Results
Brett Klein is a renowned civil rights lawyer and expert, frequently tapped for interviews by major news outlets. He achieves headline-worthy results for his clients.
Sample results:
$3.9 million settlement with the City of New York for a client who served approximately 18 months in prison as a teenager for a crime he did not commit.
$3 million settlement for two victims of false arrest and excessive force by police officers.
$1.4 million settlement with the State of New York for the estate of a State prisoner killed in NYS corrections custody by corrections officers.
$1.25 million jury verdict in the SDNY for a NYS prisoner who was sexually abused by a prison guard.
$650,000 settlement with the City of New York for a client who was wrongfully convicted of participating in a drug sale.
$500,000 setttlement with Suffolk County for a client who was wrongfully convicted of drug possession.
$405,000 settlement with the City of New York for 2 peaceful protestors who were swept up by NYPD officers during the George Floyd protests in NYC.
$300,000 settlement with the City of Mt. Vernon, NY for a client who was maliciously prosecuted based on the false complaint of narcotics officers.
$180,000 jury verdict against NYS corrections officers in NDNY; case settled post-trial for $250,000 inclusive of fees and costs.
Zarkower v. City of New York, No. 19-cv-3843 (ARR) (JRC) (E.D.N.Y.) — Served as court-appointed Class Counsel in a § 1983 class action challenging the NYPD's "114th Precinct Debriefing Practice," under which arrestees issued Desk Appearance Tickets were returned to cells and detained for hours of questioning about unrelated neighborhood crimes; defeated qualified immunity at the pleading stage (461 F. Supp. 3d 31 (E.D.N.Y. 2020)) and obtained a Court-approved class-wide settlement (final approval Sept. 24, 2024) providing monetary relief to class members detained at the 114th Precinct between November 11, 2013 and June 30, 2021.
$13,250,000 settlement for victim of wrongful police shooting.
Co-counsel in successful proceedings to vacate a 25-year wrongful conviction, and in a resulting $100,000,000 claim for compensation under New York’s unjust conviction law.
$11,000,000 jury verdict for a 27-year-old motorist who suffered an injury to his cervical spine resulting in permanent neurological dysfunction and impairments when he was shot by a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop.
$1,800,000 jury verdict in Brooklyn Supreme Court for a man who was falsely imprisoned by Home Depot security.
$1,500,000 settlement for a man who spent 17 days on Rikers Island after being falsely accused of shooting at NYPD officers in Brooklyn.
$1,850,000 settlement to the mother of an autistic man who died after police tased, pepper-sprayed, and lay on top of him while he was handcuffed.
$1,500,000 settlement for man who spent 5 years on Rikers Island before he was acquitted of all charges.
$1,000,000 for man who spent two days in NYPD custody falsely accused by NYPD and DOE officials of sexual assault on a student.
$250,000 jury verdict against Suffolk County for its failure to protect a prisoner from an attack by other prisoners, resulting in a fractured ankle.
$1,500,000 settlement for the estate of a Staten Island man who was not under arrest, but was subjected to excessive force and died, when NYPD officers held him in a face down position for 30 minutes.
Favorable jury verdict for a woman violently arrested on NY parkway. Full story
$625,000 settlement for a client who was kicked in the eye and falsely arrested, resulting in an orbital fracture and unjustly spending a day in police custody.
$325,000 for a client who was subjected to excessive force when police officers pushed their knees in his back and slammed his face to the ground.
$975,000 settlement for a client who lost an eye after being kicked by an NYPD sergeant.
$800,000 settlement for a client who was falsely arrested and struck in the face with a metal baton, which caused a broken jaw and a traumatic brain injury.
$150,000 jury verdict for a client who was detained for 45 minutes and issued a baseless summons for disorderly conduct. Jury findings were based on loss of liberty and emotional distress. Full Story
$300,000 verdict by a judge in federal court for emotional distress for a woman who was detained for 15 minutes by armed agents while her home was searched, based on mistaken information.
$40,000 jury verdict against the City of Yonkers and a number of police offers in federal court in White Plains for a man who was punched in the eye by a police officer.
$240,000 settlement for a Staten Island man who was kicked in the eye by an NYPD officer. He suffered a ruptured globe.
$300,000 settlement for a man who suffered a broken elbow after police pulled his legs out from under him while he was handcuffed.
$280,000 settlement for a man who was falsely arrested and suffered a broken nose when an officer hit him in the face with handcuffs.
$285,000 settlement for a mother and son who were falsely arrested for unlawful eviction of a tenant and were detained for 15 hours each before the Staten Island DA declined to prosecute.
$400,000 settlement for a paraplegic inmate who suffered an inferior pubic ramus fracture during transport from court to Rikers Island because he was improperly secured inside a DOC transport van.
$225,000 settlement for “deliberate indifference” to a prisoner with mental health problems. DOC repeatedly ignored his medial condition, resulting in multiple suicide attempts.
$200,000 settlement for a high school administrator who was kicked in the eye by a NYPD officer on Staten Island, causing an orbital fracture.
$150,000 settlement for a 14 year-old from Staten Island who was forced by police officers to remove his clothes and left alone in a desolate area. Full Story
$150,000 settlement for two women who were inappropriately photographed by a NYPD detective. Full Story
$30,000 settlement for two men who were unlawfully strip-searched in public and falsely arrested by the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a choke hold.
CNN Interview in the aftermath of Eric Garner choke hold case …