Chicago DUI lawyer thinks you should make certain your lawyer has a license to practice law

This Chicago DUI lawyer was left speechless today. I entered a non-jury courtroom today and a warrant was being issued for a defendant. This isn’t terribly unusual but as the prosecutor continued to explain the facts of the case to the judge, in open court, I noticed this was anything but business as usual. Apparently the defendant and his advocate had appeared in court earlier during the court call and answered ready for a hearing. Huh?

That’s right there wasn’t even an outstanding warrant for the defendant’s arrest making his failure to appear back before the judge even odder. This poor defendant is represented by an individual that apparently doesn’t appear on the Master Roll List of attorneys. Now I understood why the defendant’s advocate wasn’t before the bench, because most DUI lawyers have days where they are before the court without a client.

Unfortunately, I suspect the defendant’s advocate told him he didn’t have to go back before the judge. Unfortunately, the defendant has an active warrant out for his arrest. There is not a warrant for the arrest of the defendant’s advocate.

Free Legal Advice: Always make sure you hire a competent lawyer; you have enough to worry about with a Chicago DUI case you shouldn’t have to be worried about your lawyer as well.