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# About Chicago DUI Lawyer

## About Chicago DUI Lawyer

Chicago DUI Lawyer is a Cook County DUI defense practice focused exclusively on Illinois DUI charges and the related driving and license matters that accompany them. The practice handles every category of Illinois DUI from first-offense misdemeanors through aggravated felony cases involving great bodily harm or death.

## What We Do

Our work covers the full range of Illinois DUI defense:

- First-offense DUI under 625 ILCS 5/11-501.

- Aggravated DUI under 625 ILCS 5/11-501(d), including DUI with injury, DUI causing death, DUI with a child passenger, and DUI in a school zone.

- Hit and run DUI combining 625 ILCS 5/11-501 with 625 ILCS 5/11-401.

- Repeat DUI offenses, including second, third, and subsequent charges.

- Underage DUI under Illinois Zero Tolerance and the adult DUI statute.

- Out-of-state defendants charged with DUI in Illinois.

- Statutory Summary Suspension hearings.

- Secretary of State formal and informal hearings, RDP and MDDP applications, and license reinstatement.

## How We Work

Every Cook County DUI case is approached the same way: thorough discovery, careful review of every piece of evidence the prosecution intends to use, aggressive motion practice on every viable challenge, careful negotiation when the evidence supports it, and trial readiness when negotiation does not produce an acceptable outcome.

The work begins immediately after arrest. The 90-day Statutory Summary Suspension hearing deadline is running. Bodycam and dashcam retention windows are short. Witness recollections fade. Evidence preservation, witness identification, and procedural filings all start on day one.

## The Cook County Courthouses We Cover

Cook County operates six district courthouses, and DUI cases originate in each one depending on the location of arrest:

- The Daley Center / 26th and California (city of Chicago).

- Skokie Courthouse (northern suburbs).

- Rolling Meadows Courthouse (northwest suburbs).

- Maywood Courthouse (western suburbs).

- Bridgeview Courthouse (southwest suburbs).

- Markham Courthouse (southern suburbs).

Each courthouse has its own prosecutorial unit, its own bench, and its own informal practices. Familiarity with the specific courthouse where your case is set is an advantage no out-of-county practitioner can match.

## Geographic Service Area

Our practice serves Cook County primarily, with regular work in surrounding counties as well:

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/arlington-heights-dui-attorney/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/aurora-dui-attorney/) (Kane County)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/bolingbrook-dui-attorneys/) (Will County)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/des-plaines-il-dui-attorneys/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/lake-county-dui-attorney/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/rolling-meadows-dui-attorney/)

## Related Pages

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/contact-us/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/free-consultation/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/faqs/)

- (https://chicagoduilawyer.net/dui-information/)

## Additional Chicago Legal Resources

- (https://www.cookcountycourt.org/)

- (https://www.chicagopolice.org/)

- (https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/drivers/)