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Want to Tase a Lawyer? A Stunning Client Commitment

By March 1, 2022March 2nd, 20222 Comments

Litigation specialty: defending the police

Steve Borkan from Borkan & Scahill is a serious trial lawyer, often representing insurance companies in large, complex cases.  He’s also developed a particular niche specialty defending the City of Chicago and police officers in civil rights cases, including those with allegations of police misconduct. These “excessive force” cases often claim improper use of Tasers, i.e. either using it where it wasn’t necessary or tasing someone longer, or more times, than was necessary under the circumstances.

Borkan takes his defense practice very seriously.

To gain more insight into how to defend cops in the growing number of cases alleging inappropriate or excessive Taser use, he fought his way into an official police Taser-training class, learning correct police procedure. At the end of the class, he eagerly volunteered to be Tased (“Tazed”), to thoroughly understand the plaintiffs’ actual physical experience. He believes that it significantly improves his ability to conduct a serious cross-examination. Now there’s a lawyer committed to serving his clients.

Wanna see a lawyer brought screaming to his knees by a Taser?

Yeah, it’s just as good as it sounds.

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Below are low-res screenshots from the video shot by a fellow participant.  Click here to watch the actual video.

I know this guy; he’s serious about his work.  And that’s exactly the kind of commitment I’d want from my lawyer in a tough case.  If you were a cop or insurance company, can you think of one reason you wouldn’t hire him? Because I sure can’t.

[This is a 2021 update to a previous post.]

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