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    Cook County Has 1898 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 9535 Reviews

    Richard J. Dvorak

    Richard J. Dvorak

    4.610 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Appeals
    Bio: At my firm, Dvorak Law Offices, LLC, we are dedicated to helping clients, from the moment of arrest, throughout trial, and even on appeal. Additionally, we have an extensive practice in civil rights litigation, including police brutality, false ar...
    Rating:  10
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    Warren J. Breslin

    Warren J. Breslin

    4.65 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 46 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Bio: Preeminent Legal Ability Warren Breslin is honored to be listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers. He holds the highest preeminent legal ability rating bestowed by Martindale-Hubbell, the authoritative resource for info...
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    Zedrick Thomas Braden

    Zedrick Thomas Braden

    4.65 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 40 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation, Contracts & Agreements and more
    Bio: Attorney Zedrick Braden is a third-generation lawyer and is Associate Counsel at Ainsworth & Associates PC, serving individual and commercial clients statewide in non-federal cases, and the Northern District of Illinois, 7th Circuit for all federa...
    Rating:  9.1
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    Timothy Patrick Nance

    Timothy Patrick Nance

    4.648 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "A great lawyer, I was facing a felony charge. Tim was very professional and showed up every time answered all of my questions and was very patient. He made a miracle happen for me. I serve no jail time. I got an aggravated assault with a deadly we..."
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    Camille Maceolla Hicks

    Camille Maceolla Hicks

    4.619 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Administrative Law
    Bio: Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Hearing Officer (City of Country Club Hills, IL) Hearing Officer (City of Riverdale, IL) Prosecutor,(City of Hazel Crest, IL) Extensive experience ...
    Rating:  8.7
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    Tania Dimitrova

    Tania Dimitrova

    4.618 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Immigration, Family and more
    Review: "I dont even know where to start. I was given multiple drug charges. I looked around for a lawyer and found Miss Tania. She was very helpful and accommodating. Made me feel like everything was going to be ok from the very start. She was very unders..."
    Rating:  6.3
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    Zaid Mahmoud Abdallah

    Zaid Mahmoud Abdallah

    4.618 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights
    Bio: As one of Cook County’s most respected criminal defense attorneys, Attorney Zaid Abdallah is the Co-Founder of Abdallah Law. Mr. Abdallah graduated from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago with his Juris Doctor degree. He has committed his leg...
    Rating:  10
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    Dena Meredith Singer

    Dena Meredith Singer

    4.69 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights
    Review: "Dena singer won my case she is a great super lawyer and very hard working attorney"
    Rating:  6.5
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    Tina Marie Gagliano Mandell

    Tina Marie Gagliano Mandell

    4.69 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Landlord & Tenant
    Bio: As an attorney who has been in and out of the courtroom daily for the last 10 years, I have confirmed what I have always known that I am glad that I became a lawyer. My ability to look at both sides of an issue and antcipate the way the prosecutio...
    Rating:  8.9
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    Osamah A. Odeh

    Osamah A. Odeh

    4.58 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Immigration, Personal Injury and more
    Bio: With extensive experience in immigration and criminal defense law, Sam A. Odeh serves as the principal attorney at The Odeh Law Group. His practice covers various legal areas, including immigration law, family law, criminal defense, personal injur...
    Rating:  6.4
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    Vennie Michael Brice

    Vennie Michael Brice

    4.52 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce & Separation
    Review: "Represents our son with the utmost dignity. Always upfront and brutally honest with him."
    Rating:  6.5
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    Barry Allen Ketter

    Barry Allen Ketter

    4.52 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Workers Compensation and more
    Review: "Barry did a excellent job for me. I was denied a pension from the police department that I worked for based on a prior case that my department dug up. Barry did such a great job and won the case for me and basically changed IL pension law for poli..."
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    Anthony Robert Burch

    Anthony Robert Burch

    4.517 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years
    Practice Areas:  Family, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Criminal Defense
    Review: " Mr Burch is every bit of Genuine, Honest, Straight forward and very Professional! Mr Burch did not hesitate to take on my sons case when I called for help. I must say his representation of my son was Awesome!, Anthony Burch Got the results we ..."
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    Shay T. Allen

    Shay T. Allen

    4.515 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation, Appeals and more
    Review: "I highly recommend The Law Offices of Attorney S.T. Allen and his beautiful team. The level of professionalism, their skilled and experienced legal expertise and representation were top tier. I witnessed firsthand a well respected judge highly com..."
    Rating:  6.8
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    Keith J. Scherer

    Keith J. Scherer

    4.428 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Military Law, Federal Crime and more
    Bio: When you are accused of a crime, everything in your life is at risk: your freedom, your reputation, and your future. You can’t afford to have an attorney learning on your dime or who relies on old tactics that stopped working long ago. You need an...
    Rating:  8.7
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    Steven Allen Greenberg

    Steven Allen Greenberg

    4.47 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, White Collar Crime and more
    Bio: Considered one of the "Top 10", for over 30 years Steven Greenberg has been a go to litigator for serious legal cases. He lives and breathes the law. No case is too big, or too small. He realizes that your legal problem is the most important thing...
    Rating:  9.5
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    Robert Michael Motta

    Robert Michael Motta

    4.412 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: I am a lawyer that prides himself on being extremely down to earth and very easy to commmunicate with. I consider myself an "everyman" lawyer and am exceptionally passionate about my clients and their cases, no matter whether it's a "big" case or ...
    Rating:  8.3
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    Jon Forrest Erickson

    Jon Forrest Erickson

    4.415 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Jon F. Erickson has been a successful lead trial attorney in some of Chicago’s most challenging courtrooms for the past 24 years. As an author, litigator and advisor, Jon F. Erickson has developed an expertise in criminal defense and civil rights ...
    Rating:  10
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    Jay Timothy O'Brien

    Jay Timothy O'Brien

    4.418 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 44 years
    Practice Areas:  Family, Criminal Defense
    Review: "I hired Jay to represent me during an ugly divorce and he was great to work with. Jay was responsive and listened to what I had to say and walked me through the process. Highly recommend him. "
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    Robert Steven Alexander

    Robert Steven Alexander

    4.414 reviews
    Cook County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 7 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: I am an advocate and guide for people facing the criminal legal system in Chicagoland. I am a founder and partner at Vanguard Advocates, LLP, a law practice focused on people and problem-solving. Vanguard Advocates, LLP is driven by a mission to p...
    Rating:  6.9
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