About Illinois DUI Defense Lawyer Stephen Komie

PROFESSIONAL: Principal of KOMIE AND ASSOCIATES specializing in Federal and State Trial and Appellate practice since 1976; Intern, Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, 1974-1976; admitted to United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals, 6th, 7th, and 8th Circuits; United States District Court for Central, Northern, and Southern Illinois, the Northern District of Indiana, and Eastern District of Missouri; United States Tax Court; and the Illinois Supreme Court; Faculty: Illinois State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminars, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and local Bar sponsored programs; and, Panel attorney, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Illinois, Martindale Hubbell "AV" rating.

EDUCATION: University of Arizona (B.A., M.A.); DePaul College of Law, (J.D. 1976); National College of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders, (1977).

AUTHOR: ATTORNEY'S BILL OF RIGHTS: providing for expungement of unfounded charges and placing time limitations upon the Administration of the Attorneys Registration and Disciplinary Commission (Adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court)

BAR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES: Member Illinois State Bar Association, 1973. Elected Secretary 1996-1997; elected Board of Governors 1992-1998 & 1999-2002; elected member of the Assembly 1985-1991; served as chairman of Committee on Credentials, and member of By-Laws Committee, of the Assembly; member of the following committees: Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, A.R.D.C. Committee; Chairman, Criminal Justice Section, Chairman, Committee on Professionalism; and Committee on Traffic Courts and the Law; appearances on legislative issues for ISBA at the General Assembly and United States Congress; former member ISBA Young Lawyers Section, and participant in annual local Outreach Meetings sponsored by Young Lawyers Section. Director, Illinois Bar Foundation, Chicago Bar Association liaison to ABA Criminal Justice Section; past chairperson of Criminal Law, and Defense of Prisoners Committees of the CBA; Member American Bar Association, 1976, Elected Member of the ABA Criminal Justice Section Council, served on the Defense Function Committee of the Criminal Justice Section, and as Chair of the Small Firm and Solo Practitioner Committee, 1993-1995; member of DuPage County Bar; founding member Illinois Attorney's for Criminal Justice: member Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; served on the Board of Directors and as the Parliamentarian of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, member North Suburban and Northwest Suburban Bar Associations, member Chicago Lincoln American Inn of Court and International Bar Association, Vice-Chair Family Law Committee.

HONORS & AWARDS: American Trial Lawyers Association National Public Service Award for Pro Bono Legal Representation of the Needle Exchange Program to Prevent the Spread of AIDS, July, 1994; ISBA Board of Governors Award for Advocating Individual Rights of Lawyers in Disciplinary Proceedings and for Services to the Bar, June, 1991; ISBA Certificate of Appreciation, June, 1986, June, 1990, September, 1990, October, 1990, June, 1991; CBA Certificate of Appreciation, June, 1984, February 1987.

PUBLICATIONS: Allegations of Child Abuse in Custody Disputes and Visitation Battles, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Illinois Family Law, 1998; ISBA Legislation Proposed to Protect Attorney/Client Relationship, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, March 12, 1987; Little RICO Bill Should Not Be Passed, The Bar News, June, 1984; Little RICO in Illinois, The Case Against It, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April, 1984.

TASK FORCE SERVICE: Chairman, Task Force on Attorneys for Children 1997-1999; Small Firm and Solo Practitioners, and Judicial Compensation, Governance for the New Century, and Protection of the Public From the Unauthorized Practice of Law.