Chicago Criminal Defense Attorneys

Trials are courtroom proceedings that determine whether a client is guilty or not guilty. Trials are heard either before a judge and are called bench trials or before twelve (12) people from the public selected by the parties called a jury.

Steven J. Weinberg has represented individuals in all types of criminal cases all over Illinois and the Midwest.

He is well respected in the trial bar and has argued cases in state and federal courts in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

He has tried jury and bench trials in hundreds of cases ranging from simple battery or possession of controlled substance to multi-million dollar fraud, conspiracies, sex crimes, and murder.

He has the experience and ability to persuasively argue complex points of law to judges and juries so that they understand the issues and can feel his intensity.

Steven J. Weinberg has the experience and ability to connect with juries and judges so that he obtains the best results for his clients.

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Our team provides a comprehensive investigation into your case so we have all the possible details to help defend your case. We have decades of experience working with investigators and expert witnesses to best serve you in the courtroom.

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A motion is a way to ask the court for certain action. The party will “move” the court for an order or other action.

Motion practice is a substantial part of criminal defense litigation. A timely, persuasive, and thorough motion can cause an entire count to be stricken from the complaint, or an entire case to be dismissed before it gets started.

Before trial, lawyers must carefully examine a case to determine if there are any valid motions that can be filed to effectively win the case without the client having to experience the uncertainty and anxiety of a trial.

Steven J. Weinberg has experience with preparing and filing every type of pretrial motion used in criminal defense.

He has litigated pretrial motions with great success in state and federal courts throughout his entire career.

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Not all cases can be one. In cases where a thorough and careful review of the facts and the law clearly demonstrates that it is in the best interest of the client to mitigate the situation, plea negotiations must be considered.

A plea bargain is an agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor, in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest in exchange for an agreement by the prosecutor to drop one or more charges, reduce a charge to a less serious offense, or recommend to the judge a specific sentence.

Steven J. Weinberg has earned a reputation for successfully negotiating plea agreements with prosecutors. His skill and preparation often makes the difference when successfully reducing a felony to a misdemeanor or achieving the most favorable sentence for his clients.

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Steven J. Weinberg has vast experience with sentencing issues that arise in both state and federal cases.

Sentencing hearings require that a lawyer present mitigating factors in the form of documents or live witnesses to the judge in an effort to get the best sentence for the client.

Mitigating factors are those items that cast the client in the most favorable light so that a sentencing court will be more likely to be lenient when imposing a sentence.

Sentencing hearings in federal court are complicated hearings where there is a need to address the advisory federal sentencing guidelines. Courts still rely on these complicated advisory guidelines to formulate sentences, so it is still necessary to have a familiarity with the guidelines, if a lawyer is going to get the best possible sentence for a client.

Steven J. Weinberg has strategically worked with the federal sentencing guidelines for over 25-years He is familiar with filing written objections to pre-sentence investigations prepared by the United States probation office. He has diligently prepared and filed all types of sentencing memoranda and position papers over his distinguished career.

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Forensic evidence refers to information or objects that may be admitted into court for judges and juries to consider when hearing a case. Forensic evidence can come from many different sources.

Types of forensic evidence might include fibers, hair, soil, wood, gunshot residue, DNA, ballistics and fingerprints.  Investigators can potentially link a suspect and a victim to a mutual location through trace evidence. 

Steven J. Weinberg is known to effectively cross-examine an expert witnesses ability in their identification, collection, analysis and interpretation of forensic evidence. He is familiar with the development of new tools and techniques to detect, collect and preserve evidence from crime scenes.

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Our team of lawyers has years of experience defending clients in licensure hearings. If your professional license is being suspended, you need an experienced defense team behind your back.

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