Reduction of Felony Gun Charge Represented Iraq veteran charged with possessing loaded gun in his vehicle. Also, represented Tennessee residents charged with felony UUW gun charge. (2021)
Convinced prosecutors to reduce above charges to misdemeanor UUW for probation.

Admitted

• Illinois, 1957
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• University of Chicago Law School, J.D
• Northwestern University, B.S
• Stanford University, 2 years

Associations and memberships

• Chicago Bar Association: Defense of Prisoners Committee; Chair, 1993 -1994; Criminal Law Committee
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member. Sections on: Criminal Justice; Civil Practice and Procedure) and American (Member, Criminal Law Practice Section)
• Astor Terrace Condominium Association (Member, Board of Directors; Former Long-Term President)
• University Club of Chicago

Employment

• Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois (Criminal Division) 4 years, assigned to misdemeanor and felony courtrooms
• City Prosecutor of Evanston, Illinois. 1 Year
• Associate and Partner, Mayer Brown & Platt (now Mayer, Brown LLP), Chicago, Illinois, 1962 - 1990
• Sole Practitioner, 1990 to present

Biographical details

• 2017: Endorsed as leader in the legal industry through receipt of Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who
• Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; The American Bar, 2007 - 2008 (www.americanbar.com). 2008 Ed.
• Awarded the highest rating (AV) from Martindale-Hubbell.
• Author: 'The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel; Does Miranda Suffice?,' Vol. 2, CBA Record, p. 13, 1988; 'Vocational Rehabilitation Needs Legislation Rehabilitation,' Vol. 1, CBA Record, p. 28,1987;
• Profiled, Illinois Police and Sheriffs News, Fall 1995 ed., p. 4.

Representative cases

• FIDUCIARY BREACH 

Chancery trial (3 1/2 weeks) involving off-track betting location; Favorable result affirmed on appeal.

• DEFENSE OF BANK IN CREDIT CARD CONSPIRACY CASE - FEDERAL COURT

Following eight years of discovery, our legal team successfully obtained summary judgment, which was sustained by the 7th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Sheet Metal Antitrust

Successfully defended state action for price-fixing penalties brought against sheet metal companies in Chicago area, obtaining outright dismissal.

• First Summerdale Conviction

Successfully prosecuted two Summerdale detectives for conspiring with Richard Morrison to defeat burglary prosecution. This was the first case brought to trial in the Summerdale police scandal.

• Operation Greylord Represented indicted government witness in Operation Greylord involving judicial corruption.

Client received probation.

• Reduction of Felony Gun Charge Represented Iraq veteran charged with possessing loaded gun in his vehicle.

Convinced prosecutor to reduce charge to misdemeanor UUW for probation.

• Vacating Old Warrant and Conviction

Successfully moved to vacate arrest warrant and seven-year-old convictions for aggravated battery and resisting arrest, accomplished for a non-Illinois resident.

• Murder case

Indiana Represented defendant in post-conviction proceeding in Lake County, Indiana involving presentation of numerous witnesses and documents. Although trial court declined to vacate 50-year prison sentence for murder, case remains alive in federal habeas corpus.

• Minimized Damage in Construction Case 

Represented construction firm and its president in federal court, achieving settlement for small portion of amount claimed.

• EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED IN DRUG CASE

Following granting of 2015 motion to suppress, State dismissed Class X and felony UUW counts. Client granted probation on remaining count.

• POLICE HIGH-SPEED CHASE

Client found not guilty of felony charge in 2014, following bench trial in Bridgeview Court.

• FELONY CHARGE REDUCED

Felony criminal damage to State property (police car) reduced in 2015 to misdemeanor for time served.