Only to the extent this implicates your Due Process Rights is this a Con Law question. It is truly a rather simple question of Illinois Criminal...

I am going to oversimplify this. If you ask for relief from the court, you submit yourself to the jurisdiction of the court. So by filing your...

I no longer practice in this area but this is not a "HEALTH CARE" question. It's an employment law. Your question involves the interplay of basic...

So your lawyer was disbarred on something that had nothing to do with you. He wants you to give up some unspecified "rights" or he'll withdraw...

So 2013 was your first finding of "guilty" ever? What was your sentence? If there were no severe injuries, you would have been eligible for Court...

Concur completely with Ted and would only add that chatting with the police put you into a deeper hole. Also, if your impairment was in any way...

Your facts are not in harmony with your question. I suspect you were placed on court supervision and, at the end, got an ORDER of dismissal. If I...

Limiting myself to the meager facts you provided – and with the full expectation that any police report would read completely differently and with...

If it were me, I would ask for a replaced meter. I would also ask my plumber if there is a more effective location for the meter. Beyond that,...

Usually, the court crafts sentences so that fines and PSW are not interchangeable. I would not approach a court services rep with such a proposal...