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Matthew A. Chivari
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
DePaul College of Law
The foundation of effective legal representation is a strong underlying attorney-client relationship. I engage with clients with one intention in mind: the best possible outcome for each client.
I build a relationship of understanding and trust with each client from the very first consultation. Aggressive representation requires a thorough investigation of the facts. I work diligently to craft the strongest possible defense, including collection and thorough review of supporting material such as discovery from the prosecution, interviews of any witnesses, and gathering of transcripts, documents, video footage or any other material. Armed with a robust understanding of the unique facts...
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Raul A Villalobos
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 50 years of experience
Criminal Defense, Business, DUI & DWI and Foreclosure Defense
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Raul A. Villalobos is one of the most well known and respected trial attorneys in the Chicago land area. In his almost forty years of experience he has handled hundreds of criminal and civil trials and has represented individuals as well as Fortune 500 companies.
Currently, Raul A. Villalobos is the managing partner at Villalobos & Associates, which handles a wide range of cases from DUI to Consumer Fraud.
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Douglas B. Harper
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 38 years of experience
(312) 214-2454
Two Prudential Plaza
180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 3500
Chicago, IL 60601-6769
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Appeals, Civil Rights and Employment
New York University School of Law
I've been a trial lawyer for over 30 years. I graduated from Yale and NYU Law School, and my legal career began as a criminal prosecutor in New York City. Then I moved to Chicago and became a partner with a mid-sized litigation firm for 10 years, receiving litigation training from some of the best trial lawyers in the city. I opened my current law office in Chicago in 1998. In addition to practicing law full time, I've also been teaching trial skills to practicing lawyers every year since 1994 as a faculty member with The National Institute for Trial...
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Paul F. Serkland
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
The John Marshall Law School
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Bradley R. Kaye
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
DePaul College of Law
Bradley R. Kaye (“Brad”) is a licensed attorney concentrating in the areas of divorce, post-decree issues, estate planning, and criminal law. Brad is based in the Schaumburg office of Anderson & Associates, P.C., and handles cases primarily in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will counties.
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Paul Gentile
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Northern Illinois University
Paul Gentile has been practicing law for over 30 years. He started his career working for the leading law firm Baker and McKenzie. He served as an Assistant State's Attorney in the traffic, misdemeanor, and felony division for seven years, where he handled over a thousand drunk driving, hit and run, driving while revoked or suspended, misdemeanors, domestic violence, assault, weapons, drugs and countless other crimes. He established his general practice in Orland Park, Illinois in 1987. He expanded his practice to include family law. Over the course of his career, there are not many types of...
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Mark Sutter
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
DePaul College of Law
Sutter Law Group, LLC is a group of highly respected lawyers founded by Mark Sutter. Our Chicago & DuPage County attorneys are dedicated, accessible and communicative with the client through every step of the case. Together with the assistance of strategic partnerships across the country, Sutter Law Group, LLC has the capability to offer legal counsel and referral assistance to clients in all areas of law.
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Michael D. Baker
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 35 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Immigration and Traffic Tickets
Washington University School of Law
Concentration in Immigration and Naturalization Law: Asylum, Business and employment-related Immigration, Consular Processing, Criminal and Deportation/Removal Defense, Detention, Domestic Violence and Immigration, Family Immigration, Federal Litigation, Naturalization; Criminal Defense, Post-conviction relief, sealing or expungement, DUI and license suspension, traffic citations and license reinstatement; firm also practices in Injury and Workers' Compensation cases.
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Marilyn Johnson
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Divorce, Family and Traffic Tickets
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Marilyn Johnson is a partner at Johnson & Johnson, Ltd. She has been practicing law for over 30 years, concentrating in the areas of divorce, custody, support, and visitation. She has conducted numerous trials and hearings involving large marital estates and complex child custody issues. Prior to practicing law, Marilyn Johnson was a special education teacher who worked with children with learning disabilities and emotional and behavioral problems. Her vast experience as a lawyer, teacher, and mother has enabled her to acquire a deep, compassionate understanding of the family unit, which has enabled her to counsel clients through the most...
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Mitchell S Sexner
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Since 1990, the attorneys of Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC have provided highly successful representation for clients across Illinois. One of the area's most recognized legal names, Sexner & Associates LLC has multiple offices located in Illinois, with defense lawyers servicing the Chicago courts as well as for counties including Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will and McHenry counties. Our attorneys stand ready to help clients with a wide range of legal services. If you would like to speak about your options, no obligation will apply when you call. We believe at Sexner & Associates LLC that helping...
