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Aggressive Criminal Defense

If you are facing criminal charges or have been arrested in Chicago or anywhere in Cook County, you need an aggressive criminal defense attorney who prepares a vigorous and effective defense strategy.
Don’t take chances with your freedom. For over 22 years, Melissa Smejkal has provided defense counsel and defended all types of criminal charges.

Melissa works exclusively in Cook County and will always be the only lawyer that appears with you in court on each and every court date.

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE

  • DRUG CHARGES
  • WEAPONS VIOLATIONS
  • DOMESTIC BATTERY
  • THEFT
  • BURGLARY
  • HOMICIDE
  • PROSTITUTION
  • PROBATION VIOLATION
  • PRELIMINARY HEARINGS
  • BOND HEARINGS
  • CRIMINAL HISTORY EXPUNGEMENTS

TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS DEFENSE

  • DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL (DUI)
  • DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (DWI)
  • RED-LIGHT VIOLATIONS
  • SPEEDING VIOLATIONS
  • RECKLESS DRIVING
  • DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED OR REVOKED LICENSE
  • DRIVER’S LICENSE REINSTATEMENT

Law Office of Melissa Smejkal

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Melissa Smejkal, Attorney at Law

After graduating from Loyola University of Chicago in 1995 with a B.S. degree, Melissa  enrolled at Chicago-Kent College of Law through the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to study law. Ms. Smejkal received her Juris Doctor, JD degree, from IIT in 1998. That same year she began her law career at the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender where she acted as Assistant Public Defender.
Melissa remained a public defender for the Chicago and Cook County area for six years until she decided to open her own law office in August of 2005.

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