In June, Mr. Wallin had the following results:  One client, charged with a Chicago DUI, had his case dismissed by prosecutors on the day of trial.  A CDL driver, who was arrested in Chicago for a DUI, had his statutory summary suspension and CDL disqualification rescinded.  Another client had his statutory summary suspension rescinded after Read More

This month, Harold L. Wallin obtained rescission of two client’s statutory summary suspensions, one at the Skokie Courthouse and the other at the Markham Courthouse.  Mr. Wallin also was able to get another client’s Chicago DUI reduced to reckless driving on the day of trial (this client’s summary suspension had been rescinded previously).  Also, Mr. Read More

Harold Wallin won two trials this month.  In one case, a client had been randomly stopped at a Chicago roadside safety check.  Chicago police officers suspected him of being intoxicated, and ordered the client to perform field sobriety tests, which they claimed he failed.  At trial, Mr. Wallin successfully argued that the prosecution had failed Read More

This month, Harold Wallin obtained a “not guilty” at the Markham Courthouse for a client who had been charged with DUI by the Posen Police Department after being involved in a property damage accident.  Previously, this client’s summary suspension had been rescinded.  Also this month, Mr , Mr. Wallin obtained rescissions of statutory summary suspensions Read More

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 More

Beginning in late fall, 2013, “undocumented persons” i.e., persons in this country without legal residence status or citizenship, will be able to obtain a “temporary visitor’s driver’s license” through the Illinois Secretary of State. Called temporary visitor driver’s licenses, the permits will vary from traditional licenses several ways. Most noticeably, they will be visually different, Read More

In 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 More

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 Read More

This 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 More

I 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 More