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Businesses, such as hotels and truck stops, have long turned a blind eye to sex trafficking occurring on their premises, because they benefit when their services are used and paid for. Any company that profits from the suffering and exploitation of a sex trafficking victim should be held accountable. If you are a victim of sex trafficking, our experienced attorneys are here to help and discuss your legal options.
Speak to an Attorney NowNational Human Trafficking Hotline
If you or someone you know is currently being trafficked, you can get help from the National Human Trafficking Hotline: call 1-888-373-7888, text HELP to BEFREE 233733), or email [email protected].
How We Can Help
It can take many years to even begin to heal from the trauma of sex trafficking, but the statute of limitations for these crimes is only one to five years. This means our criminal justice system is often unable to deliver survivors all the justice they deserve.
However, civil laws enable survivors of sex trafficking to seek damages from third parties that benefited financially from their exploitation. This option may help survivors of forced prostitution to receive compensation for the harm they’ve experienced, especially because the statute of limitations is longer in civil courts.
Businesses That Ignored You Should Pay
Businesses like hotels, motels and truck stops, all play a role in this criminal industry by providing a venue for or otherwise facilitating sex trafficking enterprises.
These businesses have an opportunity to identify and report the tell-tale signs of sex trafficking, helping to put an end to these crimes. But too often they look the other way, allowing sex trafficking to happen because it is to their financial advantage.
By turning a blind eye to sex trafficking, these businesses are complicit. They are profiting from sexual exploitation, and bear partial responsibility for the immense physical, psychological, and emotional toll sex trafficking causes its victims.
Getting Victims the Justice You Deserve
Weitz & Luxenberg is committed to holding the businesses that do nothing to stop sex trafficking accountable for the deep harm, and violation of human rights and dignity, that they profited from. These business had a responsibility to help prevent sex trafficking, but did not use that opportunity.
For 30 years, the attorneys at W&L have been striving to help innocent victims harmed by corporate greed and negligence obtain the justice that they deserve.
- W&L helped win a $9 billion jury verdict that included, at the time, the seventh-largest determination of punitive damages awarded in the U.S.*
- Our firm played key roles in negotiating separate $2.5 billion and $1 billion settlements for our clients and those of other firms who need revisions surgery due to certain types of defective hip implants.
- As a nationally recognized personal injury law firm, we have nearly 500 dedicated lawyers, paralegals, and support professionals.
- There are attorneys to help you wherever you are in the U.S. We have offices in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Detroit, and Los Angeles. We can also arrange to meet you closer to home.
We would feel privileged to assist you.
For a free consultation and more information about your legal options, please contact us today.
Attorney Spotlight
Weitz & Luxenberg has more than 100 attorneys ready to fight for you. Many of our attorneys have decades of experience working with clients. All of them are at Weitz & Luxenberg because they care about getting justice for the clients we represent.
Tiffany R. Ellis
Tiffany R. Ellis is nationally recognized as an outstanding trial lawyer and has a strong drive to achieve justice for survivors of sex trafficking. Prior to joining Weitz & Luxenberg, she was the Chief of Staff for the New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate and has spent much of her career working with women and men whose abuse by others started when they were young and vulnerable. Tiffany understands the trauma and abuse survivors suffered, and wants to help them thrive.
About Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is a highly profitable crime that involves forcing or manipulating a person into engaging in sex acts for someone else’s financial gain. A form of modern-day slavery, sex trafficking occurs throughout the world –– including here in the United States.
Each year, thousands of sex trafficking cases are reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. Read more about Sex Trafficking.
Filing a Sex Trafficking Lawsuit
Most victims who contact Weitz & Luxenberg have never before filed a lawsuit. They don’t know their legal rights. Their primary concern is with their safety and recovery, or that of a loved one — and rightfully so. Our attorneys are here to explain your legal options and handle the legal burden, so you don’t have to.
We’d also like to hear from others who may be aware of a victim that wants and needs our legal help:
- Family and loved ones.
- Service providers.
- Social workers.
- Police enforcement officers.
- Personnel at free clinics.
