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Mr. Scherer's Areas of Practice
Mr. Scherer’s experience in a variety of criminal courts has prepared him to handle every kind of criminal case. The vast majority of the criminal cases he has handled in the military are the same kinds of cases he has handled in civilian criminal court, so that his military experience is directly relevant to his civilian practice. He has developed an expertise doing trial work, challenging expert testimony, and exposing police misconduct. For a sample of the kinds of criminal cases Mr. Scherer has handled in his career, please visit the Representative Cases page at the Gagne, Scherer & Langemo website by clicking here.
In addition to his military criminal trial work, Mr. Scherer handles the following kinds of cases:
Federal Criminal Court
Mr. Scherer provides comprehensive representation for people facing criminal charges in federal court. From the grand jury through the appellate process, Mr. Scherer takes an aggressive approach. Throughout his career he has done frequent jury trials, so he is not afraid to take on tough cases and fight the US Attorney’s office. In addition to taking private criminal cases, Mr. Scherer is an active member of the Chicago Federal Defender Panel, renowned as the nation’s most prestigious federal defender office. He regularly handles numerous complex criminal cases involving white collar crime, conspiracy, government contract fraud, wire and mail fraud, computer crime, extortion and bribery, abuse of public office, and drug offenses.
Illinois Criminal Court
From his office on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Mr. Scherer covers state criminal matters in all Chicago branch courts, as well as in the counties of Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. Mr. Scherer will travel anywhere in Illinois to defend residents facing serious criminal charges, DUI, juvenile delinquency, and misdemeanors.
Civil Rights
Using his skills as a trial attorney and his ability to find and expose police misconduct, Mr. Scherer has gotten justice for people abused by police agencies. For example, his cases have involved wrongful imprisonment, assault, and in-custody death. Many criminal investigations also involve police misconduct. Mr. Scherer has represented defendants in their criminal trials, and then represented them as plaintiffs in their lawsuits against the city. On the other hand, because of his knowledge of proper police procedure, he has also been able to represent police officers wrongly accused of misconduct.
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