Chicago, Illinois, Criminal Defense Attorneys

Criminal Law and Civil Rights: Chicago Lawyers Aggressively Protecting Your Rights

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers Neil L. Toppel and Richard Dvorak recognize that many arrests occur without law enforcement respecting your civil rights. Our separate law firms are dedicated to protecting the interests of our clients — whether that involves aggressively fighting for their rights in a criminal case or filing a civil rights lawsuit on their behalf.

From their separate law firms in Chicago, attorneys Neil L. Toppel and Richard Dvorak provide relentless advocacy to Cook County clients who are facing criminal charges or are confronting a dispute involving a civil rights violation. Contact Mr. Toppel or contact Mr. Dvorak today to arrange an initial consultation with an experienced attorney who will fight to protect your interests. Richard Dvorak is fluent in Spanish, and Neil L. Toppel has Spanish-speaking staff available.

Illinois Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Lawyers

Neil Toppel and Richard Dvorak have worked professionally together since 2000 — spending years as colleagues at the Cook County Public Defender's Office followed by six years operating a joint practice before forming separate law firms in 2010 — The Law Offices of Neil L. Toppel and The Law Offices of Richard Dvorak. While now operating under separate law firms, both attorneys respect the experience, depth of knowledge, and resources each attorney has brought to cases handled together over the years, and they continue to work side-by-side in select cases, fighting aggressively to protect the rights of each client in criminal defense and civil rights matters.

• Neil Toppel is a Chicago attorney with extensive experience handling both civil rights and criminal defense cases, in state and federal court, including cases involving federal criminal defense, such as drug conspiracy, drug trafficking, or other drug crimes, as well as other federal crimes or state crimes such as domestic violence. In addition, Mr. Toppel aggressively protects the civil rights of clients in police misconduct and employment discrimination matters. He also fights to vacate convictions for individuals who received poor legal advice regarding the impact a conviction or plea bargain would have on their immigration status.
• Richard Dvorak is a Chicago lawyer with exemplary skill handling civil rights and criminal defense cases, including cases involving Internet crimes such as solicitation of children through the Internet. He works hard to help clients understand that a conviction does not have to be the last word. He has extensive experience advocating for clients and helping them through state and federal criminal appeals, post-conviction petitions, federal habeas corpus petitions, governors' pardons, and commutations.

Both firms offer experienced advice, quality representation, and personal guidance in other civil rights and criminal defense cases, including cases that involve sexual assault and other sex crimes, resisting arrest, aggravated battery to a police officer, homicide or attempted murder, weapons charges, false arrest, police misconduct, and other areas of criminal defense and civil rights violations.

Chicago Attorneys Who Can Make a Difference in Your Case

We provide vigorous, relentless criminal defense representation, as well as a deep commitment to civil rights. To obtain more information or to schedule an appointment with an experienced lawyer, please contact The Law Offices of Neil L. Toppel at 312-663-9500, or contact The Law Offices of Richard Dvorak at 312-593-7146.

The Law Offices of Neil L. Toppel and The Law Offices of Richard Dvorak are two separate law firms.