WHO WE ARE.

STEVE BENEDETTO

Justice-seeker.   Legal strategist.   Fighter.

Steve Benedetto was not all of these things when he began his legal career in 2003. It took over a decade of battling in the trenches of the civil justice system — years of seeing horrific injustices — for him to imagine another possibility. A vision of what the legal system could be. And what a law firm could be for its clients.

HEATHER HAMEL ROBLES

Heather Hamel Robles entered the legal field with just about every bona fide title one can accumulate: Berkley grad; Judicial Clerk; Big-Firm Associate. Her diligence and focus led her to one of the pre-eminent law firms in the country. But Heather soon found that the accolades, peer admiration, and six-figure salary weren't enough. Not for a life-long activist hellbent on changing the system.

WILL KNIGHT

From the age of 18, Will Knight knew he was going to dedicate his life to changing a justice system whose violence he and his family had personally experienced.  Less than a decade after graduating at the top of his law school class, he has already done just that.  Moved from big-firm litigator to public defender to political candidate to community organizer and civil rights lawyer, Will has massively impacted the system at every stop along the way.  Now he is at The PLF.  

WHAT WE DO.

We file lawsuits against police officers, prison officials, and their departments for violating our clients' constitutional rights.  And we defend the change-makers who police attack for standing up for these rights.  These are some of our cases.