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Stephen M. Komie is the founding principal of Komie & Associates, a Chicago civil and criminal litigation firm serving clients in Illinois, throughout the U.S. and across the globe. Mr. Komie's career as an attorney spans more than 35 years, during which he has represented thousands of ordinary people, members of the clergy, corporations and others in cases before state courts, federal courts and international tribunals.
Mr. Komie has earned national recognition for the skill he has demonstrated and the results he has achieved in high-profile criminal and civil cases widely covered by both local and national media. He has also had extensive success as an appellate lawyer. His most notable successes include acquittals in the trials of Shawn Dunn for mail and wire fraud, John Carroccia for murder, Brendan Nolan for sale and distribution of drugs, Casey Kalicki for incest, Sandra Fabiano for child sexual abuse and several judges charged with drunk driving (DUI).
Mr. Komie is a life-long resident of the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago and a 1976 graduate of DePaul University College of Law. He was recently elected to serve a fifth three-year term on the Illinois State Bar Association's board of governors.
About Stephen Komie
Law School: DePaul University College of Law
Admitted: 1976, Illinois
Honors and Awards:
- Chicago Bar Certificate of Appreciation, June, 1984, February, 1987
- Illinois State Bar Association Certificate of Appreciation, June 1986, September, 1990, October 1990
- Recipient, Public Service Award for Pro Bono Service
- Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors Award, 1991
- Recipient, American Association for Justice, 1994
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Drunken Driving Defense Lawyers of Illinois Ltd.
- Judicial Compensation Committee, Illinois State Bar Association, 1990
- Elected Member, Criminal Justice Section Council, Small Firm and Solo Practice Task Force, 1990 - 1992
- Member, American Bar Association
- Founding Member, Illinois Attorney's for Criminal Justice, 1984
- Director, Illinois Bar Foundation
- Chairman, Family Law, International Bar Association, 1998
- Traffic Courts and The Law Committee, Illinois State Bar Association
- Professionalism Committee, State Bar Association, 1991 - 1992
- Illinois State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, 1989
- Chairman, Credentials Committee, Illinois State Bar Association, 1985
- Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee, Illinois State Bar Association
- By-Laws Assembly Committee, Illinois State Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association Assembly, 1985 - 1998
- Member, Board of Governors, Illinois State Bar Association, 1992 - 1998; 1999 - Present
- Secretary, Illinois State Bar Association, 1996 - Present
- Liaison, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Counsel
- Chairperson, Defense of Prisoner Committee, Chicago Bar Association
- Chairperson, Criminal Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois Supreme Court
- U. S. Tax Court
- U. S. Supreme Court
- U. S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit
- U. S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit
- U. S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
- U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U. S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U. S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- Illinois, 1976
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "Little RICO in Illinois, The Case Against It," Chicago Law Bulletin, April, 1984
- "Little RICO Bill Should Not Be Passed," The Bar News, June 1984
- "Illinois State Bar Association Legislation Proposed to Protect Attorney/Client Relationship," Chicago Law Bulletin, March 12, 1987
- "Attorney's Bill of Rights," Adopted by the State Bar, June, 1990
Educational Background:
- University of Arizona, B.A., M.A.; National College of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders, 1977
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