David J. Winer

1994 - Current

Law Office of Winer & Winer

Partner

BAR ADMISSIONS Illinois State Bar,US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit LEGAL EXPERIENCE -Law Offices of Winer & Winer, 1993 to present Law firm concentrating in litigation of Secretary of State hearings, criminal, DUI and traffic defense. -South Africa: 1992 to 1993 -Legal Resources Centre, Pretoria, Legal consultant to Human Rights law office -University of Pretoria School of Law, Guest lecturer on Comparative criminal law -South African Public Defender, -Senior Assistant Public Defender, Lake County, Illinois representing -States Attorney Office, Cook County, Illinois Legal Intern in felony trial division: -Legal Aid Clinic, IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law -Coralville Police Department, Coralville, Iowa Intern with Patrol Division EDUCATION Legal IIT/Chicago Kent School of Law, Juris Doctor: May 1988 Tel Aviv School of Law, 1987 Courses: Comparative Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure International Legal Aspects of the Middle East Academic Honors and Activities - Student President, Decalogue Law Society - International Law Society Moot Court Team - Trial Advocacy team member, Illinois Appellate Defender - Deans Honors List Undergraduate University of Iowa, Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1983 Major: Sociology/Criminology, Deans Honors List LEGAL AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS (Present and Past) -Chairman of LCBA Lawyer Referral Service -Member of Criminal and Juvenile Law Committees in Lake County -Certified Civil Arbitration Panelist in Cook and Lake County -Leadership Committee, Campaign for Prairie State Legal Services -Editorial Board of The Docket, the Lake County Bar Association legal magazine -Chairman of the Lake County Juvenile Law Committee -Membership: -Lake County Bar Association -Illinois State Bar Association -International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists -Justinian Society of Italian Lawyers -Jefferson Inns of Court AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES The Docket, Lake County Bar Association monthly Legal Publication -Informal Hearings before the Secretary of State, April 2010 -License Reinstatement Formal Hearings before the Secretary of State 2009 -In Shanes Own Words, 2006 -Israel, Legal Frontline on the War on Terror -Effect of Drug Convictions on College Financial Aid 2003 -The Mission that Almost Failed 2001 -Suspended Licenses and Traffic Tickets, The Basics 2000 -Criminal Law Conference in Las Vegas 2000 -An Independence Day Law Message 2000 -Criminal/Juvenile Committee Scores Another Success 1998 -Reflections on Law Day 1997 -Profiles in Lawyering, Harold H. Winer 1996 -Profiles in Lawyering, Charlie Wilson 1995 -Reflections on the South African Public Defender Office 1993 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: S. Africa Public Defender System has Uncertain Future1994 Semana Newspaper: Driving with a Suspended License and Without Insurance 1996 American Bar Association Law-Education Journal, Any Hope of Equal Justice? 1994 PRESENTATIONS/ APPEARANCES Lake County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, SOS Hearings 2009 Lake County Criminal Law Seminar: Lecturer on Secretary of State Hearing (2008) WCBR Radio Talk Show, Legal Line, (92.7FM) special guest on talk show, 1994 & 1995 Fox Lake Rotary Club, guest speaker on the state of Criminal Law in America, 1996 & 1998 College of Lake County and Columbia College of Missouri, guest lecturer on criminal law Vernon Hills Police Department, Citizens Police Academy, guest speaker, 1996 to present

1993 - 1994

Legal Resources Center

Attorney Consultant

1988 - 1993

Lake County Public Defender

Senior Trial Attorney

1985 - 1988

Illinois Institute of Technology

J.D. (1988) | JD-Law

Honors: Dean's Honor List, Student President of Decalogue Law Society, International Law Society Moot Court Team, Illinois Appellate Defender Trial Advocacy Team

1979 - 1983

University of Iowa

B.A. (1983) | Criminology

Honors: Deans Honor Roll