Dustin Smith
Dustin Smith attended the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign where he earned a degree in History and a minor in Anthropology. Dustin graduated college and went on to attend the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. Dustin began his career as a prosecutor in the city of Chicago with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. It was at the State’s Attorney’s Office where Dustin first began litigating DUI cases as a licensed law clerk in the Traffic Division at the Daley Center in Chicago. Dustin gained priceless experience with DUI cases during his time at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. This includes experience in the courtroom and with all of the legal issues that surround every DUI case. In his legal career Dustin has litigated many bench trials and jury trials with charges ranging from DUI’s, drugs, guns, and even murder. Dustin’s unique background as a former prosecutor and now a criminal defense attorney gives him an advantageous insight into all types of DUI charges and a better understanding of each client’s case. Dustin has worked DUI cases as both a prosecutor and as a defense attorney. The experienced gained by litigating DUI’s from both the prosecution side and the defense side is an invaluable tool that Dustin puts to use in every DUI case that he handles.
Dustin is an experienced DUI trial lawyer who is willing to litigate all aspects of your case in a professional and efficient manner be it a motion, bench trial, or even a jury trial. Dustin has more than a decade of experience litigating DUI’s in Illinois. Dustin has vast experience protecting your driving privileges by litigating Statutory Summary Suspension hearings as well. Dustin was recently selected to the Top 100 Trial Lawyers and is a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois. Dustin prides himself on his ability to understand each of his clients’ unique situations and advocates accordingly.
Michael Gruszeczki
Michael Gruszeczki was born and raised on Chicago’s Northwest Side. After graduating from Fenwick High School, he attended Loyola University of Chicago, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. After graduation from Loyola, Mike spent 5 years working as an analyst for Elwood Associates, an investment consulting firm in Chicago.
Mike attended DePaul University College of Law where he distinguished himself as a Dean’s List law student. He was honored for his academic achievements, graduating in the top of his class from DePaul in 2007. During law school, Mike also worked as a law clerk at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and for two different civil litigation law firms in Chicago.
After graduating from DePaul University, Mike practiced criminal and family law as an Assistant State’s Attorney for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office before co-founding Gruszeczki & Smith Law, LLP with Dustin Smith. During Mike’s tenure as an Assistant State’s Attorney, he has prosecuted thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases and handled hundreds of civil hearings for child support and parentage. Specifically, Mike has prosecuted felony drug cases ranging from possession of a controlled substance, to delivery of a controlled substance, to criminal drug conspiracy.
Along with the prosecution of narcotics cases, he has prosecuted felony gun charges ranging from unlawful use of a weapon to armed habitual criminal charges. Mike has also prosecuted various misdemeanors ranging from battery to retail theft, and hundreds of traffic cases, including driving with a suspended license and DUI. Mike has extensive experience handling numerous other felony cases ranging from violent crime offenses to white collar crime offenses. He is committed to helping his clients purchase and sell their homes, handling aspects of real estate closing ranging from contract review and negotiation all the way to the closing table. Mike has extensive experience in trying cases whether in a bench trial or jury trial and litigating issues in motions before a judge. Mike’s clients rely on his commitment to their needs and his skills as
