Protecting Your Freedom, Reputation, and Future

Our criminal defense practice covers the full range of charges that can be brought in Illinois state court, from misdemeanor traffic offenses through Class X felonies, and in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois. We defend driving-under-the-influence cases at the petty, misdemeanor, and felony levels, including aggravated and reckless homicide DUI. We defend battery and domestic battery charges, with full attention to the parallel orders of protection that nearly always accompany them. We handle Illinois firearms cases — FOID violations, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Aggravated UUW, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon — and the constitutional litigation that those cases turn on.

We defend drug offenses across the spectrum — possession, possession with intent to deliver, manufacture, and trafficking — in both state and federal court, with attention to the diversionary alternatives that can preserve a client's record. We defend the most serious felonies, including attempted murder, aggravated battery, home invasion, and armed robbery. We handle white-collar matters — fraud, embezzlement, tax offenses, healthcare fraud, public corruption — in close coordination with the regulatory and civil exposure that often accompanies them. We handle DCFS indication appeals and their parallel criminal exposure. The range is broad because the work demands it.