 From 1969 to 1970, federal judge David S. Tatel was a director of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under law.Since 1976, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee has operated as a separate, self-supporting, tax-exempt organization, although it continues to coordinate its activities with the National Lawyers' Committee and other local Lawyers' Committees throughout the country.In 2006, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee filed suit against craigslist, Inc., the company behind the website craigslist.org, alleging that craigslist, Inc. was in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act because it allowed people to post discriminatory ads.