What kinds of cases do you handle?
The firm handles all types of felony and misdemeanor charges as well as DUI and serious traffic offenses. Since the firm has more total experience representing murder cases than any other firm in Vermilion County, Richard J. Doyle will personally handle the defense of all murder cases in which the firm is retained.
References from satisfied former clients and case citations can be provided upon request.
What experience does the firm have in this field?
Richard J. Doyle has extensive experience in defending all types of criminal cases. In addition, Richard J. Doyle has extensive experience in trial on a number of death penalty level cases, as well as numerous felony cases of every nature from drug related to domestic based. In recent years cases of notoriety included People v. Kruger in which Richard J. Doyle defended the case together resulting in an acquittal of murder and home invasion charges. Mr. Doyle defended the case of People v. Johnson resulting in a Not Guilty of murder and obstruction of justice based on Battered Women Syndrome defense.
Also, Mr. Doyle represented the highly publicized case of People v. Blaylock resulting in a hung jury on the murder charge which resulted in multiple appeals all the way up to the Illinois Supreme Court.
At the time of this writing, no client represented by any member of the firm, despite the fact the State asked for and demanded the death penalty, has received a death penalty verdict. In fact, no case which Richard J. Doyle has tried to verdict has resulted in a guilty verdict of murder.
Richard J. Doyle, has also personally successfully prosecuted numerous murder (two high profile examples are: People v. Driver and People v. Dumas) and serious felony cases while serving as the elected States Attorneys of Vermilion County from 1972-1976. He has endeavored to provide the same high intensity defense to those accused since returning to private practice in 1976.
Clearly, the experience level of Richard J. Doyle demonstrates that the firm is highly qualified in defending all types of criminal cases.
How much do you charge for representation?
Quite honestly this is a very difficult question to answer. Fees range and depend on the nature and the circumstances of the charges that have been filed. We offer a free office consultation to anyone who may be seeking to retain our services in the representation of a felony or misdemeanor case in order to ascertain a just and fair fee. We guarantee our fee will be extremely competitive to any fee quoted by any other attorneys in the area.
One also must keep in mind that when you decide to retain the law firm of Doyle Law Team, you get an entire team comprised of an attorneys and a paralegal that can be asked to assist in your case at no additional charge. Therefore, you are not hiring just one attorneys, but you get an entire firm to assist in the defense of a criminal case. Hence, proving the firm's saying "A winning team working for you".
Again, the matter of fees will be fully explained and negotiated at an initial meeting at no cost.
