Attorney Paul F. O'Keefe has practiced criminal law for 17 years.  

While a defense attorney for the past 10 years, he has defended individuals charged with serious crimes.

He has successfully defended individuals charged with white collar crimes including organizer of a continuing financial crimes enterprise, money laundering, conspiracy to commit a financial crime, wire fraud, theft, financial exploitation of a senior citizen, internet crimes, deceptive practices, and forgery.  He has successfully defended employees alleged to have taken money from their employers or committed theft or embezzlement against their employers.

He successfully defended persons charged with attempted murder, armed robbery, home invasion, sex crimes, felony driving under the influence of alcohol, and other many other serious crimes.

A former prosecutor knows better than anybody how to exploit weaknesses in the prosecution's case. Before becoming a defense attorney, attorney Paul F. O'Keefe gained years of experience as a prosecutor in the Lake County State's Attorney's Office and, thus, knows how to best punch holes in the prosecution's case.  As a prosecutor, he tried over 130 cases to verdict, including white-collar crimes such as felony theft, deceptive practices, forgery, and internet crimes.  He also successfully prosecuted defendants for homicide, armed robbery, gang crimes, criminal sexual assault, and drug crimes.

He prosecuted and successfully tried a defendant affiliated with a South American drug cartel for possession with intent to deliver $150 million of cocaine (at that time the largest seizure in the history of Lake County, Illinois), attaining a guilty verdict.  He successfully tried to a guilty verdict one of the earliest internet sex sting cases in Illinois.

While he was an Assistant State's Attorney, the U.S. Department of Justice recognized Paul F. O'Keefe for an outstanding record in the prosecution of offenders brought to justice through the combined efforts of local law enforcement agencies and the F.B.I.

Attorney Mark Erickson practices criminal law, handling felonies and misdemeanors.  Prior to joining Paul F. O'Keefe, P.C., he had interned with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office Criminal Division.

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