Blog Posts in November, 2015

Holiday Checkpoints May Pop Up Around the City

The Illinois Department of Transportation recently offered cash incentives to local police departments to conduct what they call traffic safety campaigns. Some departments are taking them on on this offer, using the extra money to fund the programs. While families are celebrating the Thanksgiving weekend, the River Grove police are conducting one such traffic safety campaign. This campaign ...

Happy Thanksgiving from the Toney Law Firm

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the future. It is a time to come together with family, whether it is the one you grew up with or the new one you made for yourself. In light of much going on in the world today, it is a good time to take a break from our busy lives and enjoy the people we care about and celebrate and give thanks ...

Is the City Profiting from your Speeding?

The City of Chicago wanted to stop speeding near schools, so they started placing red light cameras near schools and ticketed people who were speeding at the designated school locations and near children. The Chicago Tribune recently wrote about their investigation into the system and the faults with it. Initially, people complained the hours went to too late, when no schools were open anymore, ...

Chicago to allow old tickets to be paid late without penalty for a short time only

It was just announced that the City of Chicago will be running an amnesty program for individuals who have old tickets. Normally, to deal with the unpaid tickets late would result in additional late-fees and penalties, but under the amnesty program, they will not be subject to the penalties. However, this program is not going to last long and it is best to take advantage of it fast. The program ...

Should the legal alcohol limit be lowered? Some people are moving for the change.

The charge of Driving Under the Influence is one that causes a variety of emotions to the general public. There are those who feel many DUI laws are punishing individuals who want to drink responsibly but who receive traffic tickets while on a night out. And, there are others who think no-one should drink and drive, no matter how little. For the last 10 years it has been an understood law that the ...

US Court of Appeals Judge Visits Attorney Sarah Toney's Law School Class

On Saturday, October 10, 2015, Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit attended attorney Sarah Toney’s law school class at and spoke to her students. Ms. Toney is currently teaching legal writing to law students at Loyola University School of Law, and on this day her present and former students attended the class in order to hear the honorable Judge Posner ...

The Benefit to Hiring a DUI Lawyer Early

So you get a DUI . You are overwhelmed. You are nervous. You are a little embarrassed. You need a minute to process it all, and why not, you think; you have almost a month before you need to go to court. You may think you have time to work through all your emotions and then hire a lawyer right before that month is up and your first court date arrives. However, there are many important reasons why ...