Former Assistant Lake County Public Defender with 19 years of experience in defense of felonies, misdemeanors, traffic offenses (including DUI), and juvenile court petitions (delinquency and abuse/neglect).
Concentrating in:
♦ Felonies ♦ Misdemeanors ♦ Traffic tickets and major motor vehicle infractions ♦ Illinois Secretary of State hearings ♦ Juvenile delinquency ♦ Juvenile abuse/neglect and termination of parental rights ♦ llinois D.C.F.S. administrative appeals ♦ Expunging and/or sealing records
Member of:
♦ Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ♦ National Association of Counsel for Children ♦ Illinois Capital Litigation Trial Bar, Lead Attorney Qualified ♦ Lake County Bar Association
Published in The Docket, the Journal of the Lake County Bar Association:
♦ "A Guide to Illinois Truth-in-Sentencing Statute."The Docket December 2007:19. ♦ "Expunction of Juvenile Law Enforcement and Court Records."The Docket August 2007: 17. ♦ "Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of In re Gault."The Docket July 2007: 17. ♦ "Goodbye, Little Rascals."The Docket December 2005:11. ♦ "Words & Sentences."The Docket November 2001:7. ♦ "Juvenile Transfer Hearings."The Docket January 1998:23.
Featured presenter at seminars and workshops:
♦ Juvenile Defender Resource Institute Workshop, June 19, 2009. ♦ Lake County Bar Association Criminal/Juvenile Law Committee Brown Bag Luncheon, December 4, 2007. ♦ Lake County Bar Association Criminal/Juvenile Law Committee Seminar, August 25, 2006. ♦ Juvenile Justice Reform Act Training for the 19th Judicial Circuit, February 24, 1999. ♦ Office of the State Appellate Defender Violent Crimes Defense Seminar, June 26, 1998. ♦ Lake County Bar Association Criminal Law Committee Seminar, November 7-10, 1997. ♦ Fire Investigators Strike Force Seminar, October 16, 1996.