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Firm: Hammel Law Offices, P.C.
54 North Ottawa Street , Joliet , Illinois 60432
Practice Areas: Adoption, Assault & Battery, Business & Commercial, Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Criminal Defense , Divorce, Estate Planning, Family , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Probate , Traffic Violations, Wills, Wrongful Death, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI
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.
