Raymond G. Wigell
Bio | For over 43 years Raymond Wigell has won The firm’s holistic team approach maximizes a person’s defense options. The lawyers at Wigell Law Group will listen. Federal Courts: Raymond has represented clients in many Federal district courts including: the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Raymond is available to represent clients in other Federal district courts upon request |
Education | University of Illinois, B.A., 1971John Marshall Law School 1972-1975DePaul University College of Law 1991 |
Memberships | Lawyers of Distinction, America’s Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers The National Trial Lawyers, Illinois State Bar Association, Member Member, Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, Assoc. of Federal Defense Attorneys, Member, University of Illinois Alumni Association, Lifetime Member, Catholic Lawyers Guild-Chicago Military Service United States Navy 1971-1977 Honorable Discharge |
Volunteer Work | Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of IllinoisMember/Chairperson – Inquiry Panel 1985-1990Member/Chairperson – Hearing Panel 1990-1996DePaul University, College of Law, Center for Justice in Capital Cases, Board Member 2006-2014 |
Work Experience | Practicing Law from Nov. 1975-2019 (43 years) Clinical Professor at Depaul University College of Law(Law Offices of Raymond G. Wigell, Ltd., 1978- to date Focus: Illinois & Federal Criminal Defense & International Business-Public Defender of Cook County, Trial Attorney 1976-1978-Private Practice 1975-1976 ) |
Links to other profiles | Linked in-https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-g-wigell-250b52111/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/RGWreLAWFacebook-https://www.facebook.com/raymond.wigell.7 IG-https://www.instagram.com/rwigell/ |
Bar Admissions | State of Illinois Supreme Court, 11/13/1975 State of Illinois Capital Litigation Trial Bar, Certified Lead Counsel, U.S. District Court Northern District Illinois, General Bar, 11/26/1975; Trial Bar, 11/27/1984 U.S. District Court Central District Illinois, 01/31/2007 U.S. District Court Southern District Illinois, 02/19/2007 U.S. District Court Northern District Indiana, 10/30/2002 U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit -10/3/1978 Supreme Court of the United States of America, 02/26/1979 |
Other Notable Achievements | Representative Continuing Legal Education USSC, Federal Sentencing Guidelines National Seminar, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Clarence Darrow Death Penalty Defense College, DePaul Univ., College of Law Participant-2007; Faculty/Group Leader-2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
Jurisdictions | Federal Criminal Defense, Illinois Criminal Defense, International Criminal Defense- Federal-Illinois: Northern District, Central District, Southern District Federal Courts in Illinois Federal-Indiana: Northern District Court |
Practice Areas | Cyber Crimes, Sex Crimes, Violent Crimes, Drug Crimes, White Collar, CrimesFederal, Crimes(see bio for full list) |
Links to other profiles | Linked in-https://www.linkedin.com/company/19002308/admin/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/WigellLawGroupFacebook-https://www.facebook.com/WigellLawGroup/ IG-https://www.instagram.com/wigelllawgroup/ |
Website | https://wigellcriminaldefense.com/ |