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William Gaston McLean III
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 12 years of experience
Criminal Defense, Family and Immigration
Florida Coastal School of Law
I am a Chicago and Miami lawyer practicing family- and employment-based immigration law, and removal and deportation defense and appeals. I also work with criminal and family law issues as they arise in the context of immigration cases.
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Mitch Furman
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
The John Marshall Law School
Chicago criminal defense attorney Mitch Furman will be able to provide the representation and legal support you need no matter how complex your case may be. If you are facing a DUI charge, theft crime, drug offense or any other criminal charge then you owe it to yourself to consult with an attorney you know you can trust. Don’t be taken advantage of by the court system, hire a legal advocate who will be able to fight on your behalf throughout the entire legal process.
In addition, Mr. Furman assists clients dealing with personal injury related cases; real estate law...
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John Ioakimidis
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Sarah Toney
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Sarah Toney has practiced in the areas of criminal defense and DUI defense since 2004, which includes civil and criminal Orders of Protection, Stalking No Contact Orders and Drivers License Reinstatements. She was a Top Woman Lawyer in Leadership in 2021 by the Women's Bar Association, a Top 100 Lawyers in IL by Super Lawyers and Young Lawyer of the Year by the State Bar Association. She has wonderful reviews from former clients, which you can read. She truly cares about her clients and will fight for your case!
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Matthew P. Prengaman
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Traffic Tickets and White Collar Crime
University of Idaho College of Law
When facing criminal charges, you need an attorney who will fight for you. Matthew Prengaman is a Cook County criminal law attorney whose first goal is to get your case dismissed or to take your case to trial and win. His hard work does not stop until he gets the best possible outcome for his clients.
Attorney Prengaman represents clients who have been accused of felonies and misdemeanors, including traffic violations, assault, battery, DUI, theft crimes and other offenses. He is licensed and experienced in both federal and state courts, so no matter the severity of the alleged crime,...
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Chantelle A. Porter
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Criminal Defense, Family and Juvenile
Chantelle A. Porter is a graduate of The Ohio State University (2003) and graduated from DePaul University College of Law (2006). Chantelle was admitted to practice in 2006. While at DePaul University College of Law, Chantelle received her Family Law Certificate and was the recipient of the Public Interest Law Association Grant - Judge Jeffrey Coman Designation, the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center Grant, and the Dean's Scholarship.
Chantelle is a Partner at A. Traub and Associates, practicing all areas of Family Law, Juvenile Criminal Defense, DCFS Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Orders of Protection, and Civil Litigation Defense....
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Harold Lewis Wallin
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Washington University School of Law
Harold L. Wallin is a lawyer based in Chicago, whose practice includes both criminal defense and personal injury claims. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Washington University School of Law. He is a member of the Illinois Bar and the Federal Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Wallin is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Illinois Lawyer & Substance Abuse Counselor Association. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Section on...
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Mr. Thomas Eric Ost
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney
Criminal Defense, Business, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Illinois Institute of Technology
I am Thomas Eric Ost. As a former Assistant Public Defender in DuPage County, I handled hundreds of criminal, mental health, and juvenile cases. Those cases ranged from DUIs, Domestic Batteries, and Retail Thefts to Aggravated Batteries and Murder. The police and the prosecutors seem to do their best to dehumanize defendants to everyone including to the defendants themselves. Yet in 23 years of practice, I’ve learned that most people with legal problems are not bad people. They are people who are caught up in a problem a lot bigger than they...
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Carlos H. Davalos
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Traffic Tickets and White Collar Crime
James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
At The Law Offices of Carlos H. Davalos we concentrate in providing clients with aggressive representation in Felony, Criminal, DUI, and Major Traffic cases. Mr. Davalos's work is recognized nationally and locally as exceptional in the area of Criminal and DUI defense. Attorney Davalos has been recognized by the lawyer ratings organization Super Lawyers as being one of the top tier criminal defenders in the State. Similarly the Top 100 National Trial Lawyers organization has selected Mr. Davalos as being one of the top trial lawyers in the state of Illinois. Mr. Davalos retains membership in the National College...
