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Top Federal Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard explains use of RICO for gang prosecutions. Increasingly, particularly within the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago), federal prosecutors have been utilizing the Federal Racketeer...
Top Federal Lawyers explain Hunter Biden Indictment. An Indictment has been returned charging President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, with a number of federal criminal offenses. As was well-publicized, Hunter Biden was on the verge of a plea deal that would have wiped...
Best Chicago Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard on WGN's "Let's Get Legal" on December 9, 2023. Mike Leonard and Jon Hansen have a lively discussion regarding the Chicago federal criminal trial of former Alderman Ed Burke. They discuss the fact that former Alderman, and...
Best Federal Defense Lawyer Michael Leonard Explains DOJ's Pre-Trial Diversion program. Apart from obtaining a dismissal of a federal criminal case; or obtaining a reduction of a federal charge to a federal misdemeanor; or, of course winning a case after a federal...
Leading Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard explains the impact of a Defendant's detention pending trial. In the vast majority of cases, defendants choose not to be detained pending trial. There are, of course, exceptions. Sometimes, a defendant may believe that he is...
Top Federal Lawyers on the Federal Perjury Statute. The federal perjury statute is rarely utilized by federal prosecutors. That statute is designed to, among other things, deter and punish false statements made under oath or in official proceedings. It can be found at...
Best Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer Michael Leonard analyzes Judge Coleman's 922(g)(1) Opinion interpreting Bruen. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ("NDIL") joined what is becoming a long line of...
Leading Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer Michael Leonard explains UUW Charge. "UUW" charges are common in Illinois. UUW is the unlawful use of a weapon. The law can be found at 720 ILCS 5/24-1. These are serious charges. Thus, the law prohibits the unauthorized...
Top Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyers explain the Hobbs Act. The Hobbs Act is named after former U.S. House of Representatives member Sam Hobbs. It was enacted more than seventy-five years ago. Broadly speaking, the Act prohibits actual or attempted robbery or...
Best Chicago Criminal Attorney Michael Leonard Analyzes Smollett Appellate Court Decision. Last week, the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) issued its long-awaited Opinion in the Jussie Smollett ("Smollett") case. The case citation is People v. Smollett, 2023...