Criminal Defense · Immigration Law · Illinois
When Everything Is at Stake, Experience Is Not Optional.
For 35 years, Scott Gordon has stood beside Illinois clients in the most consequential moments of their lives, with offices in Chicago and Waukegan and phones answered 24 hours a day.
Available 24 hours a day · Two Illinois offices · Free first consultation
Three and a half decades, two offices, one number to call.
35
Years of Illinois Trial Experience
2
Illinois Offices
24/7
Available Every Day
A serious firm for serious matters.
Scott has tried hundreds of cases across Cook and Lake Counties. He knows these courtrooms, and every case in this firm is built from the facts on the table, not from a script.
The firm maintains two full offices, one in downtown Chicago serving Cook County and one in Waukegan serving Lake County, so clients can meet with their attorney close to home or close to the courthouse where their case will be heard. Phones are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, because an arrest, a detention, or a knock on the door does not wait for business hours.
Built for trial. Negotiated from strength.
From a first DUI to a complex felony indictment, the firm prepares every case as if it will be tried. Trial readiness is what produces leverage in negotiation and in court.
- DUI and traffic offenses
- Drug possession, delivery, and trafficking
- Domestic battery and orders of protection
- Violent crimes and weapons charges
- White collar matters and DCFS investigations
Status, family, and the right to remain.
Representation before USCIS, in immigration court, and at consulates abroad. The firm handles defensive cases under removal proceedings and affirmative petitions for status.
- Asylum and refugee protection
- Deportation and removal defense
- U-Visas for crime victims
- Adjustment of status and green cards
- Family, employment, and K-1 fiance visas
The qualities other attorneys refer their hardest cases for.
Tailored strategy for every case
No two clients walk in with the same facts, the same priorities, or the same risk profile. Scott begins each representation by listening, then builds a defense or an immigration strategy specific to what is actually at stake for that person. A first-time DUI for a college student is not the same case as a third DUI for a commercial driver, and the firm does not treat them the same way.
Empathy alongside aggressive advocacy
Aggressive advocacy and human decency are not opposites. Scott has spent 35 years showing that the same attorney who is unyielding in negotiation can also sit across from a frightened family and explain, in plain English, what is about to happen and why. Clients deserve both.
Criminal and immigration, under one roof
A guilty plea on a misdemeanor can end a green card. A protective order can derail a naturalization application. An arrest can trigger an immigration hold the same night. When the same lawyer handles both sides of the case, those collisions get spotted before they become catastrophic. This dual expertise is the firm's genuine differentiator.
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Calls are answered around the clock because crises do not respect calendars. A loved one detained by ICE at 2 a.m., an arrest after a Friday night traffic stop, a frantic call from a client in custody: this firm picks up.
In their own words.
What clients say after their cases close, in criminal courtrooms across Cook and Lake Counties and in immigration matters before USCIS and the immigration court.
Scott Gordon handled my case with a level of care and preparation I did not expect from any attorney. He kept me informed every step of the way and the outcome exceeded what I thought was possible.
I was facing deportation after 18 years in this country. Scott did not promise me a result. He promised me he would fight, and he did. My family is still here because of his work.
When I was arrested, I called Scott at 11 at night. He answered. By morning he had a plan. That is the kind of lawyer I needed and the kind of lawyer he is.
Scott Gordon handled my case with a level of care and preparation I did not expect from any attorney. He kept me informed every step of the way and the outcome exceeded what I thought was possible.