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State of Illinois v. Joseph Czuba
Joliet, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and hate crime charges in an eight-count indictment. Joseph Czuba, age 73, Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023 in Plainfield, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Chicago. ...
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( 02-28-2025 - IL)

State of Illinois v. Desireee R. Cortez
Geneva, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of felony theft. Desiree R. Cortez, age 37, pled guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from her employer. Two other counts relating to financial exploitation of an elderly person and financial exploitation of an elderly person age 70 or older by someone in a position of trust were di...
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( 02-22-2025 - IL)

The People of the State of Illinois v. Rogelio Gomez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful use of a weapon for carrying an "uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible" firearm. At around 11:30 p.m. on February 17, 2023, Officer Bernard Hernandez, Officer Jason Bulkley, and Officer Anthony Rosen were patrolling the Little Village neighborhood in a marked police squad car. It was a cold F...
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( 02-21-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Nirav B. Patel
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of illegal entry into the U.S. by an alien Illegal immigrant convicted as part of India-based fraud conspira...
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( 02-11-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Jerry Braddy
Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tiptonville, Tennessee, Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor Jerry Braddy, 45, from Tiptonville, Tennessee was indic...
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( 02-11-2025 - IL)

State of Illinois v. Sarah A.
Bloomington, Illinois family lawyer lawyer represented the defendant in a parental rights termination action. In April 2024, the State filed a motion to terminate the parental rights of respondent Sarah A. as to her minor children, S.A. (born in 2016), J.A. (born in 2012), and M.A. (born in 2009). The children's fathers are not parties to this appeal. In September 2024, the trial court gr...
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( 02-09-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Jose Ramirez-Arellano
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to traffic cocaine that was shipped to Chicago from California. Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago ...
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( 01-28-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Yale Schiff
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud. Suburban Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bank Fraud. YALE SCHIFF fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, vehicle loans,...
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( 01-27-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Yale Schiff
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, vehicle loans, lines of credit, and credit cards Suburban Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bank Fraud ...
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( 01-27-2025 - IL)

The People of the State of Illinois v. Sarah L. Safranek
Oregon, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. In April 2021, the State charged defendant, Sarah L. Safranek, with five counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2020)) and one count of aggravated battery to a child (id. § 12-3.05(b)(1)) in connection with the death of her seven-year-old son, N.B., in February ...
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( 01-24-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Jose Ramirez-Arellano
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago In February 2022, JOSE R...
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( 01-23-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Cosme Chacon
cty, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with to a money laundering conspiracy charge Money Launderer for Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison A money launde...
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( 01-23-2025 - IL)

The People of the State of Illinois v. Danielle S.
Champaign, Illinois family law lawyer represented mother in a parental rights termination action. Mother is the biological mother of Blaise M. (B.M.), born on November 9, 2015. Mother cared for B.M. until B.M. tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease when he was two years old. B.M. was then placed with his biological father, Alec Moore (Father), by the Department of Children an...
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( 01-21-2025 - IL)

The People of the State of Illinois v. S.M.A.
Chicago, Illinois family law lawyer represented a minor allegedly sexually abused. On January 8, 2020, the State filed two petitions for adjudication of wardship. The first petition alleged that M.T., born March 30, 2009, was neglected pursuant to section 2-3(1)(b) of the Juvenile Court Act (705 ILCS 405/2-3(1)(b) (West 2018)), and abused pursuant to section 2-3(2) (ii)and (iii) of the A...
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( 01-17-2025 - IL)

Gherasim and Lidia Stoia v. Cornelia and Daniel Cusniriuc
Chicago, Illinois civil litigation lawyers represented that parties in a condo la dispute. Defendants and plaintiffs live in a two-unit condominium building in Lincolnwood, Illinois. Plaintiffs own Unit One, which consists of the first floor and the basement, and defendants own Unit Two, which consists of the second floor. The mechanical equipment for defendants' Unit Two, which includes ...
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( 01-17-2025 - IL)

K&V Group, LLP v. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., et al.
Chicago, Illinois civil litigation lawyers will be representing United States of America qui tam claim against Walgreen claiming that it filled millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and then sought reimbursement for many of these prescriptions from various federal health care programs in violation the False Claims Act (FCA). Walgreens is one of the...
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( 01-17-2025 - IL)

Shanna Jordan v. Chicago Housing Authrity
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed to have been injured and damaged as a result of exposure to lead paint. Plaintiff and her children were exposed to dangerous lead levels for nearly a decade. In 2014, Shanna Jordan moved into the CHA-owned North Side-area apartment building at 7715 North Marshfield. At the time, her son Jahmir Collin...
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( 01-17-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Larry French Jr.
Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting United States Postal Worker Springfield Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Assaulting United States Postal Worker A Springfield, Illi...
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( 01-16-2025 - IL)

The People of the State of Illinois v. Oleksandr Myronyuk
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol. At trial, Chicago police officer V.M. Pineda testified that about 1:40 a.m. on November 15, 2022, he was on patrol driving a marked police vehicle. [1] At that time, his attention was drawn to a gray or silver BMW that was stopped at the light at the interse...
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( 01-13-2025 - IL)

The People of the State of Illinois v. David Lee Burger
Marion, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. * * * CRIMINAL LAW. POST-CONVICTION RELIEF. The defendant appealed the summary dismissal of his postconviction petition claiming actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel. The court affirmed the dismissal, finding the claims to be without merit and grantin...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Todd Sheffler
Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to deprive the civil rights , conspiracy to engage in misleading conduct, falsification of documents. Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of beating inmate Larry Earvin to death. ...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

Linda Thompson v. Army and Air Force Exchange Service
East St. Louis, Illinois civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”). The Exchange is an instrumentality of the United States Army and Air Force that provides retail services on military bases across the country. Linda Thompson alleges that she used her personal credit card at the...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Lakeatra E. White
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Credit Cards from the Mail Granite City Postal Carrier Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Credit Cards from the Mail Lakeatra E. White, 32...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Jauan Brown; Brianna Moore; Jauan Brown; William Davis
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking Four Chicago Residents Charged in Federal Court as Part of Drug Trafficking Investigation A drug trafficking investigation centered on th...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

State of Illinois v. Guillermo Salgado
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Guillermon Salgado was accused of driving the wrong way on Palatine Road in Wheeling and killing Robert E. Gillen, age 53, on December 10, 2023....
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( 01-09-2025 - IL)

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