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As a top federal lawyer, I have been recently asked to explain the federal civil disorder statute. First of all, the federal civil disorder statute can be found at 12 United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 231. The statute makes the following conduct a federal crime: 1)...
Michael Leonard of Leonard Trial Lawyers was one of the featured presenters at the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers annual violent crimes seminar on November 19, 2022 at Chicago Kent Law School. Mike spoke about his experiences representing...
As a leading Chicago criminal lawyer, I am often asked to explain the Illinois Hate Crimes statute to those who have been, or potentially might be, charged under that Act. As an initial matter, the Illinois law is not the same as the Federal Hate Crimes statute. The...
A best federal criminal lawyer explains the Federal "Hate Crime" statute. It can be found at 18 U.S.C., section 249. The first part of the statute applies to those who are members of law enforcement, as well as those who are not. In other words, this portion of the...
As a federal criminal lawyer, it is refreshing to observe a federal district court's admission that applying the Bruen case in federal criminal firearms cases is highly challenging. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. __, 142 S.Ct. 2111...
One of the issues that top federal criminal lawyers are routinely required to address in their representations of their client defendants is whether their client will be granted bail/bond and thus pre-trial release, or whether their client will be required to remain...
As a top Chicago criminal lawyer, I am often confronted with situations where an employee's alleged theft or conversion of his former employer's purported trade secrets results in a potential or actual Federal criminal prosecution. This is not unlike numerous other...
As a leading federal criminal lawyer, I am often asked by clients at initial consultations, and throughout the process of representation, about the significance of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. This is an important question for any federal criminal defendant. For...
Best Chicago criminal defense lawyer Michael Leonard of Chicago-based Leonard Trial Lawyers will be one of the featured speakers at the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2022 Violent Crimes seminar. The seminar is entitled, "Defending Violent Crimes in...
Top federal criminal lawyer discusses obtaining a significantly below Federal Sentencing Guidelines sentence for client in a money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business prosecution. On Friday, November 4, 2022, federal District Court Judge...