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Old Illinois DUI keeping you from getting your license in another state?

If you received a conviction for a DUI in Illinois, or you received an out of state conviction for a similar offense at a time when you had an Illinois license, Illinois will revoke your driving privileges, thereby preventing you from obtaining a valid drivers license in another state until you have cleared up your […]

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New law will eliminate waits to get driving permits

Under a new law that will go into effect January 1, 2016, persons who have license suspensions or DUI revocations won’t have to wait to obtain driving relief. The new law eliminates the 30 day waiting period before a person can obtain a Monitored Device Driving Permit (“MDDP”) after a first offense DUI statutory summary […]

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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signed into legislation two new laws which make major changes to the rules for license reinstatement for anyone who has been revoked for a second or subsequent offense, as well as lifting the lifetime ban for anyone who was revoked for fourth DUI conviction.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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Wallin’s August, September and October Victories

The Law Office of Harold L. Wallin reports the following victories for its clients in August, September and October of 2014: Nine clients had their statutory summary suspensions rescinded, in courthouses in Bridgeview, Chicago, Markham and Skokie. Two DUI clients had their cases dismissed, including one which was dropped after the judge found that the […]

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IL to consider changing law that gives lifetime revocations to anyone with 4 DUI convictions

For the last 15 years, Illinois has had a law on the books that prohibits the Secretary of State from reinstating the license of anyone convicted of four or more DUIs, so long as the last conviction occurred after January 1, 1999.  The law also prohibits the Secretary of State from giving clearance which would […]

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The myth that you will get denied at your first Secretary of State hearing

It is quite common that when I speak with someone who contacts me after being denied by the Secretary of State, that he or she had not retained legal counsel for the hearing.  They often tell me that “I heard that everyone gets turned down at their first Secretary of State hearing, so I didn’t […]

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What is the difference between a DUI, DWI and an OWI?

What is the difference between a DUI, DWI and an OWI?  This is a question that I received today. Illinois only has an offense known as “driving under the influence” or DUI.  We do not have anything called driving while impaired or driving while intoxicated. However, other states do.  Some states call their DUI charges […]

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Our June victories

This month, two DUI cases went to trial, and both clients were found not guilty.  One involved a woman who was stopped by Chicago Police as she was parking near her apartment and the other involved a man stopped on the Kennedy Expressway by State Police.  A third client had his DUI case dismissed by […]

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