Evan Winer

With 30 years of legal experience, Evan Winer is a highly-experienced Lake County defense attorney representing clients in the areas of Criminal, DUI, Traffic, Juvenile and Secretary of State License Reinstatement Hearings. A Graduate With Distinction (Cum Laude) from the University of Iowa and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honors society, Evan attended Loyola University of Chicago School of Law where he graduated and was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1988 and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1989. After working in the civil litigation division of the Chicago firm of Arnstein & Lehr, Evan became a Cook County Public Defender and gained extensive experience in all aspects of criminal defense, having been assigned to Juvenile Court, First Municipal Division, Felony Preliminary Hearings, Night Narcotics Division and the Felony Trial Division at 26th & California. In 1993, Evan then worked for the Lake County Public Defender's Office in the Felony Trial Division and joined his father and brother at the Law Offices of Winer & Winer in Waukegan, where he has earned a reputation for outstanding advocacy in Lake County.  Evan is a member of the Lake County Bar Association - where he is a member of the Criminal Law Committee - the North Suburban Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

J.D. | Law

1985 - 1988

Honors: Dean's List

Activities: International Law Society, Decalogue Society-student president

University of Iowa

B.A. | Sociology, Communication

1980 - 1984

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honors Society, Graduate with Distinction, Orville Hitchcock Foundation Scholarship, Dean's List (seven consecutive semesters), Honor Roll

Activities: Hillel Student President

Partner

Law Offices of Winer & Winer

1993 - Current

Felony Trial Assistant

Lake County Public Defender

1993 - 2015

Adjunct Professor

Loyola University Chicago

1993 - 1993

Legal Writing instructor

Felony Trial Assitant

Cook County Public Defender

1989 - 1993

Second Chance Probation and the Offender Initiative Program

The Docket: Bar Association of Lake County

2016

Law Abroad: South American Odyssey

The Docket: Bar Association of Lake County

1997

Driving with a Suspended License and Without Insurance,

Semana, June 1996

June, 1996

The Missing Lincoln

The Docket: Bar Association of Lake County

1995

Orville Hitchcock Foundation Scholarship recipient

University of Iowa

1984

This award is given each year to graduating Communication Studies majors with the highest cumulative grade point averages.

Member

Phit Beta Kappa

1983

Lake County Bar Assoication

Member: Criminal & Traffic Committee

Current

Chicago Bar Associate

Member

Current

North Suburban Bar Association

Member

Current

Illinois

Since 1988

7th Circuit

Since 1988

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• License Reinstatement Hearings
• Traffic