Stephen L Richards
Sole Practitioner
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Phone:
(773) 877-3259
(866) 852-6426 (Toll Free)
(866) 852-6426 (Toll Free)
E-mail:
Areas of Practice
- Murder -- Homicide -- Death Penalty Cases
- Serious Felonies
- Drug / Weapons Cases
- Appeals -- Post-Convictions
- Sentencing -- Mitigation
- Civil Rights/1983
- Legal Education
- Legal Ethics
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Lead Counsel, Capital Litigation Trial Bar, Illinois Supreme Court, 2001
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1985
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2008
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
- J.D. - 1983
- Honors: Order of Barristers, Moot Court
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- B.A.
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: History
Published Works
- Reasonable Doubt Redux, 34 John Marshall L. Rev. 495, 2001
- The Admissibility of Expert Testimony, American Bar Association, 2003
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- New Ideas for Jury Selection, Illinois Public Defender Association, 2007
- Capital Jury Selection, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal, 2007
Honors and Awards
- Kutak-Dodds Award, Defender Prize, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 2003
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Illinois Public Defender Association, President, 2006 - 2008
- Illinois Public Defender Association, Board Member, 2000 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Office of the State Appellate Defender, Deputy Defender, 2000 - 2008
- Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Assistant Public Defender, 1989 - 2000
