Experience Counts
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Steven P. McCollum
Email: StevenPMcCollum@aol.com
Practice Areas Include:
Criminal Defense of Felony, DUI, Misdemeanor,and Juvenile Delinquency Cases;
including defense of adults and juveniles charged with:
First Degree Murder charges;
Reckless Homicide and/or DUI (felony and misdemeanor)allegations;
All Sex Offense allegations including Criminal Sexual Assault or Criminal Sexual Abuse, Child Pornography, Indecent Soliciation of a Child;
All Property Offense allegations including Theft, Burglary, or Criminal Damage to Property;
Crimes against person allegations including Domestic Battery, Battery, Interference with Reporting Domestic Battery, Robbery, Assault, Home Invasion and other offenses;
Traffic Offenses including Driving While License Suspended or Revoked (felony or misdemeanor charges);
Juvenile Abuse and Neglect Cases of all kinds;
DCFS investigations and Appeals of findings of Abuse or Neglect;
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Worker's Compensation, and Medical Malpractice referrals to other attorneys.
Admitted to Practice Law in Illinois: November, 1978;
Law Schools:
Rutgers University College of Law - 1975;
University of Illinois, College of Law (Champaign, Illinois), Juris Doctor, 1978.
Undergraduate College: University of Illinois, B.A., 1975.
Bar Memberships: Lake County Bar Association(current member); Illinois State Bar Association (current member);
Chairman: Lake County Bar Association Criminal Trials and Appeals Committee, (1997-1998; 1999-2002);
Member: Lake County Bar Association Judiciary and Court Rules Committee (1996 to Present)and Lake County Bar Association Judicial Retention and Selection Committee (1996 to Present);
One of Five Capital Litigation Trial Bar Screening Committee Members for the entire 19th Judicial Circuit Court (Lake and McHenry Counties).
Biography:
Private Practice - Law Offices of Steven P. McCollum, P.C. 1995-Present;
Lake County State's Attorney's Office 1981-1995;
Chief Deputy State's Attorney for Lake County, Illinois, in charge of all criminal division supervisors and prosecutors - 1990-1995;
Chief of the Felony Review Division for the Lake County State's Attorney's Office - 1987-1990;
Chief of the Misdemeanor and Traffic Division for the Lake County State's Attorney's Office - 1984-1987;
Chief of the Juvenile Trial Division for the Lake County State's Attorney's Office - 1983-1984;
Assistant State's Attorney for Lake County - 1981-1982;
Assistant State's Attorney for Peoria County, State's Attorney's Office - 1979-1981;
Speaker: Criminal Statutory Law - LCBA Seminar - New Orleans, LA (2002), Speaker: Criminal Law and Procedure, LCBA Seminar - San Francisco, CA, 1999;
Founding Member, Lake County, Illinois Domestic Violence Council, 1992-1995.
Board Member of A Safe Place Domestic Violence Center, 1988-1994.
Professional Experience: Extensive Jury Trial experience including many trials of First Degree Murder cases including death penalty cases, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, Child Pornography, Reckless Homicide, Domestic Battery, Aggravated Battery, Unlawful Delivery of Controlled Substance, Theft (including both the prosecution and defense of large scale financial crime cases), DUI, and other charges.
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