A lot of clients ask me, WHY MCHENRY CO. ONLY
From time to time clients will ask me why I practice in McHenry County exclusively. Other times people will attempt to hire me for other county DUIs, and become upset that I don't go.
The reason that I don't travel to Other counties, is first: In order to represent someone for DUI you have to be able to estimate with accuracy what will happen to a case, so that you can inform the client what the likely outcome of a case will be. This takes knowing the judge, knowing which courtroom and knowing which prosecutor will be handling the case. Without this knowlege how would you inform your client on the case?
Secondly: I primarily work on DUI cases in McHenry County. This work is full time all by itself, as a result if I were to take more cases from different counties it would dilute my effectiveness.
Lastly: I want to know how this case looks from a jury point of view. What the local quirks in the system are, and I want to know where the weak spots are. In another county I would have no idea. Is this a case where a threat of a jury trial would be effective in resolving the case, or do I have to take it to trial?
It's so important to know where your at in a case.
Ray Flavin
