Criminal Defense

I prefer to handle criminal cases. This includes serious traffic cases such as charges of a suspended or revoked license, as well as all misdemeanors and felonies, including homicide.

IL, Oct 1975
Bar Number: 1646990

All Illinois Courts, 1975; Federal Trial Bar, 1977.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Continuing legal education hours became mandatory in Illinois this year for half of the lawyers in the state; the other half must first comply in 2009. For my compliance, I have taught at a DUI update program and attended numerous other seminars. I have also attended immigration law seminars with the intent of becoming a volunteer as well as to educate myself on issues which may assist non-citizen or undocumented clients of mine. My focus for continuing legal education in the future will be as an attendee of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers meetings and seminars, the quality of which is excellent. I may also continue to teach at local seminars. I received good marks for my lecture and materials in the reviews Lorman sent me.

I was co-author and contributing author of an early version of a lawyer's manual interpreting the Federal Rules of Evidence. This was an update of a book on eye witness evidence, and an update on DUI law.

It is hard to single out a few cases; there have been so many. One of my favorites was a "street file" case where I won an acquittal for my client on a murder charge. He was facing the death penalty if convicted.

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I am licensed in all Illinois and federal courts.

I began my practice of criminal law in 1975. Around 1985, I started handling serious personal injury cases and rose in the ranks to become the head of a major insurance company's defense firm. I opened my own law office in 1993.

Our focus is trial law. I defend the accused. I am available on a very limited basis to handle select personal injury cases. I have been defending the accused since 1975, whether it is a popular thing to do or not. It is a necessary service; people need access to quality defense. I opened my own practice emphasizing criminal law in 1993 immediately after a few years running an insurance company's defense program.

My entire professional career has been in the field of trial law. I have been primarily focused on criminal law except for the mid-80s to early-90s when I worked for the insurance company.

I received a plaque from the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education making me a member of their faculty, and for meritorious contributions to legal education and the profession. I was an adjunct professor teaching trial law at a local law school. Additionally, I have taught some continuing legal education courses.

(312) 283-5001

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Office visits by appointment.

Yes

All languages are available on request.

A preliminary hearing is $750. This will include the initial bond hearing if I am hired early enough to attend it. Many misdemeanors cost $500 to $1,500. My flat fees include a trial by judge, but exclude the following: 1.Out of pocket expenses; 2. Jury trial; 3. Continuances the defendant causes. Flat fees can also be arranged on felony cases, or a flat fee plus a fee for each court date.

$275 per hour.

Free initial consultations are available by phone or in the office in certain instances.

Retainers are $500 for many misdemeanors, $2,500 for many felonies, and $6,000 for homicide.