My Client was arrested for his third DUI offense. I had the statutory summary suspension rescinded and the DUI dismissed, despite there being video evidence. I filed a petition to rescind the suspens...ion and at the Statutory Summary Suspension hearing, I was able to show the court that the arresting trooper was unfair in the way he administered Field Sobriety Tests to my Client. The judge agreed that the officer was unfair in the way he administered the tests and rescinded the suspension. I then filed a motion to quash, which was granted, and the case was dismissed.
DUI and DWI
No Witness DUI Win
Sep 01, 2016
OUTCOME: Not guilty
I recently won a DUI trial that included a video which showed my client driving all over the road, admitting to drinking, admitting to losing his license at the casino that evening, and failing the Sta...ndardized Field Sobriety Tests. I was able to inject reasonable doubt into the case because I prevented a civilian witness from showing up in court by agreeing to what the civilian witness would say. Although the witness’s observations came into court, they were not as compelling as they would be if the civilian witness was there herself. I was also able to ask the arresting officer questions about what the civilian witness saw, and the officer did not know the answer. By not having the witness in court, the questions I had went unanswered, thereby causing reasonable doubt. The client was found not guilty of DUI.
Criminal defense
Telephone Harassment Win
Sep 01, 2016
OUTCOME: Not guilty
I recently represented an individual who sent dozens of harassing and lewd text messages to another person. The recipient contacted the police and the sender met with police, admitted to sending them,... reviewed each message, and initialed each message that was sent. After going to the police and admitting everything, he hired me. We pleaded not guilty and had a trial where my client was found not guilty.
I was able to win the case by showing that there was reasonable doubt because not every single text message exchanged between the two parties were included in the State’s exhibit. I argued that it was not established where the phone was registered or located when the messages were received. This was a Cook County case and it was not established that the messages were received in Cook County or that the phone registered to a Cook County address.
DUI and DWI
August 2014 DUI Win
Aug 01, 2014
OUTCOME: Not guilty
My Client was driving 89 mph in a 65 mph zone with one headlight burned out. After he was pulled over and asked how much he had to drink, My Client said “not enough”. He was asked to step out and per...form Field Sobriety Tests and he responded in a very profane, insulting way toward the officers. He argued with the State Troopers the entire time he was with them. The Troopers asked why he was so argumentative and he replied that “drunk people argue”.
I was able to show that my client was not guilty by cross-examining the officer and having the officer admit that he exaggerated the story three times, even though he did not actually change it at all.
DUI and DWI
Driver Asleep at Green Light at 4:15a.m.
Jan 09, 2013
OUTCOME: Not guilty
A police officer testified that at 4:15 a.m. he witnessed my Client’s van sitting still at a green light.
The officer positioned his vehicle behind my Client’s van and knocked on the van’s window in... an attempt to wake my Client up, which did not work. The officer then opened the van door and the driver woke up.
My Client admitted that he just came from a bar. The officer testified that my Client had a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath, had blood-shot and glassy eyes, was unsteady when he stood up and walked, and that he failed all of the field sobriety tests, (HGN, Walk and Turn and the One Leg Stand Test). My Client was arrested and taken back to the police station where he refused to provide a breath sample.
At trial, I cross-examined the officer based upon the officer’s direct examination and his police report. Although I was not able to get the officer to admit he was not telling the truth, I was able to show the Court that the officer did not follow the proper procedures. For example, he asked my Client if he had any problem with his eyes, rather than the proper question of whether my Client had any health / physical issues that would prevent him from preforming the tests. When I pointed this error out to the officer and the Court, the officer started to claim that he did as the proper questions, even through he did not list it in his report. There were other answers that the officer gave where he was trying to get around my questions.
When the State rested (finished presenting all of its evidence), I rested, without my Client saying one word, and the Court found my client Not Guilty.
Prior to hiring me to represent him, my Client hired two other attorneys, both of whom had told him to plead guilty because the case could not be won.
Copyright infringement
Client Sued for Five Million
May 01, 2012
OUTCOME: Win
My Client was being sued for copyright infringement. He hired a mid-size law firm (this was in federal court), which messed up the case. I was given the case. The plaintiff was claiming that he lost... $5,000,000. in licensing fees because My Client used his product outside of the original license. However, in discovery, it turned out that the plaintiff who claimed he made over $350,000 per year had not filed income taxes in about 15 years.
So, the court elected to dismiss the case and My Client did not have to pay.
