Steven P. McCollum
Email: stevenpmccollum@aol.com

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense and Juvenile Delinquency Defense including defense of adults and juveniles charged with First Degree Murder, Reckless Homicide, Criminal Sexual Assault or Criminal Sexual Abuse, Theft, Domestic Battery, DUI, Driving While License Revoked or Suspended and all felony, misdemeanor and traffic charges; Juvenile Abuse and Neglect, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice in conjunction with other attorneys.

Admitted to Practice Law: 1978, Illinois

Law Schools: Rutgers University College of Law  - 1975; University of Illinois College of Law (Champaign, Illinois),  Juris Doctor, 1978.

College: University of Illinois, B.A., 1975.

Bar Memberships: Lake County Bar Association [LCBA] (current member);  Chairman: LCBA Criminal Trials and Appeals Committee, (1997-1998; 1999-2002); Member: LCBA Judiciary and Court Rules Committee (1996 to Present)  and LCBA Judicial Retention and Selection Committee (1996 to Present); Illinois State Bar Association (current member).

Biography: Private Practice 1995-Present; Lake County State's Attorney's Office 1981-1995; Chief Deputy State's Attorney in charge of all criminal supervisors and prosecutors 1990-1995; Chief of the Felony Review Division 1987-1990; Chief of the Misdemeanor and Traffic Division 1984-1987; Chief of the Juvenile Trial Division 1983-1984; Assistant State's Attorney 1981-1982; Peoria County State's Attorney's Office 1979-1981; Speaker: Criminal Statutory Law - LCBA Seminar - New Orleans, LA (2002), Speaker: Criminal Law and Procedure, LCBA Seminar - San Francisco, CA, 1999; Member, Domestic Violence Council, 1992-1995. Board Member of Safe Place Domestic Violence Center, 1988-1994.

Professional Experience:  Extensive jury trial experience including many trials of First Degree Murder cases including death penalty cases, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, Child Pornography, Reckless Homicide, Domestic Battery, Aggravated Battery, Unlawful Delivery of Controlled Substance, Theft (including both the prosecution and defense of large scale financial crime cases), DUI, and other charges. 

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