Legal News for Champaign, Illinois

State of Illinois v. Rasheed Griffin

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault/handicapped, aggravated battery/public place; and aggravated battery/pregnant/handicapped. Rasheed Griffin, 23 of Calumet City, accused of sexually assaulted a 35-year-old woman.... More...

United States of America v. Raekwon M. Patton

East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a makeshift weapon. On June 29, 2024, a correctional officer at FCI-Greenville conducted a pat search on Raekwon M. Patton, age 27, and discovered a makeshift weapon in his waistband. The weapon was a sharp, pointed piece of metal, approximately 7.5 inches in length and affixed to a wooden handle... More...

United States of America v. Marcus “Slim” McKinney

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, maintaining drug-involved premises, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. Marcus "Sim... More...

United States of America v. Stephen H. Keith

Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perpetrating a wire fraud and identity theft scheme starting as early as August 2020 and continuing to August 2024. Stephen H. Keith, age 35, of East Peoria, Illinois ran a company called DeviceLyfe that was never registered with the State of Illinois. According to the indictment, Keith used that purported company ... More...

United States of America v. Jimil Parmar

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending a threatening letter to a spiritual mission in suburban Chicago. n July 2023, Jimil Parmar, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, mailed a letter to the Sant Nirankari Mission in West Chicago, Ill. The letter stated, “CANCEL US CANADA TOUR IMMEDIATELY SRS ATTACK PLANNED.” The threat coincided with the visit of ... More...

United States of America v. Jesse Herbig

Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine. Jesse Herbig, age 44, admitted that in 2022 he communicated with his drug supplier and arranged for a United States Postal Service Priority Express parcel which he knew contained methamphetamine to be shipped from Phoenix, Ariz. to an address in Rockford. The pack... More...

United States of America v. Labar Spann

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that terrorized the West Side of Chicago for two decades by committing murders, robberies, extortions, witness tampering, and drug dealing. The Four Corner Hustlers operated primarily in the Chicago neighborhoods of ... More...

United States of America v. Travis Thomas

Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b)(1); two counts of transporting a victim in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a); and two counts of coercing or enticing... More...

The People of the State of Illinois v. Abhijit Patel

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with murder. Abhijit Patel, 28, is accused of bludgeoning his father to death with a sledgehammer in the family home.... More...

In re MARRIAGE OF MICHAEL CALCAGNO and DAWN CALCAGNO

Wheaton, Illinois, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. Michael and Dawn Calcagno are married and, until recently, lived in the same marital home. In June 2025, the trial court granted Michael's motion for temporary exclusive possession of the marital residence pursuant to section 501(c-2) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/501(c-2) (W... More...

United States of America v. Alex C. Thompson

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling and distributing controlled substances.... More...

Zhanae Perry v. Health Care Services Corporation

Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination civil rights violation theory.... More...

Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an excessive force civil rights violation theory. This is a tragic case involving a police encounter in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Officers Christian Szczur and David Cook responded to a notice early one morning that a shot had been fired in the area. While investigating the gunshot, they approached Juan ... More...

United States of America v. Andrei Taylor

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Taylor was a member of the Cali Boys, a gang that promoted their ability to kill their “opps” (opponents). Kadaivion Jones was a member of the Gangster Disciples, a rival gang of the Cali Boys. On September 2, Kevon Bonner, a fellow Cali Boy, picked up a stolen white Dodge D... More...

United States of America v. Minhaj Feroz Muhammad and Sufyan Feroze

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private health care insurers and for participating in a money laundering conspiracy with the fraud proceeds. Minhaj Feroz Muhammad, 37, and Sufyan Feroze, 35, both of Naperville, owned and controlled, sometimes through straw owners, four clinical laboratories located in Illinoi... More...

United States of America v. Joaquín Guzmán López

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to kidnapping, distributing drugs, and money laundering. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father, Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as “El Chapo,” as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug charges. “The Sinaloa Cartel is a terrorist or... More...

State of Illinois v. Reginald Flemister-Tolson

Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Home Invasion, Armed Robbery, and Aggravated Battery with a Firearm. On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Peoria Police Detectives observed a second suspect connected to this ongoing investigation at a residence in the 3400 block of West Oakcrest Drive (Lexington Hills Apartments). De... More...

Julius H. Schoeps, et al. v. Sompo Holdings, Inc., et al.

Chicago, Illinois lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over the ownership of the Van Gogh Sunflowers. Vincent van Gogh painted Sunflowers in 1888. Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, a German banker and art collector, later acquired the painting. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was the co-owner and director of an international bank, Mendelssohn & Co., which was one of the five ... More...

State of Illinois v. Lawrence Reed

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Lawarence Reed is accused of dousing a woman with gasoline and setting her on fire. The Defendant reportedly yelled three times in succession "I'm guilty", after the judge warned he could receive a life sentence for charges that include committing a terrorist attack. ... More...

Jeffrey F. Barker v. Social Security Administration

Rockford, Illinois, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of denial of his social security benefits RSI Tax claim.... More...

Emily Pile v. Bloomington Normal Public Transit System

Peoria, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.... More...

United States of America v. Donald R. Felton

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine. On May 21, 2019, two law enforcement officers inter- viewed a confidential source. The confidential source told the officers that Donald Felton had made several trips to St. Louis, Missouri, to purchase methamphetamine for ... More...

United States of America v. James A. Cohen

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting payments in exchange for falsely representing that a registered sex of- fender lived at his address. After he was charged for making that representation to United States marshals, Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U... More...

Sheila Griffin, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased v. Mary Ann Poynter, et al.

Peoria, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased, who sued for damages relating to the abuse and death of R.R., a minor, who was killed by his father. he facts establish that on January 26, 2019, 9-year-old R.R. was pronounced dead after having been abused by her father, Richard Rountree, and killed b... More...

State of Illinois v. Jermaine Sutton

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Jermaine Sutton, of Chicago, was charged with murder and misdemeanor cannabis possession for shooting and killing a 57-year-old man.... More...