Fighting a DUI or Traffic Ticket is a challenge, but it is not impossible. Prosecutors offer reductions or dismiss most traffic tickets, except for DUIs. Most people do not want to suffer a DUI conviction. One way of fighting a DUI is to challenge the stop. Most...
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Handling The Toughest Cases
Year: 2015
New Illinois Laws: DUI
Back in March 2015, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board wrote an editorial on pending legislation that would remove “hard time.” Generally, “hard time” is a period of time when a person charged with a DUI cannot drive, period. The amount of “hard time” depended on...
Supervision: Can I Get It?
Supervision. I always urge clients to understand the potential outcome of their cases. Especially, when this is the first time a client has been charged with a crime. Understanding goes beyond simply jail time or a fine. In Illinois, the most common dispositions...
Criminal Conviction: Collateral Consequences
A criminal conviction has both direct and collateral consequences. A direct consequence of a criminal conviction is a fine, jail, or prison sentence ordered by a judge. A collateral consequence is a civil penalty or restriction associated with a criminal conviction....
Illinois Traffic Ticket: Do I need to go to court?
If you are charged with a traffic offense and receive an Illinois Traffic Ticket there a lot of issues you should consider before talking to an Illinois traffic or criminal lawyer. Check out a list of Illinois Traffic Offenses (moving and non-moving violations): Cyber...
Labor Day Weekend: Teen Traffic Offenses
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 14-18 years olds in the US. In fact, in 2013, there were 2,614 teen (15-19 year old) passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal crashes and an estimated 130,000 were injured. State Highway Patrol and local...
Labor Day Weekend: Sobriety Checkpoint Stops
Most people think officers always need a reason (reasonable suspicion of atraffic offense) to stop a moving vehicle. However, this Labor Day weekend some cities and towns in Illinois and beyond will use a sobriety checkpoint to briefly detain and interview suspicious...
Labor Day Weekend: Dog Bites
This Labor Day weekend when visiting friends or hosting a BBQ take extra precautions around unfamiliar pets. Illinois is among the Top 3 states for dog bite claims. According to Insurance Company State Farm statistics, Illinois had the second highest number of dog...
Cannibal Cop: The Limits of Fantasy
A New York City police officer was convicted in a plot to kidnap, kill and eat women. The case and the appeal drew widespread attention because it raised the question of when does a virtual crime, discussed and plotted in internet chat rooms, cross into...
Standards of Proof: Sex Meets Academic Bureaucracy
Drunk freshman boy meets drunk freshman girl in a dorm room. What happened? Across college and university campuses administrations are wrestling with a system that, on the whole, is poor and improving. CBS Sunday Morning, Esquire Magazine and members of the Harvard...