Defending Your Rights and Freedom
- There is simply no substitute for experience. The right lawyer knows how to evaluate the evidence in your case. The right lawyer knows the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure. The right lawyer knows the sentencing options available to you under Illinois Law. The right lawyer knows the local rules and knows how to negotiate the best outcome for your case. Choosing the wrong lawyer to stand next to you in a criminal courtroom can cost you your freedom.
- I am Douglas G. DeBoer. I am an attorney with over 20 years of courtroom experience in criminal law. I will put that experience to work to defend your rights and your freedom.
- My practice focuses exclusively on criminal defense:
- DUI — defense of people arrested for first-time DUI and those with prior DUI convictions
- Traffic Violations — such as speeding, driving with a suspended or revoked license, driving without insurance, and other traffic violations
- Drug Charges — including possession of drugs, possession with intent to distribute, drug trafficking, prescription drug fraud and other offenses
- Felonies and Misdemeanors — theft, burglary, robbery, assault and battery, shoplifting and other property and violent crimes
- Sex Crimes — including sexual assault, rape, statutory rape, child sex charges and other sex offenses
- Domestic Violence — representation in civil order hearings and in defense of domestic battery charges
- Juvenile Charges — protecting the futures of children at risk
- Weapons Charges — defense of charges such as illegal possession of firearms, illegal discharge of firearms and other gun crimes
Expungement and Sealing of Records
Having a criminal record can affect your ability to find a job or hold certain licenses. It's unfair that something that happened so long ago is still affecting your rights. After all, you paid your penalty years ago. Illinois law allows certain criminal records to be expunged or sealed. The result is that most employers will never know about that unfortunate incident in your past. If your case qualifies, within a short time you can put that case behind you where it belongs.
I Will Fight for Your Future
My clients and I work together. I explain the legal process in simple terms so that you have a complete understanding of the process you are facing. There are strengths and weaknesses in the evidence in every criminal case. I recommend the defense strategy that I think makes the most sense, but you will always make the final decisions about your defense.
Whether you choose a negotiated outcome or defense at trial, I will fight for your rights, your freedom and your future.
Contact a Lawyer for a Free Initial Consultation
For a free initial consultation with the Law Office of Douglas G. DeBoer, call 877-741-1979 toll free or send an e-mail. Phone calls are answered 24 hours a day.
My office is conveniently located just across the street from the courthouse in Joliet.
