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Law Offices of Tedone and Morton, P.C.

Cosmo Tedone | Law Offices of Tedone and Morton, P.C.

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Cosmo J. Tedone was born on December 13, 1966 in Manchester, Connecticut. Prior to forming the law firm, Tedone & Morton, P.C., he was the senior associate with Chuck Bretz and Associates, P.C. for eight years along with experience as an Assistant Will County Public Defender and private practice in the area of insurance defense and general civil litigation. He was involved with several appeals that resulted in three murder convictions being overturned in 2011.

With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Tedone’s current practice emphasizes in criminal defense (DUI, Suspended Driver Licenses, Drugs, Domestic Battery, Homicide and Appeals), personal injury, and Secretary of State Hearings, representing a wide variety of clientele. He represents clients in litigation matters before Federal and State Courts, arbitration and administrative agencies. Cosmo has many years of experience as a litigator trying over fifty jury trials and hundreds of bench trials and motions.

Mr. Tedone graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (B.A. 1990) and Thomas Cooley School of Law (J.D. 2001-Cum Laude). He received several awards and accomplishments while in law school including a Certificate of Merit in Torts and Family Law, finalist in the school’s moot court competition and member of law review.

He is admitted and qualified to practice in the States of Connecticut and Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar. Mr. Tedone is a member of the Will County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and former member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers.

Bar Admissions
Connecticut
Illinois
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois

Education
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
J.D. (Cum Laude)
Rochester Institute of Technology , Rochester, New York
B.A. – 1990

Honors and Awards
Best of the Best, Top 10 Criminal Defense Attorney, 2019
American Institute of Trial Lawyers, 2019 Litigator of The Year, 2019
Lawyers of Distinction, 2019
American Jurist institute, Top 10 Attorneys, 2018
America’s Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys, 2017
10 Best in Illinois For Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys, 2015-2017
Superior DUI Attorney, National Advocacy for DUI Defense (NAFDD), 2012-2016
Certificate of Merit in Torts and Family Law
Avvo, Top Attorney
Avvo, Clients’ Choice, 2015
Thomas M. Cooley Moot Court Competition, Finalist
Law Review, Member

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, Member
Will County Bar Association, Member
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers, Former Member