views," etc., etc.
In federal civil rights cases, the plaintiff who wins gets to collect his attorneys' fees from the losing governmental agency. That's in the U.S. Code. Alan Gura is fighting with DC over this issue today as a holdover from the Heller case. We're talking millions of dollars here. And today the USSC just kicked open the courthouse door to a nation of Guras.
And I should be careful to not cast aspersion on someone (or a firm of "someones") who wants to help. I did not mean to do so. But in CA there have been cases where litigants jumped in and did some damage. I was there when it happened and don't want to see it happen here.
But I think it fair to ask the question to anyone who opens the discussion on the public internet: how serious are you?
Seriously...I wish we fit Mr. Cary's profile. I'd be interested to see where they want to go.