Top Criminal Defense Lawyers in ZIP 60603 | 10 available
10 Criminal Defense lawyers are available in ZIP code 60603 in Chicago, Illinois. Average rating of these lawyers is 4.6/5 and 70% provide free consultation.
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Criminal Defense Case Statistics Overview
Criminal Defense Case Timeline
Criminal defense cases in Chicago typically resolve within 2 to 18 months, depending on case complexity, court schedules, and whether the matter proceeds to trial.
Chicago Court Backlog
The Cook County court system often manages a backlog ranging from 500 to 3,000 criminal cases, reflecting both new filings and ongoing matters.
Criminal Defense Chicago Filing Volume
Estimated monthly criminal case filings in Chicago range from 700 to 1,800, based on recent public court data.
Criminal Defense Case Outcomes
Resolution rates vary: approximately 25% of cases resolve before formal charges, 35% after filing but before trial, and about 10% result in favorable trial outcomes for defendants.
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There are a lot of lawyers who know the law and are good lawyers.. Unfortunately, there are very few great lawyers. A great lawyer is someone who not only knows the law but also takes the time to listen to the client, understand the client's problem, develop a solution tailored to the client's needs and then deliver the solution to the client. The solution may not always involve legal action. Sometimes what the client needs is someone to listen and a word of advice.. I pride myself on being a lawyer who takes the time to listen to my clients. I do that because I learned that unless a lawyer learns to care about what the client is saying, a lawyer will not be effective in fashioning a good solution. And by learning to care, I found that I have become a better lawyer and more effective in helping the people that seek me out to help them with their problems. That often means that I am taking some legal action on behalf of my clients. When I do that, I achieve my clients' objectives. I can proudly say that I have never let a client down. But sometimes my help means that I am advising some non-legal solution. Because my clients know that I genuinely care about them, they take my advice and value it.. My track record of legal successes which includes dozends of jury trial victories along with my capacity to listen, care, fight when necessary, or offer a word advice, keeps clients coming back and referring others.
Address: 10 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3702 , Chicago , Illinois 60603
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
Richard is the founding member of Fenbert & Associates, LLC. He worked at a nationally recognized criminal law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, before moving back to his hometown. Richard represented celebrities, physicians, and athletes. He also lectured on DUI/DWI/OVI, served on the Board of Directors of the Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, and was a frequent guest on Cleveland Radio W.E.R.E. Legal Lines.. When he moved back to Chicago he decided to open a firm that represented individuals. Our clients are workers, parents, and students who come to us because they need help overcoming a personal injury or a criminal arrest. We provide dedicated representation through one on one communication, hard work and zealous advocacy.. If you also want dedicated representation please call us and ask for Richard.
73 W. MONROE STREET, SUITE 103 , Chicago , Illinois 60603
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
Thank you for reviewing my profile. I am the founder and Managing Partner of Mohammed-Law LLC. Prior to starting this law firm, I was an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Cook County State Attorney’s Office. I worked extensively in matters involving Criminal Law, DUI and Traffic, Family Law, Personal Injury, and Car Accidents. I have written on legal topics relating primarily to Criminal law, DUI, and the ethics of joint representation of married couples.
Practice Areas: Child Abuse, Criminal Defense , Drug Crimes, DUI/DWI, Internet , DUI & DWI
Sarah has been representing defendants in cases ranging from misdemeanors through reckless homicides for the past 18 years. She was an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law for 13 years where she taught Legal Writing, as well as helped run the Expungement clinic where students represented real clients and appeared at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse.. In 2020, she was appointed by the Governor of Illinois to the Forensic Science Task Force as the only private lawyer to examine the efficiency of Illinois crime labs. In 2016, she was accepted into the month-long Trial Lawyers College, and in 2019, was asked to join the faculty.. In 2014, Sarah became a Charter Member of the DUI Defense Lawyers Association where she served on the Board of Directors. In 2018, she was appointed to the Justice Foundation, the charitable arm of the DUI Association, which helps fundraise and award scholarships to seminars to lawyers in need, and she still serves on the Foundation today.. Sarah was named Young Lawyer of the Year in 2014 by the Illinois State Bar Association. She is AV rated Preeminent lawyer by Martindale Hubble. In the past two years, she has appeared on Court TV and NBC 10 pm News to discuss current criminal cases, and been named a Top 50 Woman Lawyer by Super Lawyers, and a Top 100 Lawyer by Super Lawyers. She also served as mentor to another female lawyer with the Commission on Professionalism in 2016-2017.. Sarah frequently serves as a guest speaker at John Marshall Law School, and has authored a chapter in the IICLE handbook for DUIs, most recently in 2020. She is on the board of the IL Bar Foundation and served on the Lawyers Care Committee, helping lawyers and their families in need, especially during Covid where she participated in awarding 50 grants to struggling lawyers. She also served on the Gala Committee for the IBF, helping to plan and raise funds for the annual fundraiser.. Sarah has also attended countless seminars from science classes to learn blood testing in DUI and drug cases, to breathalyzer classes working hands on with the machines that IL uses to breahalyze drivers, to DNA classes with the expert from the Amanda Knox trial. She has gone through the same officer training as police officers with regard to administering Field Sobriety Tests, which is very useful in every DUI case when an officer testifies how those tests were performed on the client.. Sarah was a featured attorney on the radio show Money for Lunch. Listen here:. It is important that you hire a good lawyer as soon as you can after your arrest. In many cases, there are things that should be done before your first court date, lie file motions or request the preservation of evidence that might be destroyed within a few days. Give Sarah a call for a free consultation, and read her reviews below.
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