Thomas M. Moran

Thomas M. Moran is a Partner at Ahern & Moran in Palatine, where he specializes in DUI defense. He is a graduate of Marquette University and Valparaiso University School of Law. Mr. Moran served on a felony jury trial team as an assistant prosecutor in Hudson County, New Jersey, before joining the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in 1994. He has been a member of his current firm for over 25 years. Mr. Moran is a coauthor of JAMES J. AHERN ON DUI CASELAW (IICLE^®, 2022), a former Cochair of the Traffic/Criminal Law Committee of the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, and a former Chair for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Traffic Courts Section Council. He was also on the Executive Committee for the Illinois Traffic Conference, which was held annually in Peoria. Mr. Moran has been a featured speaker for the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists, the South Suburban Bar Association, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and the Illinois Traffic Court Conference. He was an adjunct professor at Harper College for ten years, where he taught Criminal Law, Legal Writing, Probate, and Contracts. He is married to his wife Karen and has five children.