ATTORNEY ANTHONY TOMKIEWICZ

Anthony Tomkiewicz is a Plainfield Illinois Resident, Father of 5, Youth Sports Coach, and a “General” Practice Attorney of over 25 years of experience.

 Education:

Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, 1996, B.A. Political Science (Football, Theta Chi Fraternity, Phi Gamma Nu Business Fraternity)

Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D.1999 (Pi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity)

 Legal Career:

 Anthony began his Legal Career in 1997, While still in law school, assisting with the defense of clients in the Chicago- Kent Criminal Defense Clinic. I worked on Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) cases, Clemency cases and Appeals.  From there, he interned as a Rule 711 Clerk with the City of Chicago Law Department, Municipal Prosecutions Division, where he prosecuted administrative hearings for violations of the Chicago Municipal Code, prosecuted cases under the City Employee Scofflaw Wage Garnishment Program, and assisted with Prosecutions and Appeals before the local Liquor Control Commission and Appeals Commission.

 In July of 1999, just 2 months after graduating Law School and just 1 week after passing the Bar Exam and being sworn in as a licensed attorney, Anthony was hired by the Livingston County State's Attorney's Office, to manage its Criminal Misdemeanor, Traffic and DUI calls. 1 week after being hired, Anthony 1st chaired his first Felony Jury Trial, for Aggravated DUI, which he won. Most of Anthony's peers would not 1st-chair, or even assist as a 2nd-chair or  3rd-chair in any Jury Trial, Bench Trial or hearing of any kind, including traffic, misdemeanor or even juvenile for years. Most beginning attorneys would not even set foot in a felony courtroom, until several years into their careers. From there, over the next 2 years, Anthony was able to turn around a once losing trial percentage for the County into a high winning percentage. Anthony next took his winning trial experience to the McLean County State's Attorney's Office where he continued to 1st chair and win Felony trials in that Office's Felony Division.

 In the Summer of 2002 and ever since, Anthony left prosecution and began representing private individuals and organizations mostly in criminal defense, traffic law, general civil matters, and personal injury cases in various counties across 1/3 of the Counties of the state of Illinois, as far North as Lake and McHenry County, as Far Northwest as Winnebago County, as far South as Fayette County, and just about every County in between at one time or another. He has continued his high win percentage and has been known to take a high percentage of cases to trial, particularly in criminal and traffic cases where he has taken to Jury a wide range of cases, from simple speeding and petty offenses, to class X felonies like First Degree Murder.

 In 2005, Anthony returned to the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago and began to expand his practice with Family Law.  As a single Father, divorcee, with what was commonly referred to as “sole custody” of his 5 young children, anthony has become very knowledgeable and is a motivated advocate in the areas of child custody, child decision making, parenting time, child support, maintenance (“alimony”) and the effects of mental health, drug and alcohol abuse on the family.

 Anthony has been described as a “Jack of All Trades” and having an out-of-the-box type of analysis of cases, seeing angles and defenses when his colleagues and other attorneys and even judges first thought cases were unwinnable. Jurors and clients have commented that Anthony has a very likeable and social style that wins them over, where he simplifies things to the level of a casual conversation, yet fiercely drives home important points in a common sense-like fashion. Anthony's style has been used to secure civil judgments and awards as high as $1.3 million, and criminal Not Guilty verdicts and Dismissals in cases that others thought could not be won.

Bar Associations:

Livingston County Bar, 1999; McLean County Bar; 2001; Will County Bar, 2006; DuPage County Bar 2006; Kendall County Bar 2006; Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 2013; Illinois State Bar Association, 2020

Awards:

AVVO Featured Attorney, Criminal Defense, 2015; AVVO Client's Choice, Criminal Defense, 2015; Three Best Rated, Joliet IL, DWI & DUI Lawyers, 2019; National Trial Lawyers Top 100, 2026

Jurisdictions Practiced In:

COOK COUNTY (Daley Center, 26th and California, Skokie, Rolling Meadows, Bridgeview, Markham)

WILL COUNTY (Joliet, Bolingbrook, Braidwood, Lockport, Peotone, Plainfield, Frankfort, Wilmington)

DuPAGE COUNTY (Wheaton, Addison, Arlington Heights, Downers Grove, Naperville)

KANE COUNTY (Saint Charles, Elgin, Aurora)

KENDALL COUNTY (Yorkville) GRUNDY COUNTY (Morris) LaSALLE COUNTY (Ottawa) LAKE COUNTY (Waukegan) MCHENRY COUNTY (Woodstock) BOONE COUNTY (Belvidere) WINNEBAGO COUNTY (Rockford) DEKALB COUNTY (Sycamore) BUREAU COUNTY (Princeton) KANKAKEE COUNTY (Kankakee) FORD COUNTY (Paxton) IRIQUOIS COUNTY(Watseka) VERMILLIION COUNTY (Danville) LIVINGSTON COUNTY (Pontiac) MCLEAN COUNTY (Bloomington) WOODFORD COUNTY (Eureka) PEORIA COUNTY (Peoria) TAZEWELL COUNTY (Pekin) LOGAN COUNTY (Lincoln) DEWITT COUNTY (Clinton) MACON COUNTY (Decatur) PIATT COUNTY (Monticello) CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (Champaign) SANGAMON COUNTY (Springfield) SHELBY COUNTY (Shelbyville) EFFINGHAM COUNTY (Effingham) FAYETTE COUNTY (Vandalia)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION (Chicago)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT ILLINOIS, WESTERN DIVISION (Rockford)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT ILLINOIS (Peoria)