Family Law

• Child Support
• Child Abuse
  A case is classified as domestic violence when there is a fight between family members or people that share the same home. If you plead guilty to a domestic battery, the conviction goes on your record and cannot be expunged. In addition to domestic batteries, domestic cases involved violations of orders of protection. In some domestic cases, the complaining witnesses decide that they don’t want to “press charges.” To prevent the state from “picking up the case,” Chicago Domestic Violence Attorney, Michael Levinsohn, will explain the situation to the assistant state’s attorneys and convince them to drop the case. Domestic cases can also involve child neglect or discipline that went too far. Michael Levinsohn is able to resolve some of these cases without a trial and without a conviction going on your record.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Anne Izzi was born and raised in Carmel, Indiana. She graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Criminal Justice and then went on to attend Western New England University School of Law in Massachusetts. While in law school, Anne expanded her knowledge of criminal defense and civil rights through internships at the Springfield Public Defender’s office and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. In the last year of law school, she clerked at a general practice firm where she focused on handling criminal defense cases. As part of the Western New England Law Review, Anne published her Note titled “The Cage a Fetish Can Build: Proposed Legislative Reform for Civil Commitment Procedures in Sexually Violent Predator Laws.” Anne volunteers at the John Howard Association, a nonprofit organization in Chicago advocating for prison reform and prisoners’ rights. Anne joined Gottreich & Levinsohn as an associate in October 2019 and concentrates on criminal defense in Cook County.
• DUI/DWI
  There are 9 statutory factors that can cause a DUI to be charged as a felony DUI (or aggravated DUI).  The following is a summary of the most common factors.
• Traffic Violations
  Case Number: 2012-04-913 Obstructing a Peace Officer NOT GUILTY Maywood Courthouse Maywood Police stopped Mr. M for speeding. Mr. M... View Article
• Sex Crimes
  Our Client and his girlfriend were charged with Criminal Sexual Assault by Orland Park Police when at the end of the night they had sex with one of the people at the house party. The complaining witness claimed that she was too drunk to consent and that she was raped. At trial attorney Mike Levinsohn proved that the complaining witness gave our client her phone number and french kissed our client’s girlfriend. Orland Park Detectives Hartsock and Ahrendt tried to get our client’s girlfriend to incriminate him but it didn’t work. We proved at trial that the sex was consensual and the witness was embarrassed because she was engaged to another man. Finding of NOT GUILTY
• Fraud
  The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDR) investigates the following tax fraud and tax evasion areas: Illinois Income Tax, Use Tax, Service Use Tax, Service Occupation Tax, Retailers’ Occupation Tax, Cigarette Tax, Cigarette Use Tax, Tobacco Products Tax, Hotel Operators’ Occupation Tax, Motor Fuel Tax, Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax, Coin-Operated Amusement Device and Redemption Machine Tax, Gas Revenue Tax, Gas Use Tax, and other taxes commonly referred to as sales tax.
• Robbery
  Our client was accused of participating in a beating and a robbery in Dolton. They claimed that he used a taser to injury another person and then rob that person of her phone which was found in his jacket pocket. I found the complaining witness and video taped a statement from her exonerated our client of the battery and robbery. He pleaded guilty to theft of lost property and received 1 day time considered served. Our client was released and the  felony counts were dismissed.
• Burglary
  A woman reported that she saw a person break into her car and then she chased the person but he got away. Then a week later, while working at an election voting location she saw our client and told police that he was the perpetrator. At trial, Attorney Levinsohn called witnesses to the stand to prove that our client was not in the area of the woman’s car at the time of the burglary. The court found our client Not Guilty.
• Theft
• Misdemeanors
  Ms. N was under-rung almost a thousand dollars worth of merchandise at Lowe’s in the northern suburbs. Ms. N is a single mother who was working two jobs at the time. She had never been in trouble before. I convinced the state’s attorney to reduce the charges to a misdemeanor.
• Embezzlement
• Drug Crimes
  The following are questions that are often asked about drug cases: How can you beat my drug case? What can be done to keep this drug case off my record? Can you keep me out of jail even though they found drugs on me, in my car or in my house? Chicago Drug Possession Lawyer,… View Article
• Assault
  Our client was in a car accident with an off-duty Chicago Police Officer. He fled the scene but was later blocked by the officer as our client tried to drive into an alley. While trying to get into the alley, Mr. T drove toward the officer. The officer shot at our client. At trial we showed that our client did not criminally damage anyone’s car and that the officer lied and did not identify himself as a police officer before shooting at Mr. T. NOT GUILTY of Felony Aggravated Assault and Felony Criminal Damage to Property. Continue reading →
• Murder
  Our client’s brother, Ariel, falsely accused her and her boyfriend of shooting him. There has been a long running fight between our client and her brother. He had threatened her boyfriend. Ariel has a lot of enemies and was shot one morning outside of his mother’s house. When he first spoke to the police he could not identify the shooter. Then latter he claimed it was our client who committed the attempt first degree murder. At trial, we proved he was liar and we used cell phone data to show our client was not even near her brother.
• Identity Theft
  Possession of a altered or counterfeit credit or debit card can be charged as a either a Class 3 or 4 felony.  Identity theft (Class 4 felony) is the use of another person’s identifying information in order to obtain credit, goods, or services.  If another person’s identity is used to steal money then the class felony is higher.  Forgery is when a person possesses a false document with intent to use the document knowing that it is false.  Forgery is generally a Class 3 felony.
• Arson
  Firm Case Number: 2005-WI-261 Arson NOT GUILTY Wisconsin In Richland County Wisconsin, our client was charged in a criminal complaint... View Article
• Forgery
• Prostitution

Health Law

• Auto Accidents

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  If your accountant cannot resolve these tax issues, I can fight your case in the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal.  This court was set up the State of Illinois to help taxpayers who were unfairly targeted by the Illinois Department Revenue (IDR) for unpaid taxes and penalties.