When you receive a DUI in Illinois you will also receive a Statutory Summary Suspension, which is the automatic suspension of your Illinois driver’s license after 46 days. This suspension should be challenged for several reasons. First, you can save your driver’s license and second, the testimony you obtain at the hearing will benefit you…
I was in DuPage County, Illinois this last Friday in Courtroom 4015, representing my client on a hearing on a Motion to Quash. I started the hearing by calling the Lombard Police Officer. During my initial questioning of the police officer I asked him what training he received for DUI detection and Field Sobriety Training.…
A “Confirmation of Statutory Summary Suspension” is the notice the Secretary of State will send to you to notify you that your license will be suspended. The confirmation also gives the Judge on your case jurisdiction (authority) to hear a Petition to Rescind the Statutory Summary Suspension. This document is important because it informs you…
A Statutory Summary Suspension is an automatic suspension of a person’s Illinois driver’s license if they are charged with a DUI in Illinois. The suspension takes effect on the 46th day after the DUI arrest date. The suspension is between 6 months and three years, depending on whether it is a persons first or subsequent…
A public defender is a court appointed attorney. To qualify for a public defender you have to fill out a financial affidavit and show that you have no real assets to pay for an attorney. Even if you do qualify for the services of the public defender many courts require you to pay the public…
When arrested for DUI in Illinois, the automatic license suspension (6 months if you submitted to breath or blood or urine test, or 12 months if you did not) automatically takes effect on the 46th day after the day of your arrest. This means you do not have a license to drive a vehicle and…
If you just received a DUI, the sooner you retainer a good, experienced DUI attorney the better. There are steps that can be taken to protect your license. The quicker the steps are taken, the better chance you have of saving your license. See “Statutory Summary Suspension” information on this website. Further, do not do…
The Judge will require you to have an attorney and you will receive a much better result in your case. A person charged with DUI should have an attorney for several reasons. First, a DUI case is a serious case where a person can be sent to jail for up to 364 days and fined…
The first court date after a DUI Arrest occurs approximately 30 days after the day of arrest. The court date is set on the police officer’s “key.” Every officer is given a certain day or two each month that they are scheduled to appear in Court. For example the key of “W” will stand for…