Hello Everyone!

[theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social]

Hello Everyone! I'm Sheryl Weikal, "The Leftist Lawyer." I'm a name-your-own-price law practice in Illinois, USA. Illinois has no right to counsel in eviction or foreclosure cases,
so I represent people facing homelessness who otherwise couldn't afford lawyers.

Illinois is also one of 42 US states that charges for and means tests the public defender, so I take criminal cases for people who can't afford the public defender or don't qualify.

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[theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social]

I also represent Pro-Palestine, anti-racism/BLM, and anti-ICE protesters pro bono.

I'm not a nonprofit and take no government funding, because the Legal Services Corporation, the government agency that funds legal aid nonprofits, prohibits its recipients from representing undocumented people and I won't turn anyone away because of their immigration status.

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[theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social]

I'm openly trans and was privileged to play a small part in the fight for trans equality by making it possible for trans people to practice law in Illinois without being deadnamed, misgendered, or subjected to genital inspections.

Transgender lawyer wins suit for declaration that trans discrimination violates attorney ethics rules

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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