Let me begin with a question. Did anyone in the government at any time believe that law enforcement would reduce drug availability and dr...

My new criminal defense practice in Springfield, IL is still in its infancy. I began renting an office on March 1 but didn’t sign up my f...

There is a common misconception that criminal defense lawyers spend all their time in court getting guilty people off. Because of movies ...

My last Chicago jury trial was a murder case. I briefly mentioned this case not too long ago in a different blog post. The trial ended in...

I have represented many defendants accused of armed robbery with a firearm. But there was one case in particular that was so unexpected a...

The purpose of bail is to ensure the presence of the defendant at future court dates. How the amount is set depends on many factors, such...

I once had a case where my client was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm found in his car. I filed a motion to suppres...

Following the unlikely August 2011 Kenneth Green verdict there appeared an article the next morning in one of the suburban Chicago newspa...

This is a story from my time in Chicago representing felony defendants. This is a perfect example of how an innocent person can end up in...

Detectives will typically ask to speak to you for one of two reasons: either they believe you witnessed a crime or you’re a suspect in a ...

Before the State of Illinois can formally charge someone with a felony one of two things must first happen: either a finding a probable c...

Early on in my former Chicago practice I was sitting one morning in misdemeanor court on West Flournoy street with a few other lawyers as...

I once in Chicago represented a young man arrested and charged with murder. The murder happened after a failed car jacking in the south s...

I found a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision interesting. The court in People v. Manning addressed an interesting issue....whether ju...

This is an old blog post I wrote when I was still practicing in Chicago. This was a very unique case. I was just 40 years-old trying a ca...

My first two years out of law school found me working for a downtown Chicago law firm and practicing in an area of law that didn't really...