"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men."

 - Marcus Garvey

The Law Offices of Rahsaan A. Gordon, P.C. was founded by Attorney Rahsaan A. Gordon in 2004. Mr. Gordon is a lifelong resident of Chicago, having been born and raised in the Woodlawn, Englewood, and Roseland areas of Chicago's Southside. Mr. Gordon's mother is a lifelong resident of the Southside of Chicago, while his father was born and reared on the Westside of Chicago.

At an early age, Mr. Gordon was bused into the racially segregated, and all-White, Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago in order to attend a magnet public school known as Mark Sheridan Math and Science Academy. This elementary school possessed a rigorous academic environment and a diverse student body. Unfortunately, during the middle 1980's in Chicago, racism was alive and well and racial tensions were very high as Chicago prepared for its first Black mayor, Harold Washington. As a young child, and on a daily basis, Rahsaan Gordon was confronted with the ugly realities of bigotry and prejudice, as he merely sought to obtain an elementary school education. Experiences such as these would provide the catalyst for Mr. Gordon's decision to embark in a career in the law.

Mr. Gordon attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High-School located on Chicago's Westside, which has long been regarded as one of the premier public high-schools in America. After graduating from Whitney M. Young High-School, Mr. Gordon attended Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology. Upon graduating from Morehouse College, Mr. Gordon received a full-scholarship to study law at the University of Iowa's School of Law, located in Iowa City, Iowa. While in law school, Mr. Gordon worked as a law clerk at Meachum, Spahr, Hastzo, and Hittle, a Chicago insurance defense litigation law firm; the Illinois Attorney General's Office, Civil Rights Division; and Davis & Kelthau, LLC, a full-service civil and commercial litigation firm.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Gordon accepted a position at the newly formed plaintiff's personal injury litigation law firm, Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery. This national litigation firm was founded by legendary trial attorneys Johnnie L. Cochran and James D. Montgomery. Fortunate to have began his legal career at the nation's largest plaintiff's law firm, Mr. Gordon began working on multi-million dollar cases immediately after graduating from law school. Some of the cases to which Mr. Gordon contributed his legal talents, while at the Cochran Firm, resulted in many multi-million settlements and/or verdicts, including a settlement on the eve of trial for $18,000,000. This case involved the City of Chicago and its police department's role in the shooting death of an unarmed Black motorist named LaTanya Haggerty.

Later, Mr. Gordon accepted a position at one of Chicago's largest law firms, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney and Priess, a full-service civil defense and commercial litigation law firm. At this firm, Mr. Gordon concentrated his practice entirely in the areas of civil litigation and commercial litigation, working on cases involving catastrophic personal injuries, including many wrongful death matters. In his role at this firm, Mr. Gordon's clients included international insurance companies, construction companies, national trucking companies, landowners, and individuals.

In 2004, Rahsaan A. Gordon founded the Law Offices of Rahsaan A. Gordon, P.C. Currently, it is regarded as one of Chicago's premier boutique civil litigation firms, specializing in personal injury law. We stand in front as a leader in our dedication to the pursuit of just compensation for individuals injured due to the fault of others. We continue to represent victims from all backgrounds of life in their pusuit of personal injury matters, involving such things as truck accidents, motor vehicle accidents, police brutality, slip-and-falls, construction accidents, and other accidents resulting in catastrophic injuries. We have achieved tremendous outcomes in numerous civil lawsuits filed on behalf of personal injury victims in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

*Attorney Rahsaan A. Gordon is admitted to practice before the Illinois State Bar and the Federal Trial Bar.

Education

-University of Iowa School of Law, Iowa City, IA
-Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
-Whitney M. Young Magnet High-School, Chicago, IL

Past Employment

-Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL
-Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, Chicago, IL
-Davis & Kueltheu, Milwaukee, WI
-Meachum, Spahr, Hastzo & Hittle, Chicago, IL
-Illinois Attorney General's Office, Civil Rights Division, Chicago, IL

Professional Associations/Memberships/Organizations

-Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyer's Association
-Cook County Bar Association
-Chicago Bar Association
-Illinois State Bar Association
-Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
-National Bar Association

Not-For-Profits

-Youth-As-Possibilities, Inc, Board of Directors