How to Avoid an Assault Charge
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, there were 385,278 aggravated assaults in one recent year and 1,025,711 other...
Can I Get a Felony Expunged?
If you have been arrested, charged, or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, these records can severely affect your future both financially and...
How to Defend Against an Assault Charge
When a person faces assault charges, they may not know what to do. They may wonder if they are going to jail. They...
I Think A Police Robot Just Scanned My License Plate!
If the police in Chicago or elsewhere want to ask you some questions, pull your car over or search your home, they’re going...
Can Police Force Me to Give Blood, Breath or Urine When Arrested for DUI?
Illinois is one of only a handful of states that has expanded the ability of police to obtain certain scientific evidence even when...
Will an Illinois Expungement Erase my Whole Criminal History?
Once upon a time in America, there was no such thing as the internet! I know, right? It didn’t come into common use until...
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! Can Chicago Police Lie to Children?
Remember when you were a child? There were just a couple important rules that every child needed to follow to avoid being punished....
New Illinois Law Affects Driver’s Licenses, Police, Bail and Criminal Cases
Known as the “SAFE-T Act”, (for Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity), the Illinois Senate and House passed a wide-ranging criminal justice reform Act...
Chicago Police Shooting of Adam Toledo and the Importance of Video Evidence
During the early morning hours of March 29th, in a dark alley in the Chicago Little Village neighborhood, 13 year-old Adam Toledo was...