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Scott Hoster’s primary area of practice is in Commercial Litigation.  He is a member of the Chicago, Will County, Illinois State Bar Associations and the Appellate Lawyers Association. Scott was a former  Assistant State Attorney in Will County.

In 1985, Mr. Hammel earned his degree in Bachelors of Science from the Marquette University College of Business.  Subsequently, he was employed at the Continental National Bank of Chicago for one year.  During law school, he clerked for the United States Army Judge Advocate Generals Office VII Corp, Munich Germany.  In 1989, he received his Juris Doctor from the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago.  After two years as a Will County Assistant Public Defender, he established Hammel Law Offices, P.C., in Joliet, Illinois.  In 2005, he merged with Brumund & Jacobs, and subsequently worked extensively in the areas of criminal, traffic and DUI offenses.   He is an annual instructor at the Will County Bar Association’s seminar regarding DUI and traffic offenses, and assisted in many prior ISBA seminars. In 2002, he became qualified to administer field sobriety testing in the State of Illinois, and has testified in many Will County Cases regarding the administration of field sobriety testing.  His cases in the area of DUI/Criminal law are:  People v. Madden, 273 114, 652 N.E.2d 480, 3RD  Dist., June 30, 1995;  People v. Allen, 375 810, 873 N.E.2d 30, 3RD Dist., August 07, 2007;  People v. Love, 393 196, 911 N.E.2d 1015, 3rd  Dist., June 03, 2009; People v. Miklos, 393 205, 914 N.E.2d 506, 3rd Dist., July 17, 2009; People v. Garstecki, 234 430, 917 N.E.2d 465, September 24, 2009; People v. Ziobro, 242 34, 949 N.E.2d 631, April 21, 2011; People v. Riffice, 392 961, 911 N.E.2d 1244, 3rd Dist., July 08, 2009;  People v. Coners, 374 425, 871 N.E.2d 257, 3rd Dist., June 26, 2007; People v. Donnelly, 327 1101, 765 N.E.2d 496, 3rd  Dist., February 21, 2002; People v. Kazenko, 972 N.E.2d 815, 3rd  Dist., July 02, 2012;  People v. Santovi, 2014 IL App (3d) 130075, --- N.E.3d ----, 2014 WL 2191364, . 3 Dist.,2014, May 27, 2014.

Cosmo J. Tedone was born on December 13, 1966 in Manchester, Connecticut. Prior to forming the law firm, Tedone & Morton, P.C., he was the senior associate with Chuck Bretz and Associates, P.C. for eight years along with experience as an Assistant Will County Public Defender and private practice in the area of insurance defense and general civil litigation. He was involved with several appeals that resulted in three murder convictions being overturned in 2011.. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Tedone's current practice emphasizes in criminal defense (DUI, Suspended Driver Licenses, Drugs, Domestic Battery, Homicide and Appeals), personal injury, and Secretary of State Hearings, representing a wide variety of clientele. He represents clients in litigation matters before Federal and State Courts, arbitration and administrative agencies. Cosmo has many years of experience as a litigator trying over fifty jury trials and hundreds of bench trials and motions.. Mr. Tedone graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (B.A. 1990) and Thomas Cooley School of Law (J.D. 1999-Cum Laude). He received several awards and accomplishments while in law school including a Certificate of Merit in Torts and Family Law, finalist in the school's moot court competition and member of law review.. He is admitted and qualified to practice in the States of Connecticut and Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar. Mr. Tedone is a member of the Will County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and former member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers.

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Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.

Experienced Criminal Defense attorney serving clients in JOLIET and surrounding areas.