Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Chuck Bretz & Associates will partner with you to formulate the most comprehensive criminal defense strategy tailored to your situation.
• DUI/DWI
• Robbery
  From Residential Burglary, to Robbery, to White Collar Embezzlement, to Retail Theft, we have obtained winning results for our Clients.
• Burglary
• Theft
• Embezzlement
• Drug Crimes
  Whether there is a need to fight an illegal search or to provide assistance with gaining access to rehabilitation treatment to help with an addiction, we are here to protect your Rights.
• Assault
  Our attorneys are well-versed in all aspects of criminal law. From major drug offenses and assault & battery to weapon offenses and murder, you can rest
• Murder
  Victim’s body was found burned beyond recognition in a car which had been set on fire.  Client charged with 1st degree murder after alleged eye witness identified defendant and co-defendant as having killed the victim.
• Homicide
• Manslaughter

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  At Bretz, Flynn & Associates, Ed practices in the areas of Family Law, Corporate Law and Civil Litigation.  Ed also represents clients in Administrative Hearings before the Secretary of State.
• Business Disputes

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Chuck started by himself with a small office and through his skill and efforts, successfully grew his practice to what it is today. Chuck Bretz & Associates now has an entire floor of office space, its own investigator, and multiple support staff. The firm is the largest criminal defense firm in Will County, handling more felony cases than any other law firm in the area. The firm also excels in the areas of criminal law, real estate law, and business law.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Since that time, Chuck has built Bretz, Flynn & Associates, P.C. into a dynamic law firm featuring distinguished and accomplished attorneys who concentrate their practice in the areas Criminal, Family, and Personal Injury litigation and advising various businesses pertaining to multiple commercial matters.
• Medical Malpractice
  Chuck began his legal career in 1982 as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Will County, Illinois.  He successfully prosecuted his first murder case at the age of twenty-five and won every murder case that he tried as a prosecutor thereafter, along with numerous other Felony cases involving various crimes.  In 1986, Chuck joined the oldest law firm in Joliet, Murphy, Timm, Lennon, Spesia, and Ayers as a litigation Associate.  For six years, Chuck tried various civil cases including Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Commercial disputes in the state and federal courts.  Subsequently, Chuck rejoined the State’s Attorney’s Office as the First Assistant and successfully prosecuted several cases, including obtaining a First Degree Murder conviction as to an inmate at a local prison who had killed a correctional officer.  Since leaving the State’s Attorney’s Office, Chuck has been in Private Practice on his own, except for a three year period of time when he was employed by a local Real Estate Developer.  In 1999, Chuck formed the Law Offices of Chuck Bretz, P.C., which is now known as Bretz, Flynn & Associates, P.C.