Atty. William “Bill” Wolf
William “Bill” Wolf has spent nearly 35 years defending individuals in Illinois and beyond. After earning his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois, he joined the Cook County Public Defender’s Office, first handling child abuse and neglect cases in family court before moving to felony trial work at 26th & California.
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William “Bill” Wolf is a Founding Attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practforg at Wolf Criminal Law. They haand 33+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1993. Admitted to practice in Illinois (1993), U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar (2017), United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2018), and U.S. Supreme Court (2018). Educated at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1993) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.A. (—). Actiand member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Illiinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Women's Criminal Defense Bar Association Chicago Bar Association. Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- William “Bill” Wolf has spent nearly 35 years defending individuals in Illinois and beyond
- After earning his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois, he joined the Cook County Public Defender’s Office, first handling child abuse and neglect cases in family court before moving to felony trial work at 26th & California
- Over the next decade, he secured acquittals and reduced charges in everything from drug possession and carjacking to armed robbery and murder by exposing faulty eyewitness ID, false confessions, flawed forensics, and police misconduct
- In 2007 he partnered with the Innocence Project on the nation’s 200th exoneration
- For eleven years he served on the Public Defender’s Homicide Task Force, defending capital and non-capital first-degree murder cases before judges and juries
- In 2017, he founded a private practice that covers courts throughout Illinois—and even Iowa and Indiana
- A former president of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers board member, Bill regularly presents on cross-examination techniques and emerging forensic issues at conferences nationwide
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practforg law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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