DUI Lawyer Chicago

In a field where practitioners tend to specialize and then highly specialize, Langrock is cut from a different mold. He’s an ecumenical lawyer who’s taken cases from traffic violations to murder to environmental class-action suits. He loves a good fish-and-game case because “the wardens can be overbearing.” He’s also known as the go-to guy for DUI defense work and, at age 72, says he is “the only senior partner I know who tries divorce cases.”

Five members of Cecil Conner's family had hoped to see him Tuesday in court.

They were there for his arraignment, but arrived too late to find seats in the 50-seat courtroom.

They had wanted to offer Conner moral support by being in the courtroom, brother-in-law Maurice LaFond said.

Conner, 22, appeared in a Will County courtroom to plead innocent to aggravated drunken driving in the death of his girlfriend's 5-year-old son.

June 14, 2010

BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter

Two misdemeanor DUI charges have been filed against a New Trier High School student who admitted smoking marijuana the night before she allegedly injured another student in a hit-and-run crash, Cook County prosecutors said Monday.

The new charges against 18-year-old Erin Hughes came after blood and urine samples showed she had marijuana in her system on May 14 when she allegedly hit a New Trier sophomore as the teen crossed a street near their school.

'IT'S A JOKE'

Victims' families upset, but may press civil case

June 5, 2010 BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter

Erick Lagunas' family came to court Friday morning clinging to the slimmest of hopes.

But their 2½-year quest for justice ended in bitter tears, as the Chicago Police officer they say killed Lagunas and his friend, Miguel Flores, in a Thanksgiving Day 2007 drunken-driving crash walked out of the 26th and California courthouse a free man.

If I drive a car with no front license plates and put a peice of paper over my car's rear license plates so it cannot be read to avoid getting ticketed by red light cameras. What would happen if I got stopped by the police, can I just use an excuse like I covered the license plates while making a video of my car to put on youtube and forget to remove the paper off my plates after making the video.

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June 16th, 2010 BY TIM GRENDA, J.D.

Starting July 1, 2010, all motorists who are convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in four California counties will be required to use an ignition-interlock device on  their vehicles designed to prevent them from driving drunk again.

It’s just the latest in a series of get-tough-on-DUI measures nationwide, which in recent years have included increased fines, stiffer jail sentences, and longer losses of driving privileges following a DUI conviction.