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Chris M. Shepherd

After attending high school at Culver Military Academy, I graduated from Chicago's Loyola University and began my professional career in the office of United States Senator Peter Fitzgerald. Upon graduating, I enrolled in Chicago Kent Law School, where I worked with and learned from some of the finest attorneys in Chicago. While attending Kent, I received an Academic Scholarship and won the CALI award for Excellence in Forensic Science.

In 2005, I fulfilled a lifelong ambition of starting my own independent practice. I represent people accused of crime in trial courts and on appeal, at the State and Federal level, in Cook County and throughout Illinois. I have helped my clients defeat accusations of everything from sexual assault to soliciting murder and everything in between.

I am the author of the “Obtaining the Early Advantage for Clients Accused of Drug Crimes” chapter of Thomson Reuter’s “Inside the Minds: Defense Strategies for Drug Crimes”, 2012 ed., enjoy writing articles for my blog ChicagoCrimeLawyer.com, and I am an active member of the Citizens Climate Lobby.

If there is a way to beat your case, I will find it. If there is a way to settle your case quickly while keeping your record clean, I will find it. On the way, your phone calls and email will be answered promptly and you will have direct access to me personally.

Call me at 312.789.8050 or contact me online for a free confidential consultation.

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327 S. Plymouth Ct., Suite #203
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: 312.789.8050
Email: shepherdlaw@gmail.com

Education

J.D., Chicago Kent Law School, 2005

B.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2002

Culver Military Academy, 1997

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

All Illinois State Courts, 2005
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2011

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member Since: 2009

Illinois State Bar Association
Member Since: 2005

Other Honors and Civic Affiliations

Adjunct professor of criminal justice at ITT in Orland Park, Illinois

Author of the “Obtaining the Early Advantage for Clients Accused of Drug Crimes” chapter of Thomson Reuter’s “Inside the Minds: Defense Strategies for Drug Crimes”, 2012 ed.

Citizens Climate Lobby, Member

National Conferences Attended

Defending Drug Cases, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2010

Challenging Charges of Sexual Assault: Confronting the Mob Mentality, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2012 (Prospective)