Criminal

This handbook covers the range of remedies available for a client with a criminal record.

When your client’s DUI case is brought on behalf of a municipality by a local prosecutor, village attorney, or city prosecutor, unique issues arise regarding the authorities to prosecute and options to appeal, summary suspension ordinances, and potential conflicts of interests, which may present opportunities for unique strategies for the defense.

The Pretrial Fairness Act means that the court’s consideration of the facts surrounding a client’s DUI arrest at a detention hearing means the difference between conducting client meetings in your office or at the jail, and the causation requirements for proximate cause of injuries offers opportunities to present affirmative defenses in light of the Illinois Supreme Court’s holding in People v. Way.

Learn essential strategies for challenging evidence from horizontal gaze nystagmus, walk-and-turn, and one-leg stand field sobriety tests on behalf of your clients facing DUI charges in Illinois.

This presentation provides both an overview of the technical elements of DUI-related driving restrictions imposed by the Illinois Secretary of State and practice tips for navigating driving relief hearings that will help you verify and correct the record, prepare your clients for communicating their side and establishing a treatment plan, secure fair accommodations for hardship, work with evaluators, and more.

Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin explains the application of the SAFE-T Act outside of Cook and the collar counties to explore its impact on practitioners and cases in downstate Illinois.

Practical resource about non-DUI violations and Chicago Traffic Court procedures and practices.

Traffic court is often a new attorney's first interaction with the court system. This program aims to inform those lawyers about proper procedure and processes so that they might make the most out of their appearance.

From experience as both an assistant DA and defense counsel, Nrupa Patel of Bolen Robinson & Ellis LLP in Decatur shares tips for achieving favorable outcomes and saving valuable time when prosecuting and defending domestic violence cases.

Judicial scrutiny of warrantless searches and the expansion of mobile technologies has increased the number, complexity, and possible scope of search warrants. Matthew R. Leisten, First Assistant State’s Attorney for Ogle County, analyzes caselaw covering issues of good faith, staleness and diligence, nexus, and more.

This program explores the impact of a DCFS indicated finding, reviews the DCFS Administrative Appeal process and covers successful strategies in overturning indicated findings at the administrative hearing level.

This guide provides an overview of and introduction to criminal law, serving as a handy reference for seasoned lawyers and a useful research foundation for new attorneys, legal assistants, and law clerks.