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The Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune 2012) Jeremy Gorner | Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune August 6, 2016, 10:56 PM A woman remains in critical condition at a suburban hospital more than two weeks after an off-duty Chicago police officer struc...

Photo by John R. Boehm By  CLAIRE BUSHEY Chicago lawyer Daniel Herbert doesn't accept every cop who comes to him as a client. But he did take the toughest case to come along in years—the murder rap against Jason Van Dyke, the defendant in a 2014 police shooting that made both the officer and the ...

Daniel Q. Herbert, attorney for the Chicago police officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald, holds a new conference in Chicago on Nov. 20, 2015. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune) Jeremy Gorner | Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune The lawyer for the Chicago police officer who fatally shot 17-year-o...

The Chicago defense attorney sees police officers accused of misconduct as “the ultimate underdog.” By Maya Dukmasova Attorney Dan Herbert LUCY HEWETT On a crisp morning in early November, attorney Dan Herbert, dressed in a blue suit and red tie, a thick, worn manila folder in hand and a razor...

By: Larry Yellen POSTED: MAR 07 2016 09:17PM CST VIDEO POSTED: MAR 07 2016 09:32PM CST UPDATED: MAR 07 2016 09:34PM CST CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – Chicago Police Officer Aldo Brown says he's become the “fall guy” for police misconduct all over the country. Brown was caught on tape using excessive ...

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN (CNN) Staff at a Chicago elementary school made a boy leave the building on a cold March day, coatless and in short sleeves, then lied about what happened, according to a lawsuit that alleges a pattern of abuse and harassment by the staff and the boy's classmates. The four...

October 27, 2010 11:20 AM Attorney Daniel Herbert has filed suit on behalf of two police officers who were wrongfully accused in a brutality investigation. (Credit: CBS) CHICAGO (CBS) – Two Chicago Police officers are taking their boss to court, accusing Supt. Jody Weis of slander after they were...

Tiffany Van Dyke, wife of former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, gets emotional as she talks about her husband being beaten in his prison cell at a Connecticut federal prison. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) By Megan Crepeau An attack last week against former Chicago police Officer Jason V...

Attorneys argued the school lied when it said the child was being “violent” and ran out of the school Dramatic video shows staff at a Chicago elementary school allegedly pushing a young student outside and into the cold, according to a lawsuit filed by the child's family. Sandra Torres reports...

In prosecution on bank robbery charges, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant's motion to supnews evidence seized from defendant's car that was subject to GPS tracking device that police followed from Indiana to California after police had obtained warrant to use such device and had arranged...

Defendant was arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. State moved to compel him to disclose the passcode for a cell phone found on him when he was arrested. Court properly denied State's motion, as it would violate Defendant's 5th amendment right against self-incrimination. Pa...

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon but was acquitted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Totality of circumstances fails to establish a nexus between supplier's drug deals and Defendant's home. Magistrate h...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded a case in U.S. v. Williams, No. 12-3864 (September 24,2013) based upon an improper frisk. In prosecution on unlawful possession of firearm charge, Dist. Ct. erred in denying defendant's motion to supnewsfirearm seized...

Law enforcement officers involved in a deadly force situation cannot afford to presume that their department supervisors will protect their interests in the aftermath of a shooting. Those days are gone. I was involved in a shooting in 1996. After the shooting, our tact lieutenant and district com...

Circuit Court upheld an administrative decision awarding health insurance benefits to city police officer under section 10 of Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Hearing officer found that police officer slipped on ice and fell and sustained catastrophic injuries while investigating “a possible ...

Defendant was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW) after police observed him, while in common area of an unlocked multiunit apartment building, hand off a gun to his friend and then flee upstairs into an apartment unit. Court erred in granting Defendant's motion to quash arrest...

In prosecution on drug possession and firearm charges, Dist. Ct. erred in denying defendant's motion to supnews drugs and firearm seized via warrantless search of defendant's home, under circumstances where: (1) first-time tipster told police that defendant was involved in drug trafficking; (2) p...

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 10,000 feet of a church. State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that there was a church, and that it was functioning as it purported to be, at the location in question at the time of the offense. Dete...

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 10,000 feet of a church. State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that there was a church, and that it was functioning as it purported to be, at the location in question at the time of the offense. Dete...

I routinely find it difficult to carve out enough time in the day to do some light reading. Recently, I forced myself to make time for this endeavor. I just finished reading a tale of battles between various groups fighting for territory and using some of the most ruthless tactics. The story invo...

Plaintiff worked as a paramedic for Chicago Fire Department, and alleged that she suffered emotional and mental health issues after having responded to calls involving injured and deceased firefighters.Retirement Board found that Plaintiff was not disabled and found that any alleged disability di...

People v. Eubanks, 2019 IL 123525 (December 5, 2019) Cook Co. (THOMAS)  Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; remanded. Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 1st degree murder, failure to report an accident involving de...

Our injury attorneys can help you navigate the legal issues that arise in a personal injury case following an accident with a semi-truck or other heavy duty vehicle. While negligence will generally be the claim for this type of accident, federal and state regulations sometimes bring other claims ...

The Law Offices of Daniel Q. Herbert and Associates is proud to announce that it has been selected as the Legal representative for the Police Benevolent and Protective Association (PBPA) whose representation includes Chicago Police supervisors. We are pleased that we have been entrusted with repr...

Be Aware of Your Duty to Protect Recently, a federal jury awarded a $1 million dollar judgment to a female arrestee who died while in Chicago Police custody. The City of Chicago denied wrongdoing and claimed the arrestee had ingested packets of heroin prior to her arrest and she refused any med...