James Tunick

James is a highly accomplished criminal defense and civil rights attorney with over twenty five years of experience in federal criminal and civil rights law in Chicago and in various federal courts throughout the United States, including Detroit, Indianapolis, Newark, Laredo, McCallen, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Tampa, New Orleans. James possesses exceptional talent for trial advocacy and have extensive experience in complex federal prosecutions, specifically large complex cases. James has first chaired over 25 federal criminal trials and argued numerous cases before the United States Courts of Appeals. He has won trade secret cases and been featured in the Washington Post. New York Times, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Chicago Tribune and SunTimes and other periodicals. James has never lost a civil rights trial. James has represented a wide array of individuals, including Mayors, Alderman, police officers, PhDs, etc.

James has been a member of the Federal Defender Panel for the past 20 years.  James is well known in the legal community as a fierce advocate for those he represents and who posses great legal knowledge in criminal law, criminal procedure and the admissibility of evidence.  For over 25 years, James, has aggressively and successfully represented people charged with crimes throughout the United States.  James has had an incredible success rate at trial, and he has developed a superb reputation, as he has taken on the most difficult and complex cases and legal issues.  He has earned a tremendous amount of respect with Judges in Illinois and throughout the United States, as he has taken cases to jury trials on the border of Mexico to Chicago and back.  James has represented individuals charged with crimes in Detroit, Cleveland, Newark, Indianapolis, Louisville, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, Lexington, Laredo, McCallen, Tampa and all over Illinois.

  • John Marshall Law School, Chicago, J.D.

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.S. in Accounting and Finance

Admissions and Qualifications

  • Illinois

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Michigan

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin