Law Offices of Maureen Williams, 416 Main Street #829 61602 Peoria, IL, US

Great job by the Illinois Supreme Court. #illinoissupremecourt

Our clients motivate us every day! "Maureen and her staff has made our son’s case so much easier along this journey. Maureen is an outstanding attorney and she fights for her clients. She is not one of those attorneys that just automatically wants to plea your case out. She thoroughly reviews your case file and does what needs to be done along the way. Our family is so blessed that we were able to retain her as our attorney." (Google Reviewer) https://bit.ly/3ne4nqi

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Good morning! 31 years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell! If you want to follow the traces of the Wall in the German capital, we recommend this video: facebook.com/watch/?v=587376741942170

Happy Monday! Here is the Ninth Edition of "To Be Heard", for the month of October, a newsletter by the Law Offices of Maureen Williams!

"Maureen Williams is a champion! Her legal intellect, honesty and ability to clearly walk clients through process, etc. is outstanding! We found her when she helped one son on an issue which was easily (due to her due diligence, knowledge and action) taken care of properly. Maureen is currently taking care of a second son who has fallen through the cracks for over twelve years with a serious mental health.." says Maria McEnroe on Facebook

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If you've ever thought of using Meth, look at this progression! One woman . . . one life . . . gone.

Happy Thursday! Here is the seventh edition of "To Be Heard", a newsletter by the Law Offices of Maureen Williams!

Everyone Orchestra Virtual Sessions III: conducted by Matt Butler, ft. Natalie Cressman (Trey Anastasio Band), Mimi Naja (Fruition), Kim Dawson, Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists), Alana Rocklin (STS9), Tikyra Jackson (Southern Avenue), Andrea Whitt! Enjoy

I've always known I have the best staff on the planet. Confirmed! My staff also received flowers when the case was wrapped. We love our clients!

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My talented Trial Lawyer’s College buddy wrote.

Muhammad Ali was never one to back down from a fight. Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, he fought not only within the boxing ring, but also as ...a civil rights activist. Speaking truth to power, Ali expressed himself with force and forthrightness, becoming a global symbol of peace, freedom and equality. See more

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"I learned something very valuable When choosing an attorney, choose a winning TRIAL attorney like Maureen Williams Because the prosecutor knows she will take your case to trial... I was innocent but Illinois is a backwards state when it comes to DUI And had I not hired Maureen, I might very well be sitting with a DUI or reckless driving conviction right now Maureen is worth the investment and a pleasure to work with.." says V on Google

BREAKING: Chicago to require quarantine for travelers from 15 states beginning Monday, July 6.

We love Jehan Gordon-Booth

i can’t take much more....

Happy Wednesday! Here is the sixth issue of "To Be Heard", a newsletter by the Law Offices of Maureen Williams! Our favorite one yet! Be sure to check out Hero In The Spotlight on PG.2. https://maureenwilliamslaw.com//to-be-heard-june-2020-iss/

TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER The Trial Lawyers College supports the millions of citizens who are protesting the m...ost recent murder of another African-American person, George Floyd, by a police state that too often demonstrates racial violence resulting in serious injury or death. Protests and marches have previously occurred when police have abused their power, to the injury, incarceration, and death of people of color; but the present protests are far more extensive and lasting longer. Previous protests resulted in very little change. Now, finally, the time is ripe for much-needed change. There must be a reform of the nation’s police, which the American power structure has allowed to avoid accountability. There must be a reform of the criminal justice system that presently permits racially biased prosecutors to prosecute the innocent or disproportionately seek longer prison terms or worse, the death penalty for people of color. So, too, there must be reform that stops prosecutors from functionally determining case outcomes from the charges they choose to file, the bond they choose to demand, and when and how to offer pleas to indigent defendants who are disproportionately people of color. There must be reform of and accountability of a judiciary in which judges may exercise racial bias in setting bond, in sentencing, in revoking probation, and in jury selection decisions. Legislators can and should drastically change the law that too often provides qualified immunity from civil liability to racially motivated police who abuse and even kill the innocent, the forgotten and the damned. Legislators can and should change the law that gives absolute immunity to prosecutors even in spite of intentional, racially-motivated prosecutorial conduct. Racially-motivated judges can be replaced. But none of this will happen if the present protests end without action not forming a committee to review, but meaningful action. The reform we need must start with ourselves. We can protest, we can contact our elected representatives, and we can make our individual voices heard and we must. We can help each other in service to marginalized and abused clients who cry out for justice and we must. We can support public defenders who serve indigent clients, as well as private counsel who serve indigent clients pro bono and we must. We can confront and challenge our own racism within ourselves and we must. On the organizational level, Trial Lawyers College will intensify its efforts to improve, in every TLC class, representation of race, age, creed, religion, national origin, physical abilities, gender, and sexual orientation. Increased representation in each class will lead to increased representation among teaching staff, the F Warriors, and the Board of Directors. We strive to train a greater representation of lawyers, for a greater representation of people who need justice. We will do everything we can now do to promote change and we encourage all lawyers and judges to do likewise. We can do better! The protesters, and those in whose memory and honor they are protesting, deserve no less. With one voice, Trial Lawyers College shouts from the mountains that Black Lives Matter! John Sloan, President Milton Grimes, Vice-President Maren Chaloupka, Secretary J.R. Clary Jr., Treasurer Dana Cole, Board Member Anne Valentine, Board Member

