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J.D.

Policy Director of Parole Illinois

FOIA Litigation

Liz is a fantastic lawyer and great to have in your corner. She is confident, but not arrogant; attentive, and not aloof to the wishes of the client. She is extremely intelligent, competent, and eager to litigate a case to the fullest extend possible.

Liz is easily one of the best attorneys I have ever had representing me, and will definitely be my first choice in counsel on any future FOIA litigation.

Elizabeth Mazur

partner

T 312.604.2726

F 312.604.2727

E emazur@hsplegal.com

Ms. Mazur joined the firm in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, she was Legal Director at Uptown People's Law Center, where she oversaw the organization's extensive prisoners' rights docket, including class action, individual, and high-impact cases.

Ms. Mazur also previously worked as a partner at Loevy & Loevy in Chicago, where she primarily litigated police misconduct cases. Prior to that, Ms. Mazur was a Skadden Fellow at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law where she worked on issues concerning access to public benefits. She also clerked for the Honorable M. Blane Michael of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Reviews

J.D.

Policy Director of Parole Illinois

FOIA Litigation

Liz is a fantastic lawyer and great to have in your corner. She is confident, but not arrogant; attentive, and not aloof to the wishes of the client. She is extremely intelligent, competent, and eager to litigate a case to the fullest extend possible.

Liz is easily one of the best attorneys I have ever had representing me, and will definitely be my first choice in counsel on any future FOIA litigation.

Education

University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D. 2005) - Order of the Coif - Senior Executive Editor, California Law Review

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A. and B.S. 1999) - cum laude

Admissions

California (2005)

Illinois (2006)

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Professional Recognition

Named in the Lawdragon 500 Guide as a Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyer (2023)

Memberships / Associations

Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Member, National Lawyers Guild

Member, National Lawyers Guild National Police Accountability Project

Board Member, Restore Justice Illinois

Presentations & Publications

Instructor, University of Chicago Law School Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Intensive Trial Practice Workshop (2022, 2024).

Establishing Monell liability Against Wexford post-Dean v. Wexford, Chicago National Police Accountability Project (2022)

Advocating for LGBTQ+ People in Custody: Current Issues, Strategies, and Approaches, Prison Law & Advocacy Conference, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2022)

Post-Trump Strategic Impact Litigation – Limitations and Opportunities, Skadden Fellowship Foundation (2022)

Civil Rights Lawyers & Sexual Harassment, Chicago NLG-NPAP (2018)

Elizabeth Mazur & Sarah C. Grady, Lessons From Dean v. Wexford: Establishing Corporate Deliberate Indifference Through Evidence from Statewide Class Action Litigation, Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook, Vol. 38 (2022) p. 217.

Litigation of Section 1983 Cases: Stop, Arrest & Seizure, State Bar of Wisconsin (2017)

Discovery of Police Officer Disciplinary History, National Lawyers Guild (2014)

Challenging Police Accounts, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (2012)

Languages

English

Representative Matters

Estate of Daniel Prude v City of Rochester, NY. Represented the estate of a Black man killed by Rochester police officers in March 2020, as they were responding to his pleas for help as he suffered an acute mental health crisis. Settlement of $12,000,000 was one of the largest single plaintiff police misconduct recoveries in the country.

Finnegan v. Baldwin et al. Represented a transgender prisoner who was raped when Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) staff placed her in a cell with a sexual predator. Successfully defeated summary judgment by IDOC staff who were responsible for the cell placement in a decision that can be found HERE. Achieved favorable settlement on the eve of trial.

People v. Miguel Morales. Represented a Chicago man who was wrongfully convicted of 1993 homicide; secured reversal of his criminal conviction and obtained a Certificate of Innocence. Currently pursuing civil rights claims against the Chicago police detectives who framed him and caused him to spend over 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Hubert v. Prohibition Junction. Represented a server in her claims of sexual harassment against the manager at the bar where she worked. During the lawsuit, HSPRD defeated the bar’s claims of attorney privilege to uncover the records of the investigation by the bar’s attorneys.

Ruderman et al v. McHenry County et al. Represent a putative class of immigrants who were subject to forced labor while civilly detained in the McHenry County Jail. Defeated Defendants’ motion to dismiss claims brought pursuant to the Trafficking Victim’s Protection Act (TVPA).

Practice Areas

Civil Rights / Constitutional Law

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