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Harold Wallin rated as one of Chicago’s Top Three DUI Attorneys for 3rd straight year

The website “ThreeBestRated.com” has rated Harold L. Wallin as one of Chicago’s Top Three DUI attorneys for the third straight year — each year since they began rating in 2015.  Mr. Wallin is the only Chicago attorney to be included in this list in each of the three years. According to an email that they […]

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Harold Wallin named one of Chicago’s Top 20 Criminal Defense Lawyers

Expertise is a website that attempts to rate and list top professionals in their field.   They look at reputation, credibility, experience, availability, professionalism and engagement and then curate their rating to Top 20 lists. According to them, they “analyzed and scored criminal defense lawyers on more than 25 variables across six categories to give […]

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Client Gives Harold Wallin A Five Star Review

A recent client has posted the following five star review on AVVO.com: The right man for the job 5.0 stars Posted by Kent July 31, 2016 Harold handled my case expertly; every recommendation he made had a positive impact on the result. When the prosecutor even points out that, “you hired the right attorney,’ you […]

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Illinois amends DUI law to set a “legal limit” for Marijuana DUIs

Governor Rauner has signed SB 2228, which, among other things, amends the DUI statute, removing the provision that made it a DUI if a person drives or is in actual physical control with any amount of cannabis in his or her blood, breath or urine (i.e., a “zero tolerance” law), and adding a new section […]

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Harold Wallin Selected as One of Illinois’ Top Ten DUI Lawyers

The American Institute of DUI/DWI Attorneys has selected Harold L. Wallin as one of its Top Ten DUI Lawyers in the State of Illinois for Client Satisfaction. According to their website, their criteria are:

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Major New Changes to License Reinstatement Laws Enacted

Governor Rauner has signed into legislation two new laws which make major changes to the rules for license reinstatement for anyone who has been revoked for a second or subsequent offense, as well as lifting the lifetime ban for anyone who was revoked for fourth DUI conviction.  The laws will go into effect on January […]

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Harold Wallin named one of the Top 3 DUI attorneys in Chicago

The website Threebestrated.com has rated Harold L. Wallin as one of the three best rated DUI/DWI attorneys in Chicago.  Thank you for the acknowledgement!

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Another five star review

Harold Wallin received a five star review from a client on the avvo.com review site.  This client had her summary suspension of her driver’s rescinded and her DUI case thrown out on her very first court date at the Bridgeview courthouse.  Her review states as follows: Attorney Wallin was very straight forward. He illustrated each […]

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A Jury Win and a Client’s online review

This week, Harold Wallin successfully defended a client who was charged with DUI with a BAC of 0.156.  The case, which was tried before a jury in Chicago at the Richard Daley Center, revolved around the accuracy of the breath test.  The client’s comportment and demeanor, and his performance on field sobriety tests did not […]

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Tribune story about driving while revoked neglects to emphasize overly tough laws already on the books

In a story which was posted Saturday on the Chicago Tribune’s website, behind their paywall, presumably to appear in print on Sunday, there is yet another misguided attempt, egged on by west suburban police chiefs, to up the penalties on revoked drivers. I say yet again, because this has been going on for the last […]

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