1. WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE?
I graduated from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in June 2005. I began my legal career as an assistant general counsel to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. After four years with the Secretary of State, I was hired as a clerk to Illinois Appellate Justice Nathaniel Howse Jr. After four years with Justice Howse, I opened my own law firm and have been in a northern Illinois court room most every day serving clients in a variety of areas of law, including personal injury, traffic, family law, probate, contracts, criminal and more. I can assure you that I have the experience to help you and definitely know more about the law and the legal process than anyone who has not attended law school and worked professionally as an attorney. I wrote Illinois statutes while working for the Secretary of State. I drafted numerous appellate decisions for Justice Howse. I currently represent clients in court every day. You need to trust me and understand that when I recommend a course of action, it is based on experience and it is in your best interest to follow the course of action I recommend.
In 15 years of practicing law, I have yet to have a client that knows anything about the law and the legal process despite what they think they may know. If you did not attend law school, you have no idea whatsoever how the legal process works. An attorney I know said it best when he described law school and being a lawyer as being part of a secret society that is the only one that understands the law and the legal process. It is a complicated process which is why not everyone is an attorney. Rigorous and long study is required for law school. Students then take a rigorous two-day exam with many failing. As you recall, former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley took the bar exam three or four times before he finally passed. I took it just once and passed even though my son was born the night before the exam (true story).
2. HOW LONG WILL MY CASE TAKE?
I honestly cannot give you a time frame. Every case is unique -- the law and the unique circumstances of your case determine the time frame. Any attorney that gives you a short time frame is not being truthful because there is no way to tell how long a case will take. My recommendation to you is to be patient and let me do my job. I cannot complete your case any sooner than the law allows. If you have a civil lawsuit, the other party has rights under the U.S. and Illinois constitutions and there is a certain amount of waiting involved, for example, Illinois law provides the opposing party time to respond to a lawsuit, time to respond to motions, and time to prepare for trial. This is what is commonly referred to as "Due Process," which is a right guaranteed to every U.S. citizen under the U.S. Constitution. In order for everyone involved in a court matter to be provided with Due Process, the federal and state legislatures have created what is called "Civil Procedure" which gives all plaintiffs and defendants a certain amount of time to respond to lawsuits in a civil case or "Criminal Procedure" which allows defendants to put on a defense in a criminal case. Due Process and Civil and Criminal procedures cause court matters to move slowly so you MUST be patient.
I graduated from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in June 2005. I began my legal career as an assistant general counsel to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. After four years with the Secretary of State, I was hired as a clerk to Illinois Appellate Justice Nathaniel Howse Jr. After four years with Justice Howse, I opened my own law firm and have been in a northern Illinois court room most every day serving clients in a variety of areas of law, including personal injury, traffic, family law, probate, contracts, criminal and more. I can assure you that I have the experience to help you and definitely know more about the law and the legal process than anyone who has not attended law school and worked professionally as an attorney. I wrote Illinois statutes while working for the Secretary of State. I drafted numerous appellate decisions for Justice Howse. I currently represent clients in court every day. You need to trust me and understand that when I recommend a course of action, it is based on experience and it is in your best interest to follow the course of action I recommend.
In 15 years of practicing law, I have yet to have a client that knows anything about the law and the legal process despite what they think they may know. If you did not attend law school, you have no idea whatsoever how the legal process works. An attorney I know said it best when he described law school and being a lawyer as being part of a secret society that is the only one that understands the law and the legal process. It is a complicated process which is why not everyone is an attorney. Rigorous and long study is required for law school. Students then take a rigorous two-day exam with many failing. As you recall, former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley took the bar exam three or four times before he finally passed. I took it just once and passed even though my son was born the night before the exam (true story).
2. HOW LONG WILL MY CASE TAKE?
I honestly cannot give you a time frame. Every case is unique -- the law and the unique circumstances of your case determine the time frame. Any attorney that gives you a short time frame is not being truthful because there is no way to tell how long a case will take. My recommendation to you is to be patient and let me do my job. I cannot complete your case any sooner than the law allows. If you have a civil lawsuit, the other party has rights under the U.S. and Illinois constitutions and there is a certain amount of waiting involved, for example, Illinois law provides the opposing party time to respond to a lawsuit, time to respond to motions, and time to prepare for trial. This is what is commonly referred to as "Due Process," which is a right guaranteed to every U.S. citizen under the U.S. Constitution. In order for everyone involved in a court matter to be provided with Due Process, the federal and state legislatures have created what is called "Civil Procedure" which gives all plaintiffs and defendants a certain amount of time to respond to lawsuits in a civil case or "Criminal Procedure" which allows defendants to put on a defense in a criminal case. Due Process and Civil and Criminal procedures cause court matters to move slowly so you MUST be patient.