Daniel Kay

Former public defender and former Assistant Attorney General. I am a solo practitioner with focus on cases in Williamson, Jackson, Franklin and Jefferson counties. I am major (retired) from the Army Reserve where I served 6 years as a Senior Military Defense Counsel in the JAG Corp. I am married and have one son.

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

J.D. | Law

1993 - 1996

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

B.A. | Speech Communication

1990 - 1992

Trial Defense Services

United State's Army Reserve, J.A.G.

2005 - 2012

Assistant Attorney General

Illinois Attorney General's Office

1999 - 2012

Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Assistance and Sexually Violent Persons Bureau. Began with the AG's office prosecuting child sex crimes and then transferred to Trial Assistance and SVP Bureaus. Prosecuted wide variety of criminal offenses ranging from 1st Degree Murder to Drug Possession to Aggravated DUI. SVP Bureau work involved seeking civil commitment of those sex offenders who were about to be released from prison.

Assistant Public Defender

Jackson County Public Defenders Office

1997 - 1999

Traffic Assistant assigned to Misdemeanor Traffic (DWLS/DWLR) cases and DUI cases.

Illinois State Bar Association

Member

Current

Williamson County Bar Association

Member

Current

Illinois

Since 1996

• Expungements