Chicago DUI Defense From Former Prosecutors
A DUI arrest can threaten your driver’s license, employment, insurance costs, and freedom.
G&S DUI Attorneys at Law represents people facing DUI charges throughout Chicago, Cook County, DuPage County, and the surrounding suburbs.
An arrest is not a conviction.
A conviction for driving under the influence can affect your driver’s license, employment, education, insurance costs, and freedom. The prosecution still has to prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt, and the strength of a DUI case often depends on the details of the stop, arrest, testing, video, reports, and witness testimony.
As former prosecutors, Michael R. Gruszeczki and Dustin E. Smith have handled DUI cases from both sides of the courtroom. That experience helps the firm identify weaknesses in the State’s evidence and evaluate which issues may support negotiation, a motion, or trial.
If your misdemeanor DUI case is assigned to the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago, learn more about what to expect in Daley Center DUI court.
The criminal case and your driving privileges are related, but they are not the same proceeding.
Criminal DUI case
The court case concerns guilt, possible penalties, supervision eligibility, motions, negotiation, and trial.
DUI defense overview → 02Driver’s-license consequences
A statutory summary suspension can arise from chemical testing or refusal and may require prompt action separate from the criminal charge.
License consequences → 03Driving relief
Depending on the circumstances, a client may need to evaluate an MDDP, restricted driving permit, reinstatement process, or other Secretary of State relief.
Driving relief options →What can matter in an Illinois DUI defense?
The traffic stop
Was there a lawful basis to stop the vehicle?
Field sobriety testing
Were the tests appropriate and properly administered?
Breath or blood evidence
Do the collection, procedure, timing, records, and admissibility support the State’s theory?
Video and witnesses
Does the objective evidence match the police reports and testimony?
Medical or physical issues
Could an injury, condition, medication, fatigue, or other circumstance affect what an officer observed?
Police procedure
Were constitutional and statutory requirements followed?
Start with the arrest, the paperwork, and the deadlines.
A focused review can identify the criminal-defense issues, the driver’s-license issues, and the decisions that may need attention first.
