EXCEPTIONAL REPRESENTATION, ONE CLIENT AT A TIME

Harold Winer was honored with “The President’s Award” the most prestigious honorarium awarded by the Lake County Bar Association. The award banquet had the largest gathering ever of Lake County attorneys and Judges of its kind. This acknowledgement speaks volumes of his knowledge and familiarity of the law and the Lake County courthouse.

Harold Winer has concentrated in traffic and criminal law for decades and has been called “The Dean of Lake County” for the simple reason that he is the most seasoned veteran of the Lake County courthouse.

Harold has watched the Lake County legal community grow from a small local bar association into a large and highly respected legal community. He has been with Lake County every step of the way and earned the everlasting respect of all his colleagues and clients.

Hard work and loyalty is his trademark and this is proven by his years of successful representation and litigation in DUI/Traffic and criminal law. Because of his knowledge, Hal’s clients have remained loyal over the decades as he is now representing the grandchildren of his early clients!!. His biography and experience speaks for itself.

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court, United States of America, 1960
• State of Illinois Supreme Court, 1960
• U.S. Federal Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1960
• United Stated Court of Claims, 1965
• United States Court of Military Appeals, 1965

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Presidents Award for Professionalism and Ethics, Lake County Bar Association, 2007
• Recognition of Exemplary Service, Village of Vernon Hills, 1999
• FOP Lodge No 34 for Service to the Community, 2003
• Recognition for 35 years of Service, Village of Deerfield, 2004
• Profiles in Lawyering, “The Docket” Lake County Bar Association, 1996

HAL WINER RECEIVES AWARD FOR 50 YEARS AS MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR

On November 13, 2013, with his fellow municipal prosecutors at his side, Hal Winer was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for his 50 years of service. Looking around the room it was hard to believe that many of the prosecutors were either in diapers, or not even born yet, when in 1963 Hal started his career as a municipal prosecutor.  Read more...

EMPLOYMENT

• Senior Partner of the Law Office of Winer & Winer
• Municipal prosecutor for DUI, Traffic and Ordinance violations
• For the Village of Vernon Hills and the Village of Deerfield, 1964 to present
• Law Offices of Robert L. Heinze, 1963-1968
• Probation Officer, Cook County Juvenile Probation Department, 1960

EDUCATION

• The John Marshall Law School, Juris Doctorate, Bachelor of Law, 1960
• Syracuse University, Bachelor of Arts, 1954

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Lake County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers

Sons Make Dream Come True for Vernon Hills Father

– Daily Herald, 6/20/2010