Urbana, IL
Federal crime Lawyer at Urbana, IL
Practice Areas: Federal Crime, Criminal Defense ... +5 more
OUTCOME: Probation.
Decorated US Army veteran charged with Class X felony of armed violence after being arrested in a sting operation with drugs and a gun in his vehicle. Compiled a great deal of evidence in mitigation be ... fore the open sentencing hearing. Argued successfully against any incarceration at the sentencing hearing.
OUTCOME: First case dismissed by the State. Client ordered to serve less than five months in the county jail in the second case.
Client charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and released on bond. A week later client charged again with two new counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a second person whi ... le out on bond from the first case. Compiled significant evidence in mitigation and got the client into treatment.
OUTCOME: Cause dismissed by the State
University student charged with resisting arrest for failing to stop walking after a police officer allegedly ordered him to. Client maintained that he never heard the officer order him to stop walking ... . Took the case to trial. The State moved to dismiss after the first day.
OUTCOME: Three months court supervision for operating an uninsured motor vehicle. Non-moving violation for operating unsafe equipment.
Client charged with operating an uninsured motor vehicle, speeding, operating unsafe equipment and failure to reduce speed after crashing his truck into another car and totaling it.
OUTCOME: Cause dismissed by the State
Client charged with felony DUI. Brought in a private investigator to interview witnesses found on surveillance video. Challenged the credibility of the State's police witnesses.
OUTCOME: All counts dismissed by the State.
Client charged with Class X felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon, aggravated criminal sexual assault resulting in bodily harm, aggravated kidnapping while armed with a dang ... erous weapon, and felony counts of aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated domestic battery by strangulation. Through careful negotiation, we were able to convince the state's attorney's office that it would not be able to prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
OUTCOME: Fifty percent departure in client's sentence from the Government's recommendation.
Multi-jurisdictional federal drug conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in United States currency and dozens of kilograms of cocaine and heroin. Client accused of trafficking drugs and ... money between Chicago and the southern US border.
OUTCOME: Client acquitted at jury trial.
Client charged with failing to yield the right-of-way following a two-vehicle accident with injuries.