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Steven E. Skinner
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 23 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Loyola University Chicago
Steven E. Skinner graduated from Loyola University Chicago Law School, after completing his undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. At Southern Illinois University, Steven E. Skinner received a degree in Political Science with an English Literature minor. After graduating law school he began working as a prosecuting attorney with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
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Dragan Ivetic
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, International, Traffic Tickets and White Collar Crime
University of Illinois College of Law
Dragan is an Illinois-licensed attorney with international reach and experience. Driven to study law to help people, Dragan is licensed to practice in the state court of Illinois, as well as the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. For his trademark clients, Dragan is authorized to represent them before the USPTO Trademark Office as well as the TTAB.
He also is authorized to practice before the International Criminal Court, the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He has been authorized to appear pro hac vice...
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Ms. Lynn Palac
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
DePaul College of Law
I have been a trial attorney in a courtroom almost daily for 20 years. Having spent 10 years as a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office I have handled cases ranging from DUI to Murder. I have worked in Domestic Violence and with Orders of Protection and followed misdemeanor and felony cases through every stage. I currently have my own practice and help clients with criminal, DUI, traffic, family law, expungements, juvenile, and federal employment discrimination.
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Alison Motta
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and White Collar Crime
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Alison has been named 2014 Top 100 National Trial Lawyer and is known in the legal community as an aggressive and passionate litigator who fights rigorously to protect the rights of her clients. Call today for a free, no obligation case evaluation.
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Donald J Cosley
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(847) 253-3100
3030 Salt Creek Drive,
Suite 120
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
The John Marshall Law School
Donald J. Cosley has practiced law since 1994 and is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Donald Cosley assisted many clients in divorce and related family law, criminal defense, DUI, traffic violations, and drivers' license reinstatements. He prides himself on his firm's ability to provide aggressive and personable service to clients from all walks of life. Mr. Cosley belongs to several professional associations. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers....
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Jennifer Snyder
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Appeals and Domestic Violence
DePaul College of Law
With nearly 25 years of legal experience, I am a knowledgeable and zealous advocate. I am a graduate of DePaul College of Law and have lived in Illinois since 1996.
I am licensed by the Illinois Supreme Court and am a member of the Federal Trial Bar as well. I work throughout the State of Illinois, though I have the most experience in Lake and Cook Counties. My practice is primarily devoted to defending clients charged with serious felony offenses, ranging from murder to high-level drug offenses and sex crimes.
I have extensive litigation...
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Jason R. Epstein
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Appeals and Civil Rights
The John Marshall Law School
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Michael Schmiege
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Civil Rights, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
The John Marshall Law School
The Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege was founded by Attorney Schmiege, who is devoted to the practice of criminal defense alone. When an individual retains the representation of the firm, Mr. Schmiege works tirelessly to prepare the strongest defense possible. He will not hesitate to challenge any federal investigation or evidence brought forth by the prosecution. For more information about working with a Chicago criminal lawyer, do not wait to contact the firm! Mr. Schmiege is known for taking cases that no one else will take and winning the "unwinnable" cases against all odds.
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Michael John Petro
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 34 years of experience
Criminal Defense and Civil Rights
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
Chicago criminal defense lawyer, Michael J. Petro, has practiced criminal law in the Chicago area since 1989. Throughout his distinguished career, Michael J. Petro has earned a reputation for persistence and toughness by providing drive, compassion, extensive legal knowledge and prolific courtroom skills for his clients. As a Life Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), criminal defense lawyer, Michael J. Petro, is dedicated to ensuring justice and due process for the accused.
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Alexander Ktenas
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Traffic Tickets and White Collar Crime
Alexander Ktenas is the founding partner of Ktenas Law. Prior to establishing Ktenas Law, Alexander worked as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney's office for years.
As a former prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorney office, Alexander Ktenas has had the opportunity to learn the Legal System inside and out. Alexander began his career handling family law cases including establishing paternity, support orders, post-decree issues, and even parenting schedules.
Subsequently, Alexander spent years handling all types of criminal cases both misdemeanor and felony. Alexander has become an expert in handling DUI cases and all types...
