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    Jason Jerome Polcyn

    Jason Jerome Polcyn

    4.715 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, Real Estate and more
    Bio: Jason is the founder and managing partner of Polcyn Law, LLC and has substantial background in criminal and family law. Jason has repsresented a wide variety of clients from corporations to individuals, including juveniles/minors and Spanish speak...
    Rating:  7.2
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    Jeffrey Francis Marx

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Rating:  6.7
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    Criminal defense lawyers represent clients at every stage of a criminal case: investigation, arrest, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, and appeal. They assess evidence, protect constitutional rights, negotiate reduced charges or sentences, cross-examine witnesses, raise defenses, file motions, and advocate to minimize penalties or obtain acquittals.

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    Frank Anthony Richter

    Frank Anthony Richter

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Litigation, Criminal Defense
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    Heidi A. Hoffee

    Heidi A. Hoffee

    5.01 review
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Workers Compensation, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Heidi Hoffee is the lead Fairfield workers’ compensation attorney at Hoffee Law Firm. She has more than 30 years of legal experience and is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri. Throughout her distinguished career, Attorney Hoffee has...
    Rating:  7.8
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    Ryan Francis Parker

    Ryan Francis Parker

    5.01 review
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation, Adoption
    Review: "I hired Mr. Parker as my defense lawyer on a DUI charge. Ryan worked extremely hard in finding evidence to that weakened the state's case enough to where we worked out an excellent plea deal that I could not pass up. Had a great chance of winning ..."
    Rating:  6.5
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    Bradford Peter Lyerla

    Bradford Peter Lyerla

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
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    Terence H Campbell

    Terence H Campbell

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation, Appeals
    Rating:  8.9
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    Austin C. Ferris

    Austin C. Ferris

    5.02 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Business
    Bio: I'm a Chicagoland native born and raised, now happy to offer my legal services to the community I love. In my free time I enjoy fitness and weightlifting, riding my motorcycle, and trading stocks and cryptocurrencies.
    Rating:  6.5
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    David M. Fahrenkamp

    David M. Fahrenkamp

    3.324 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family
    Review: "I have had Dave represent me twice. The first time he did a great job. We are in the middle of a child custody case. He genuinely cares about the well being of my child. It is taking a while but understand these things don't happen overnight. Dave..."
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    Alexander Benjamin Blum

    Alexander Benjamin Blum

    5.08 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Foreclosure, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Alexander B. Blum graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, with a B.A. in Psychology in 2004. He graduated from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing MIchigan, J.D. in 2009, and received Deans List Hila...
    Rating:  8.3
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    Alicia Oliver Leonard

    Alicia Oliver Leonard

    4.632 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Child Custody, Divorce & Separation and more
    Bio: I was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. I love my hometown and I'm proud to be practicing law here. I started my legal career at the Winnebago County State's Attorney's Office as an Assistant State's Attorney. There I learned what it meant to...
    Rating:  8.2
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    Michael Alan Zaslavsky

    Michael Alan Zaslavsky

    1.02 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years
    Practice Areas:  Real Estate, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and more
    Review: "If Aronberg Goldgehn have any self respect for their firm they'll send this arrogant, incompetent lawyer on retirement and pronto! Not only is he completely inept in what he's hired to do, he's cognitively incapacitated (my sympathy but it's a si..."
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    Patrick R. Fagan

    Patrick R. Fagan

    5.01 review
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "excellent lawyer, honest and hard working"
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    Catharine Downard O'Daniel

    Catharine Downard O'Daniel

    5.01 review
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "I was represented by Catherine in a federal drug conspiracy and her professionalism and care was unmatch, she is by far and hands down the best!"
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    Ingrid Linnea Nierman

    Ingrid Linnea Nierman

    4.113 reviews
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, DUI & DWI and more
    Review: "Ms Nierman and her team were very easy to work with and very understanding and sympathetic to our situation. She was very responsive and did a great job with laying out our options to us. Thank you for the great assistance."
    Rating:  7.9
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    Dale Robert Thomas

    Dale Robert Thomas

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 40 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Family and more
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    John Nicholas Gallo

    John Nicholas Gallo

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas:  Corporate and Incorporation, Consumer Protection, Health Care and more
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    T. Markus Funk

    T. Markus Funk

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    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation, White Collar Crime and more
    Bio: Markus is the founding Co-Chair of Perkins Coie's Supply Chain Compliance Practice, 2013 "Lawyer of the Year," 2014 “10 Best Attorneys for the State of Illinois," and 2015's "Colorado Top Litigator Finalist." Markus served as a decorated Chicago f...
    Rating:  10
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    James Leighton O'Connell-Miller

    James Leighton O'Connell-Miller

    5.01 review
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation
    Review: "Excellent communication, professional on every level, confident, results focused, resourceful. These are just a few of the things that come to mind when I reflect on my experiences with Leighton."
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    David Harold Kerstein

    David Harold Kerstein

    5.01 review
    Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "He Truly cares about his clients and doing what is best for them. He is professional and I knew from day one that I could trust him and that he would do a good job for me. He was honest with me, he got me exactly the deal that I wanted, and most i..."
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