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State of Illinois v. Jaquell Hayes
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted first-degree murder. Jaquell Hayes, age 31, accused of shooting and seriously injuring a a 31-year-old man in the 100-block of West Adams Street in the Loop.... More...
(04-17-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Damarri Conner
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking. On the evening of Nov. 2, 2023, DAMARRI CONNER and KENNETH MERRITT carjacked an Audi sedan in the backyard of a residence in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. A woman and her daughter had just returned home in another vehicle when Conner and Merritt sprang from a hiding place and attacked them. Conne... More...
(04-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Robert Dunlap
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Robert Dunlap claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business that sold a purported digital asset called “Meta-1 Coin” through a “Meta-1 Coin Trust.” Dunlap made numerous false and misleading statements to potential and actual investors, including claims that the Meta-1 Coin was backed by as much as $... More...
(04-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer and misprision of a felony. On Oct. 3, 2025, Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, Ill., joined a caravan of vehicles that was following a vehicle driven by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Gonzalez Alvarez drove his Ford pickup truck into t... More...
(04-16-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Lorenzo Bell and Jahiem Russell
Wheaton, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated unlwful posession of a firearm and aggravated fleeing and eluding and unlawfule possession of a stole licence plate. The vehicle the Defendants were in eventually struck road barrels near the Ogden Avenue ramp and reversed into a police squad car before becoming disabled.... More...
(04-11-2026 - IL)John Doe, et al. v. Abbott Labs
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on product liability theories. The parents of four babies who were sickened by baby formula manufactured and sold by Abbott Labs.... More...
$53000000 (04-10-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Barbara Harris
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Barbara Harris served as the Executive Director of the Center for Community Academic Success Partnerships (CCASP), which received government grants to provide after-school programs to schools in the Chicago area. From 2012 to 2017, Harris schemed with another CCASP executive, TONY BELL, to submit grant ap... More...
(04-09-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Edwin Bonilla Mendoza
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry of a previously removed alien. Edwin Bonilla Mendoza, was accused of knowingly being the United States without permission after previouosly been removed from the country.... More...
(04-06-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Jose Medina-Medina
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally owning a firearm. Jose Medina-Medina illegally possessed a handgun on March 20, 2026, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Chicago Police officers discovered the firearm during a court-authorized search of his residence in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago’s ... More...
(04-06-2026 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Robert J. Tarr
Hillsboro, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with irst degree murder and attempted first degree murder. The trial court sentenced defendant to 85 years in prison. The State charged defendant with three counts of first degree murder following the death of Leslie Reeves. The State charged defendant with one count of attempted first degree murder of Christopher Sm... More...
(04-05-2026 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Charlton Merchant
Edwardsville, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder in violation of section 9-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2020)), and unlawful possession of weapons by a felon (UUWF) in violation of section 24-1.1(a) of the Code (id. § 24-1.1(a)).... More...
(04-02-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Tatiana Bazer
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and impersonating and officer or employee of the United States. Tatiana Bazer falsely represented to victims that their money would be used in various ways, including, among things, projects in Ukraine, immigration services, or as loans to Bazer to help resolve her purported arrest for shoplifting, according ... More...
(04-01-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Jenna Strouble
Joliet, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Jenna Strouble, age 32, accused of killing three people including Jacob Lambert, age 32, with whom she had an "on/off relationship" with Stroble. His parents, Patrick Forde, 55, and Stacy Forde, 54, were also found dead inside the home on the first floor near the front door, pol... More...
(03-29-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Julian Torres adn Brandon Osorio
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with illegal transportation of a firearms. Julian Torres, age 19, and Brandon Osorio, age 29, were arrested after their residence was searched. During the search, agents discovered a short-barrel rifle and ten handguns, one of which was equipped with an extended magazine, the charge alleges. Agents also discovered 20 ... More...
(03-28-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Kristain Harris
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine (“ice”) and one count of distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (“ice”). At the sentencing hearing on March 10, 2026, the government presented information that beginning in June 2024, a confidential informant with the Bureau of ... More...
(03-27-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Trent Schneider
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to kill multiple public officials, including President Donald J. Trump, the 47th and 45th President of the United States. On Oct. 21, 2025, Trent Schneider, age 58, of Winthrop, Illinois, posted a video of himself on Instagram in which he stated, “People like me have suffered real [expletive] crimes ... More...
(03-27-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Rickey Martin, Jr.
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Rickey Martin, Jr., 36, robbed a motel in Maryville, Illinois at gunpoint.... More...
(03-26-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Jose Medina
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm. Venezuela migrant Jose Medina, age 25, accused of killing Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.... More...
(03-23-2026 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Angelo Evans
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and attempted murder. KRW, a family friend, testified about Evans sexually assaulting her and then attempting to kill her in the early hours of April 7, 1994. Evans came to her apartment requesting to make a phone call. KRW was with her 22-month-old. Once inside, Evans ente... More...
(03-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Rickey Martin, Jr.,
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of brandish and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Rickey Martin, Jr., 36, robbed a motel in Maryville, Illinois at gunpoint. Martin admitted to robbing the owner of a motel in Maryville in May 2023. He brandished a firearm loaded with an extended m... More...
(03-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Kristain Harris
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing meth.... More...
(03-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. David Quinones
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with raudulently obtaining more than $1.5 million in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). From 2018 to 2023, David Quinones gave cash or other items to SNAP recipients in exchange for access to their Link cards. Quinones used the cards to purchase various goods at authorized retail stores... More...
(03-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Mark A. Pingsterhaus
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and theft of government property. Mark A. Pingsterhaus, age 52, of Carlyle, is accused of using City of Carlyle and Carlyle Fire Protection District funds for unauthorized and personal expenses like travel, entertainment, goods and services. In two examples, the indictment states he used the City... More...
(03-06-2026 - IL)United States of America v. James R. Nelson
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Meldinda Powers represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possess a destructive device, not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, in violation if 26 U.S.C. Sections 5841, 5861(d), and 5871. James R. Nelson, age 40, from Onarga, Illinois, possessed an unregistered destructive device and refused to relinquish ... More...
(03-06-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Keith Griffin
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal contempt and withholding information on a crime. Attorney Keith Griffin, age 54, of Temple City, California, worked for the California personal injury law firm Girardi Keese, which represented relatives of victims who were killed in the 2018 crash in the Java Sea. Girardi Keese filed civil lawsuits in fe... More...
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