Bill Barasha
Associate
422 North Northwest Highway, Suite 200
Park Ridge, IL 60068 Phone: 847.292.1200  Fax: 847.292.1208
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Mr. Barasha is a 1979 graduate of The John Marshall Law School and was admitted to the Illinois Bar the same year. Following a brief career as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Mr. Barasha has, for the past 23 years, been primarily involved in the defense of civil rights and constitutional claims. Bill has defended First Amendment claims (including protected speech, political affiliation and right to petition), Fourth Amendment claims (including false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, unlawful search and seizure, and excessive use of force), Fourteenth Amendment claims (including procedural and substantive due process, as well as equal protection), a myriad of Title VII claims for race and sex discrimination, Title 29 claims for age discrimination, prisoner rights cases under the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and Fair Housing Act claims.

Bill has litigated cases in the United States District Court for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois. A member of the Federal Trial Bar, he has extensive trial experience in both the Federal and State Courts. Mr. Barasha has prepared and argued many appeals in the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and he has appeared before the Illinois Supreme Court.

Mr. Barasha was formerly a partner in the law firm of Kurnik, Cipolla and Barasha, Ltd, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, for more than 17 years. He joined Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC in 2001 and will continue to focus his practice in civil rights and constitutional claims.