Overview

Whether you're the target of a law enforcement investigation, or you've already been arrested or given a written citation (aka: "notice to appear"), it's important to seek legal counsel immediately. Your reputation, livelihood, and freedom may be at stake. By hiring experienced counsel, you take proactive control of your future rather than merely reacting to the curveballs thrown your way. This is important because savvy legal advice may alert you to the existence of procedural or substantive defenses, unforeseen collateral consequences of certain actions (or inaction), as well as other important information that could limit your legal exposure. Make the right move. Hire attorney Sam Snyder to defend you or your loved one in need of representation.

Criminal Offenses

This is a non-exhaustive list of the types of criminal charges attorney Sam Snyder defends:

  • drug manufacture, delivery, and possession (cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, or other controlled substances)
  • sexual abuse, assault, solicitation, pornography, or other sex crimes
  • disorderly conduct, assault, battery, domestic battery, or violations of order of protection
  • theft, retail theft, forgery, burglary, robbery, and related offenses
  • arson, home invasion, kidnapping, manslaughter, and murder

Sealing, Expungement, & Executive Clemency

Contact attorney Sam Snyder to find out about your right to have your criminal record sealed or expunged. Illinois law in this area is constantly evolving and difficult for non-lawyers to decipher. Why try to file your own petition and pay an expensive filing fee only to find out later that the statute doesn't permit the relief you've requested? Or, you could make the mistake of not availing yourself of other collateral remedies that would have been otherwise available had you timely sought proper legal counsel.  

Post-Conviction Petitions, Petitions for Relief from Judgment, & Habeas Corpus

Collateral remedies such as post-convictions petitions require experience and expertise to navigate properly. There are multiple variables to consider as well as an ever-changing body of case law. From a procedural standpoint, post-conviction petitions consist of three distinct stages, each with its own rules and nuances. Likewise, petitions for relief from judgment - commonly referred to as 2-1401 petitions - have their own peculiar rules and requirements. An experienced attorney can guide you or your loved one through the process of challenging a prior conviction or seeking other redress to right a wrong.