Keeping a clean record…

This morning a young college aged woman stood before the Court facing up to 180 days in jail and a misdemeanor conviction for aggravated speeding 26+ mph.  The attorney’s at D&O stood by her side, and advocated to the State that our client was a hard working college student who regretted her mistake.  After some back and forth, the State agreed to completely dismiss one of the violations and downgraded the misdemeanor criminal offense to a petty traffic offense.  Our client received court supervision, and a small fine.   The grateful young lady was thrilled, and able to go back to college today without a misdemeanor conviction on her record.

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Looking ahead, not behind

Today, a story of redemption. A man who made a poor choice 15 years ago has paid for it every day of his life. Denied a professional license based on that choice, and needing to work odd jobs to get by, he came to see Boris Djulabic and Camilo Oceguera of the D&O Law Group, […]

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Search warrant limitations

In an interesting decision handed down by the Illinois Appellate Court in the summer of 2015, police are once again held to a high standard when executing anticipatory search warrants.   In executing these warrants, and specifically when police have installed a “breakaway filament” to alert them to the opening of a package, the Appellate Court held […]

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Giving back to the community

Boris Djulabic & Camilo Oceguera are always happy to give back to the communities they serve. On Saturday Jan 23, 2021 Boris Djulabic, of the D&O Law Group LLC had the pleasure of speaking with students of the South Suburban College Paralegal Studies Program as a guest speaker for Professor Becky Hougesen Walters, J.D., Paralegal […]

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