Terry Gilbert’s passion for civil rights law was born in Northeast Ohio, but his career-long pursuit of justice is known nationally. Using the law to fight for equality and justice has been a focus for Gilbert for decades. It took root when he was in college and witnessed the chaos and upheaval from protests against the Vietnam War.
Gilbert believes fervently in the idea that lawyers have an obligation to fight for justice in a meaningful way and make sure America’s democratic society and constitutional framework are upheld.
A few years later, Gilbert was at a local “Bail Bond Ball” to raise money for those who couldn’t afford bail when the police raided the event, kicking and beating attendees, dragging them down the stairs and arresting many well-known community activists. Gilbert called Friedman to help and a few years later, the now well-known civil rights ...
He’s appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show” and CBS News, as well as in many documentaries. His awards and honors are many and include being repeatedly recognized as a Super Lawyer and being honored with the John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award from the American Bar Association Litigation Section.
Terry Gilbert’s passion for civil rights law was born in Northeast Ohio, but his career-long pursuit of justice is known nationally. Using the law to fight for equality and justice has been a focus for Gilbert for decades. It took root when he was in college and witnessed the chaos and upheaval from protests against the Vietnam War.
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On Saturday, I was quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer article about a local suburb conducting drug checkpoints on Interstate 271. The sign warned motorists to be prepared to stop. This would be an illegal roadblock. When the reporter contacted the police department, they told him this is not a real roadblock, just a fake roadblock.
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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Terry Gilbert has dedicated his career as a civil rights lawyer to pursuing justice for the disenfranchised. “Everybody deserves justice in one form or another,” said Gilbert, who calls himself a people’s lawyer. “I was never deterred by popularity, whether people had money or didn’t have money, ...
Co-written with Carlo Wolff, the 324-page book was published Feb. 1 by Act 3 of Cleveland.
Gilbert said one of the most important and gratifying cases of his career involved the vindication of Rickey Jackson and brothers Wiley Bridgeman and Kwame Ajamu , who spent a combined total of more than 100 years in prison for a crime they did not commit.
“Trying Times: A Lawyer’s 50-Year Struggle Fighting for Rights in a World of Wrongs,” a memoir by Terry Gilbert with Carlo Wolff, was published Feb. 1 by Act 3 of Cleveland. (Photo courtesy of Act 3)