Harold Wallin
@haroldwallin.bsky.social
Attorney with 30 years of experience. Hundreds of cases tried to verdict. Concentrating in criminal, DUI and personal injury. AV rated, AVVO 10/10, SuperLawyer™
Illinois 'Clean Slate' bill that would speed sealing of many criminal convictions awaits Pritzker signature www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/i...
Illinois ‘Clean Slate’ bill that would speed sealing of many criminal convictions awaits Pritzker signature
Advocates estimate 1.7 million Illinoisans with past convictions stand to benefit from “Clean Slate” bill that would accelerate the sealing of many criminal convictions from employers.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Illinois 'Clean Slate' bill that would speed sealing of many criminal convictions awaits Pritzker signature www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/i...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Actress Tara Reid alleges she was drugged at Rosemont hotel bar www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/t...
Actress Tara Reid alleges she was drugged at Rosemont hotel bar
Actress Tara Reid of “American Pie” fame was hospitalized over the weekend after claiming she was drugged at a Rosemont hotel bar.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Actress Tara Reid alleges she was drugged at Rosemont hotel bar www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/t...
Federal judges overseeing high-profile court cases in Chicago area, US facing uptick in threats abc7chicago.com/post/federal...
Federal judges overseeing high-profile court cases in Chicago area, US facing uptick in threats
Federal court officials are speaking out about the rising number of threats against district judges in the wake of several high-profile cases heard and rulings issued by the Northern District Court of...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Federal judges overseeing high-profile court cases in Chicago area, US facing uptick in threats abc7chicago.com/post/federal...
Office of Chief Judge outlines electronic monitoring procedures after woman set on fire on Blue Line www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Office of Chief Judge outlines electronic monitoring procedures after woman set on fire on Blue Line
The office said they are reviewing all actions taken in the case, in which a man on electronic monitoring is accused of setting a woman on fire on the train.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Office of Chief Judge outlines electronic monitoring procedures after woman set on fire on Blue Line www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Manhattan DA to retry Pedro Hernandez in the kidnapping and killing of Etan Patz in 1979 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Manhattan DA to retry Pedro Hernandez in the kidnapping and killing of Etan Patz in 1979
A three-judge panel with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in July due to a flawed instruction to a jury note by the judge who presided over the trial.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Manhattan DA to retry Pedro Hernandez in the kidnapping and killing of Etan Patz in 1979 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Missouri judge who wore Elvis Presley wig and played singer's music in court forced to step down www.cbsnews.com/news/missour...
Missouri judge who wore Elvis Presley wig and played singer's music in court forced to step down
Judge Matthew Thornhill wrote in a letter that he intended "to add levity at times when I thought it would help relax litigants."
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Missouri judge who wore Elvis Presley wig and played singer's music in court forced to step down www.cbsnews.com/news/missour...
New DMV opens in Naperville chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...
New DMV opens in Naperville
A new appointment-only facility for driver services opened Friday at 1771 W. Diehl Road.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New DMV opens in Naperville chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...
Chicago police officer faces firing after testing positive for meth, weed
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Chicago police officer faces firing after testing positive for meth, weed
Aramis Williams failed a drug test at police headquarters in January 2024, records show. Four months earlier, he was arrested for drunken driving after a woman reported that he groped her at a bar on ...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Chicago police officer faces firing after testing positive for meth, weed
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Only 2.6% on list of 614 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
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Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Only 2.6% on list of 614 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
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‘Superstar' prosecutor who helped bring down Madigan, Burke parting ways with U.S. attorney's office
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'Superstar' prosecutor who helped bring down Madigan, Burke parting ways with U.S. attorney's office
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Streicker is the latest in an unusual flurry of departures — including five section chiefs — who have either left the U.S. attorney’s office this year, or plan to by the ...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
‘Superstar' prosecutor who helped bring down Madigan, Burke parting ways with U.S. attorney's office
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'Doesn't look good': ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
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‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
'Doesn't look good': ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
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Two Prospect Heights police officers fired after complaint of noncriminal off-duty conduct
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Two Prospect Heights police officers fired after complaint of noncriminal off-duty conduct
Sgt. Michael Smith and Officer Sofia Tirovolas, who were fired, were hired in 2012 and 2022 according to information previously posted by the city.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Two Prospect Heights police officers fired after complaint of noncriminal off-duty conduct
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Mundelein Trustee Grieco facing DUI charge chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...
