Attorney Robert J Kerr
About
Attorney Robert Kerr is fully committed to the defense of our clients’ rights and freedom. We work hard to attack the strength of the government’s case against our client. We do this through intensive investigation, superior legal analysis, smart use of pretrial motions and other procedural tactics that can shift the balance in your favor.
Areas of Practice
- State & Federal Criminal Defense
- All Felony & Misdemeanor Charges
- Aggravated Robbery
- Aggravated Speeding
- Armed Robbery
- Arson
- Assault / Aggravated Assault
- Attempted Murder
- Battery / Aggravated Battery
- Bond Hearings
- Burglary
- Civil Rights
- Check Fraud
- Child Pornography
- Commercial Driver’s License Violations
- Credit Card Theft
- DCFS Appeals / Administrative Hearings
- Disorderly Conduct
- Domestic Battery
- Domestic Violence
- Driver’s License Suspension / Revocation
- DUI / Drunk Driving
- Drug Crimes
- Drug Cultivation
- Drug Distribution
- Drug Manufacturing
- Drug Possession
- Drug Sales
- Drug Trafficking
- Embezzlement
- Expungements / Record Sealing
- Federal Criminal Defense
- Federal Drug Charges
- Federal Sex Crimes
- Felonies
- Firearm Possession
- Forgery
- Fraud Defense
- Gun Charges
- Home Invasion
- Homicide
- Identity Theft
- Jury Trials
- Juvenile Crimes
- Kidnapping
- Leaving The Scene of an Accident
- Manslaughter
- Misdemeanors
- Motions to Suppress Evidence
- Murder
- Pre-Trial Negotiations
- Preliminary Hearings
- Prescription Drug Charges
- Private Investigations
- Property & Financial Crimes
- Reckless Driving
- Retail Theft
- Robbery
- Secretary of State Reinstatement Hearings
- Sex Crimes
- Shoplifting
- Solicitation of A Minor
- Speeding Tickets
- Statutory Rape
- Suspended / Revoked Driver’s License
- Theft
- Traffic Tickets / Violations
- Violent Crimes
- Weapon Offenses
- White Collar Crimes
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certificate in Criminal Law, DePaul College of Law, 2005
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2005
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2007
Education
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. – 2005
- University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
- B.A. – 2000
- Major: English
- University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland – 1999
Honors and Awards
- Jack Carey Scholar – Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, 2004
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, 2007 – 2013
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member, 2007 – 2013
- Chicago Bar Association, Member, 2007 – 2013
Past Employment Positions
- Law Offices of Acosta & Associates, Associate Attorney, 2005 – 2008
- Cook County Public Defender, Clerk – Supreme Court Rule 711, 2004 – 2005
- Americorps Member, Englewood Neighborhood, 2001 – 2002
Languages
- Spanish
