In February, Mr. Wallin obtained a dismissal for a client who had been charged with a DUI after being pulled over for a seat belt violation. The officer claimed that he detected an odor of burnt cannabis and that the client admitted having smoked a “blunt” a few hours before. This client was facing not […]
Read MoreIn January, attorney Harold Wallin obtained three DUI suspension rescissions for his clients, erasing five years of suspensions. The clients had cases in Chicago, Markham (Cook County) and Wheaton (DuPage County). Two of the rescissions were based on different technicalities of the law, and the third came after a hearing in which a judge found […]
Read MoreThis month two client’s had their summary suspensions rescinded (quotes from their than you e-mails are in the previous post). One was a client facing a three year license suspension, with no possibility of a driving permit. This would have made it impossible for her to get to and from work. A hearing was held […]
Read MoreI just wanted to share with you a couple of “Thank you” notes that I received this month. You were able to obtain for me the results that I was looking for and I am grateful for that. It would have been a big deal had I lost my drivers license, so I am glad […]
Read MoreIn November, one of Mr. Wallin’s clients had his Oak Park DUI dropped after a Cook County Judge suppressed from evidence the results of his breath test (0.11). Mr. Wallin had previously obtained rescission of his license suspension. Another client was found not guilty of DUI after a trial at Chicago’s Daley Center. This was […]
Read MoreOctober was a good month. Five clients had their DUI-based statutory summary suspensions rescinded. A Motion to Suppress Evidence was granted, suppressing all evidence obtained after an illegal DUI arrest. Another client had his DUI case dismissed. In addition, two clients had their Petitions for a Restricted Driving Permit (RDP) granted by the Secretary of […]
Read MoreThis month, I got all charges dismissed for a client who was charged with DUI (0.17 BAC) after allegedly leaving the scene of a property damage accident. I also got a six month license suspension lifted for another client who was pulled over after 30 miles over the speed limit, and then was arrested for […]
Read MoreThis month I won my only DUI case that went to trial. This client had his whole future on the line — if he was found guilty of this case, he would lose his driver’s license and current job (I had won his summary suspension case already, but because of a prior DUI, he would […]
Read MoreThis month, we had the following victories: a not guilty for a client arrested by Chicago Police for a DUI based on an allegation of driving with cannabis in his blood system; another DUI reduced to reckless driving; two DUI based suspensions rescinded; and two clients whose licenses had been revoked for DUI convictions received […]
Read MoreThis 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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