Family Law

• Child Custody and Visitation

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  At Bruno Law Offices, our Coles County criminal defense attorneys understand exactly how much is at stake for you in this case; as such, we are committed to developing an aggressive, comprehensive legal strategy to help you defend your rights and protect your future.
• DUI/DWI
  The Champaign-Urbana criminal and DUI defense lawyers of Bruno Law Offices know that the legal process can be complex and confusing. To help our clients better understand their situation, we’ve provided several articles that discuss criminal and DUI topics in greater depth.
• Wrongful Death
  Since 1980, Bruno Law Offices  has served the Tuscola area with dedicated and experienced criminal defense. We are prepared to handle many types of criminal cases, including those involving DUI, murder, wrongful death, and workers’ compensation. Our experienced attorneys have successfully defended clients in a number of jury trials, including murder trials seeking the death penalty.
• Traffic Violations
  All too often, people charged with criminal traffic violations fail to understand the severe consequences that separate criminal traffic violations from minor, petty traffic tickets. Failure to take a criminal traffic charge seriously can result in a permanent criminal record, a harsh probation sentence, or even jail time.
• Sex Crimes
  Our legal system treats sex offenses as extremely serious crimes. Neither society nor the law tolerates these crimes, so offenders oftentimes receive very harsh legal and social penalties. Being charged with a sex crime can be extremely frightening because of the many ramifications one will experience if convicted. However, if you’re facing a sex crimes charge, you have the right to defend yourself. You have a right to build your case and present the evidence to the jury.
• Fraud
  Healthcare Fraud – A healthcare provider defrauding the insurance companies to obtain more payment than is equal to the services provided
• Burglary
  Being charged with theft or burglary is no small issue, and it can be a much more significant issue than you first thought depending on the details. With these charges, it can be easy to feel as if you’ve already been convicted before getting the chance to defend yourself. On a personal level, these charges may be impacting your life because your friends and loved ones no longer trust you. And while it may seem like a good idea, fighting these cases on your own typically leads to more complications.
• White Collar Crimes
  While white collar crimes do not include violent or dangerous crimes, they are often penalized in a similar way. Punishments for white collar crimes can be expensive and life altering in various ways, even though this particular type of criminal activity does not involve violence or activities that put people in immediate physical danger. Specifically, penalties for charges such as these can negatively affect employment opportunities and various aspects of an individual’s personal life, making it difficult to fully recover if convicted.
• Theft
• Misdemeanors
  Criminal accusations of any kind should never be taken lightly. A misdemeanor or felony on your record can affect your finances, career options, and personal freedoms for many years to come. If you or a member of your family has been arrested or accused of a criminal offense, you need qualified and committed legal representation.
• Embezzlement
  Embezzlement: This is when an individual takes money that has been entrusted to them, unbeknownst to the owner, and uses it not for its intended purpose. The potential to embezzle is very high whenever someone entrusts their money to another person. Embezzlement on your criminal record can ruin your life. The right attorney can help make sure this doesn’t happen.
• Drug Crimes
  Possession of a controlled substance, such as heroin, is a felony offense in the state of Illinois. While felonies are serious crimes that tend to be accompanied by life-changing penalties, it is important to not lose heart if you are facing charges of this nature. By working with an experienced drug possession defense attorney, you may be able to have these charges reduced in severity, or possibly even dropped altogether.
• Assault
  A criminal charge of any sort can have serious impacts on your life. Not only will you face the immediate consequences of fines or jail time, but you may also experience future repercussions such as inability to rent an apartment or be approved for a loan. Offenses against other individuals – such as assault and battery – can be particularly damaging.
• Murder
  A murder occurs when an individual kills another person with malice aforethought or the knowledge that this course of action will surely end in death. Murder in Illinois can be a crime of passion or a premeditated event. If you have been charged with murder, then you may face a very serious and life-stopping felony conviction and may spend anywhere between 4 years to life in prison, with a possibility of receiving the death penalty.
• Identity Theft
  Identity Theft – The use of a social security number or other personal identifying information to apply for credit or make purchases
• Homicide
  The homicide mortality rate in the state of Illinois is one of the ten highest in the country. A state with a high homicide mortality rate generates hundreds of law offices that offer murder defense services. Why should you choose the Bruno Law Offices among all Champaign County and downstate Illinois defense lawyers to handle your murder case?
• Kidnapping
  To successfully convict a defendant with aggravated battery, the prosecutor must prove that the defendant knowingly committed the act and show that the crime must have resulted in severe bodily injury, disfigurement, or permanent disability. The crime could also be shown to cause harm to a specified person such as a child or a peace officer. In certain felony cases of aggravated battery, the prosecutor must also show that a firearm, deadly weapon or explosive device was used or that a kidnapping took place in other aggravated cases.
• Manslaughter
  Second-degree murder, also known as voluntary manslaughter, is a lesser crime than first-degree murder. It differs from first-degree murder in that a mitigating factor is present – either the murderer unreasonably believed that he or she was justified in killing the victim, or the murderer was provoked by the intended target and, in the heat of the moment, unintentionally killed another person.

Property Law

• Property Damage
  Although petty traffic tickets are punishable by a fine only, all criminal traffic violations are punishable by jail time. Common criminal traffic violations include speeding more than 26 miles per hour over the limit (known as “aggravated speeding†), driving on a suspended or revoked license, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to notify of a property damage accident, and reckless driving. If you are ticketed for a criminal traffic violation, you will be required to appear personally in court.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  If you have been accused of committing a home invasion, you should speak with a Champaign-Urbana personal injury attorney at Bruno Law Offices as early on in the legal process as you can. To speak with a defense attorney in Champaign-Urbana about the particulars of your charges, please call our Urbana offices at (217) 328-6000 today.