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Ms. Trevarthen has been featured on CBS 48 Hours, CNN, Fox News, Headline News and in journals across the country.
She looks forward to being able to represent you and help you attempt to receive the most beneficial outcome possible.
Julie Trevarthen has the experience to help you through your legal problems.
Once a prosecutor, now a defense attorney for officers like you.
Prior to becoming a criminal defense attorney, Ms. Trevarthen spent over 8 years as an Assistant State’s Attorney, where she had the opportunity to prosecute thousands of cases, ranging from traffic cases to first degree murder.
Ms. Trevarthen ended her prosecutorial career as a deputy chief in the felony division, where she had the opportunity to handle hundreds of offenses, including, but not limited to, murder, home invasion, armed robbery, drug offenses, weapons offenses and predatory criminal sexual assault.
As a prosecutor, Ms. Trevarthen worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Kendall, Kane and Dekalb counties and, as a law student, she worked for the State’s Attorney’s Office in both Cook and DuPage counties.
Early in her career, Ms. Trevarthen personally handled thousands of misdemeanor cases. including, but not limited to, DUI, domestic battery, battery, orders of protection, retail theft, cannabis and financial crimes.
Ms. Trevarthen has conducted hundreds of trials, including both bench and jury trials. Prior to leaving the State’s Attorney’s Office, Ms. Trevarthen prosecuted the oldest cold case in the nation’s history: the 1957 kidnapping and murder of a 7 year old girl.