Attorney Profile - Lewis Gainor (Partner)

Criminal attorney Lewis Gainor has represented clients in matters as serious as murder, and as minor as speeding tickets.

Trial Experience:

*Reckless homicide jury trial experience
* Felony aggravated driving under *the influence (DUI) jury trial experience
*Class X felony (6 - 30 years IDOC) jury trial experience
*Featured in the Chicago Tribune, Lake County News-Sun, and Daily Herald

The Numbers:

*More than 30 jury trials
*More than 20 not guilty jury verdicts
*More than 50 bench trials or evidentiary hearings
*Two felony convictions thrown out after guilty verdict from jury (nonprobationable Class 2 *felony aggravated DUI and Class 4 felony criminal charge)

Education:

*J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude
*B.A., University of Missouri, Honors College

Personal:

*Attorney Lewis Gainor is married, and resides in Chicago.
*Contact Lewis Gainor by email at lewis.gainor@gmail.com
*Attorney Profile - Katie Gainor (Of Counsel)

Experience:

*Former Texas Assistant Attorney General
*Over 120 federal habeas corpus cases in United States District Courts
*Appeals before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
State court appeals

Concentration:

*criminal appeals
*petitions for leave to appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court
*applications for post-conviction relief
*state applications for writ of habeas corpus
*federal petitions for writ of habeas corpus
*appeals from guilty pleas / not guilty pleas
*prison disciplinary proceedings
*parole and probation revocations

Specific cases:

*capital murder
*manslaughter
*criminally negligent homicide
*aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon
*aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
*manufacture and/or possession with intent to deliver of cocaine/methamphetamine
felony DUI / DWI
*money laundering and securing the execution of a document by deception

Education:

*J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with Honors
*B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Phi Beta Kappa

Personal:

*Katie has lived abroad in Spain and Argentina
*Fluent in Spanish
source:
http://www.cookcountycriminallawyer.com/attorney-profile.html