Dena M. Singer

Dena M. Singer is an accomplished litigator and trial lawyer, who has devoted her career to advocating on behalf of her clients. She has successfully tried countless bench and jury trials to verdict covering a wide array of charges. Dena has also litigated and won numerous Motions to quash arrest and suppress evidence, motions to suppress statements and many other motions when the government has violated her clients’ rights. Dena has substantial experience defending clients in complex white collar criminal cases, including financial fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy. Additionally, she has defended juvenile clients in delinquency cases ranging from drug possession to murder. Dena fights tirelessly for those whose civil rights have been violated and is fiercely committed to her clients. In addition, to defending clients in criminal matters, and representing client’s in civil rights matters, Dena has successfully defended individuals who face allegations of misconduct in the #metoo movement. Dena is an adjunct professor at the DePaul University College of Law where she teaches in the clinic program.

She is regularly asked to speak at seminars and conferences on various criminal justice and trial advocacy topics. She is an active member in bar associations and is the former chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Dena regularly participates in the Women Everywhere program which mentors young women in the legal profession.

Dena is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois and the State of Wisconsin, the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of Illinois, the Northern District of Indiana, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. She is a member of the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar.

University of Wisconsin - Madison

J.D. (2002) | Law

2002 - 2002

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

B.A. (1999)

1995 - 1999

Partner

Bedi & Singer, LLP

2017 - Current

Adjunct Professor

DePaul University College of Law

2017 - Current

Attorney

Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender

2003 - 2017

Associate

Much Shelist, P.C.

2002 - 2003

Excellence in Pro Bono Service Award

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association

Leading Lawyer

Law Bulletin Publishing Company

Earned by fewer than 5% of all lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois

State Bar of Illinois  # 6278456

Member

Current

Criminal Law Committee of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

Former chair

Current

Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar

Member

Current

State Bar of Wisconsin

Member

Current

Illinois

Supreme Court of Illinois

Since 2005

Northern District of Illinois

Northern District of Indiana

Southern District of Illinois

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Court System

7th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

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