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Stephen L. Richards
- Sole Practitioner
Location:
Chicago, IL
Phone:
Fax:
773-634-8107
Email:
Areas Of Practice
- Criminal Law
- White Collar Crime
- 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
- People v. Terry Griggs, 152 Ill.2d 1, 604 N.E.2d 257, 1992, Ill. S. Ct.
- People v. Arthur King, 154 Ill.2d 217, 608 N.E.2d 877, 1993, Ill. S. Ct.
Classes/Seminars
- New Ideas for Jury Selection, Illinois Public Defender Association, 2007 to 2007
- Capital Jury Selection, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal, 2007 to 2007
Honors and Awards
- Selected to Super Lawyers 2012 - 2019
- Kutak-Dodds Award, Defender Prize, National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Illinois Public Defender Association, President, 2006 to 2008
- Illinois Public Defender Association, Board Member, 2000
Past Employment Positions
- Office of the State Appellate Defender, Deputy Defender, 2000 to 2008
- Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Assistant Public Defender, 1989 to 2000