"Public defenders are consistent witnesses to the individual and systemic racism that exist not only in brutally disparate policing practices but at every stage... of our criminal system. The 22,000 public defenders and defender-professionals of NAPD join with others fighting for justice. It is another manifestation of the inherent racism of the American justice system that people of color facing criminal charges overwhelmingly depend on public defenders for their constitutional right to counsel, and that virtually every single public defender office in the country is so severely underfunded that it is in a state of crisis. We will never forget you. We will always defend you. Change the system." #stilldefending #changethesystem See more

Jurors get it. I wish more judges did.

Vigilante justice.

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Which knee is the problem? From David Paulzine

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Great advice from my Trial Lawyers College buddy.

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Happy Monday! Here is the fifth issue of "To Be Heard", a newsletter by the Law Offices of Maureen Williams! https://maureenwilliamslaw.com//to-be-heard-april-2020-is/

From SLU ER nurse in STL: Seriously you guys. A few days ago taking care of a covid positive patient my mom asked me are you scared, I said no, this is my job, ...and I meant it. Driving to work tonight I was crying, I am terrified. Things have changed in the last 48 hours in St. Louis. Things are BAD here. Just because you think you are being smart that you won't catch it, going about your daily lives, going to stores for "essentials" aka booze, getting carry out. these things are seriously not ok. You cannot trust other people, and that is how you will get the disease. Not from a mistake you made, but from someone else's. Do not be naive. We admitted 15 patients in 3 hours last night all for covid. All by me and four other icu nurses. We have to actively wheel one patient out while wheeling the next patient in. I got calls every 10 minutes from the ER asking me are you ready for the next patient are you ready for the next patient? We weren't, but we had no choice. I had a patient who was 30 and breathing fine and crying to me asking why she had to be here and isolated. Tonight she in intubated and non responsive, that is how quickly she deteriorated. One of our ER doctors is on the verge of death from covid, likely going to die. He got it from being exposed here in the ER. Doctors are telling me they don't want to come see my patients cause they are scared and they don't want to get it. They don't even want to come around to our units and look through the windows. We are all honestly crying and laughing together because we are scared and we have zero protection and it's comical how unprepared we are and how we have no idea what we are doing when treating this disease. No one is listening. Please don't be fuc**** idiots you guys. I'm serious. Stay the fu** home unless is it ESSENTIAL. I fear things are only just starting here, we aren't even at the peak yet. This disease KILLS the lungs, your lungs turn into scar tissue. They do not recover. Please be smart and protect yourselves. I'm asking you guys this from the bottom of my heart. A week ago I was naive and blowing this off. I am now seeing this first hand. I am scared. That's my rant for now. -Anonymous PLEASE SHARE

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This is one way to try to talk yourself out of a ticket...

This week, Ms. Williams earned her client a "not guilty" verdict for attempted murder. Do you need representation? Contact us at (309) 999-1177. Read more: https://peoriacriminaldefense.com//sangamon-county-jury-d/

Here is the fifth issue of "To Be Heard", a newsletter by the Law Offices of Maureen Williams! https://peoriacriminaldefense.com//to-be-heard-february-2/