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Alan Pearlman
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Harvard Law School and John Marshall Law School
For over 4 decades, Northbrook family law attorney Alan Pearlman has been helping families in Chicagoland and Lake County through difficult times in divorce and other family law matters, as well as Criminal and Complex DUI and Traffic matters. Our office concentrates on finding hidden assets in High Profile Divorce cases, while at the same time helping couples complete a dissolution of marriage through trial or a negotiated settlement agreement, and attending to all the important issues in their divorce matter, including child custody and visitation, child support, spousal maintenance and the division of marital property. Alan Pearlman, Ltd....
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Kelly Moore
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Prior to joining the team at Driver Defense Team, Kelly was a partner at McSweeney Moore Law Offices. She worked side by side with retired Judge Colleen McSweeney Moore beginning in 2013. Kelly joined McSweeney Moore Law Offices after graduating cum laude from the John Marshall Law School. She attended the John Marshall Law School from 2010-2013 and she was able to complete law school in only two and a half years.
Since being sworn in to the Illinois Bar, Kelly has practiced a variety of criminal law cases; everything from minor traffic offenses to class X felonies. She has participated...
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Jason Ott
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Ohio Northern University
My name is Jason A. Ott. I’m a DUI and Criminal Attorney with Suhre & Associates, LLC.
I live in Chicago and enjoy playing golf, tennis, and working out. I have a boston terrier that rules the roost.
In 2006, I became a cum laude graduate of St. Bonaventure University where I achieved my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. In 2009, I received my Juris Doctorate from Ohio Northern University.
During law school, I obtained much of my experience in criminal defense by working with a high volume public defender’s office. I brought my desire to serve others into the...
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Steven Pick
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Immigration and Traffic Tickets
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
I have been practicing law since 1992. My practice has been devoted to helping individuals and families through the areas of criminal defense, DUI, and immigration. I have dealt with individuals and families from all walks of life. I have represented doctors, lawyers, union workers, factory workers, corporate business personnel, immigrants, mothers, fathers, children, students, grandparents, athletes, musicians, members of organized street gangs, nurses, sales people, and truckers. I strive to give honest and hard-working legal representation to all clients.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: I have represented clients charged with drug cases, gun cases, domestic battery,...
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Sami Ziad Azhari
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Traffic Tickets and White Collar Crime
Michigan State University
Sami Azhari focuses his practice on criminal defense in state and federal courts. His primary areas of practice include felonies such as drug possession, drug trafficking, assault and battery, weapons charges, and white collar crime, as well as misdemeanors and traffic violations. He has litigated numerous cases in state and federal courts, and has actively participated in all aspects of the litigation and trial process, including taking and defending depositions of lay and expert witnesses, conducting fact and expert discovery, briefing and arguing substantive motions, and conducting bench and jury trials with first chair experience. His...
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Joel Gould
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School and Rutgers School of Law-Camden
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Tja Chiapelli
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer
(312) 702-0878
121 South Wilke Road, Suite 301
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
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Kevin P Bolger
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and White Collar Crime
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Kevin P. Bolger & Associates is a criminal defense law firm that provides legal services to those charged with State and Federal crimes in Chicago, IL. This law firm can provide dedicated and aggressive defense for their clients charged with major criminal offenses in Chicago, IL.
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John O. Walsh
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Real Estate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
I have been licensed and practicing law in Illinois for thirty years, primarily in domestic relations, real estate and criminal defense. In addition, I am an Illinois licensed real estate broker.
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Jennifer Wirth
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
For two decades, Jennifer Wirth has maintained private practice that focuses exclusively on DUI defense through representing revoked drivers Illinois Secretary of State hearings. Her office handles Illinois drivers license revocations throughout Illinois, as well as on a national basis when out-of-state drivers have a hold on their driving privileges from Illinois.
Wirth has represented over a thousand revoked drivers at Illinois Secretary of State hearings and maintains an impressive win record. Over 95 percent of her clients obtain some form of driving privileges at their first hearing with her office.
Wirth believes these hearings should be a...
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Mazie Harris
Cook County, IL Criminal Defense Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Mazie A. Harris is an Illinois licensed attorney with over 12 years experience. Ms. Harris served as a Hearing Officer for the Illinois Secretary of State for over 7 years before entering private practice. Ms. Harris presided over Formal Hearings and has written hundreds of Orders for the following hearings: reckless homicide, multiple BAIID violations, multiple driving while revoked, false identification, zero tolerance and Out of State DUI revocation. Ms. Harris has extensive knowledge and experience witth the Secretary of State administrative rules and administrative hearing process.
Ms. Harris also has extensive experience in the...