Mundelein Trustee Grieco facing DUI charge
Jennifer M. Grieco, 47, was arrested Sept. 3, after a two-vehicle collision in Libertyville, police reports state.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Mundelein Trustee Grieco facing DUI charge chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...
ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
The administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expansion of...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Illinois lawmakers approve ban on civil immigration arrests in state courthouses
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Illinois lawmakers approve ban on civil immigration arrests in state courthouses
Article Summary State lawmakers worked behind the scenes for weeks to craft a package to respond to the federal immigration
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October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Illinois lawmakers approve ban on civil immigration arrests in state courthouses
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IL Senate Democrats pass bill to automatically seal nonviolent felony records, send Clean Slate Act to House
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Senate Democrats pass bill to automatically seal nonviolent felony records, send Clean Slate Act to House
Illinois Senate Democrats passed a monumental bill Wednesday night to automatically seal records for people convicted of nonviolent felonies.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
IL Senate Democrats pass bill to automatically seal nonviolent felony records, send Clean Slate Act to House
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Six Broadview protesters indicted, including congressional candidate Katherine 'Kat' Abughazaleh
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Six Broadview protesters indicted, including congressional candidate Katherine ‘Kat’ Abughazaleh
A federal grand jury has indicted six protesters including two political candidates for allegedly blocking an ICE agent’s vehicle while he was driving into Broadview last month, according to …
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October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Six Broadview protesters indicted, including congressional candidate Katherine 'Kat' Abughazaleh
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Jury finds former downstate sheriff's deputy guilty of second-degree murder in killing of Sonya Massey
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Jury finds former downstate sheriff’s deputy guilty of second-degree murder in killing of Sonya Massey
The verdict is the culmination of an incident that spurred protests across the country that highlighted the treatment of Black citizens at the hands of law enforcement officers.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jury finds former downstate sheriff's deputy guilty of second-degree murder in killing of Sonya Massey
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Adrian Peterson remains in jail, charged with DWI, unlawfully carrying a weapon www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Adrian Peterson remains in jail, charged with DWI, unlawfully carrying a weapon
Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson remained in jail on Monday, charged with driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon, the Associated Press reports.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Adrian Peterson remains in jail, charged with DWI, unlawfully carrying a weapon www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice
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Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice
AI-generated police reports promise to save cops time, but they also raise a host of legal and technical concerns.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice
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This is scary. I've known Scott a little bit from Chicago Bar Association committee work. Apparently you can't honk your horn without being accused of committing a federal offense.
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Oak Park attorney arrested near school says federal agents pointed gun at him, had ‘Chiraq Team 2’ group chat
Federal immigration agents arrested Scott Sakiyama outside his child’s Oak Park elementary school this week after he followed them and honked his horn to warn others of their presence.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is scary. I've known Scott a little bit from Chicago Bar Association committee work. Apparently you can't honk your horn without being accused of committing a federal offense.
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This is an excellent response to an insurance company lobbyist’s letter to the editor from last week:
Don't scapegoat Illinois’ civil justice system
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Don't scapegoat Illinois’ civil justice system
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Don't scapegoat Illinois’ civil justice system
Monetary damage help to support those who are harmed or their surviving family members, while ensuring accountability. Also, backing state Sen. Karina Villa, utility costs, Palestinian rights, Trump's...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is an excellent response to an insurance company lobbyist’s letter to the editor from last week:
Don't scapegoat Illinois’ civil justice system
chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
Don't scapegoat Illinois’ civil justice system
chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
Reposted by Harold Wallin
Just 17 days before the election where the GOP is trying to end Dems’ majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Alex Burness wrote the best thing you’ll read about the race. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Alex Burness wrote the best thing you’ll read about the race. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just 17 days before the election where the GOP is trying to end Dems’ majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Alex Burness wrote the best thing you’ll read about the race. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Alex Burness wrote the best thing you’ll read about the race. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Chicago police release redacted video of peripheral role in controversial South Shore immigration raid www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/s...
Chicago police release redacted video of peripheral role in controversial South Shore immigration raid
Newly released — though heavily redacted — video footage released by Chicago police sheds new light on the arrest of a U.S. citizen the night that federal immigration agents stormed a troubled Sout…
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October 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Chicago police release redacted video of peripheral role in controversial South Shore immigration raid www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/s...