Sheryl WeikalHello 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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Sheryl WeikalI 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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Sheryl WeikalI'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.
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/transgender-lawyer-wins-suit-for-declaration-that-transgender-discrimination-violates-attorney-ethics-rules
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