Jed Stone Recognized for Excellence in the Law

    WAUKEGAN, IL, March 10, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jed Stone, Information Technology Manager of Stone & Associates L.L.C. Ltd., has been recognized by Worldwide Registry for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in his profession.

With 38 years of industry experience and in his current role, Mr. Stone specializes in criminal defense law, including being known as the "go-to" defense firm in the Waukegan area and northern Illinois area. His duty is practicing criminal law. Being known throughout the United States for his advocacy; Mr. Stone has held criminal defense seminars for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, federal defender training division, the National Criminal Defense College at Mercer Law School. He has also taught criminal law locally at Northwestern University and Lake Forest College, and outside of Illinois at the New York State Defender Institute.

In the future, Mr. Stone will continue to provide quality representation for his clients. He has been successful because of his passion for assisting the under-served and concern about the health and well-being of his clients. He became involved in his profession due to the values he was taught by his mother when he was a youth. She was a huge influence, as she was originally an immigrant who came to this country in the early 1900s. Although quite poor, he was raised to be articulate, value education, and to speak his mind. Serving the under-served was important to him, and becoming a lawyer made sense and provided him with the tools to do just that.

Mr. Stone pursued his goals through education, earning a JD from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law (1975) and a Bachelor of Arts from Lake Forest College, IL (1971). He gained bar admissions from the: U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois (1989); U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit (1986); U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit (1985); U.S. Supreme Court (1984); U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit (1983); U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois (1976); and State of Illinois (1976). He is also a diplomate and certified criminal trial advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and a master advocate of the Chicago Bar Association.

Mr. Stone has also had numerous honors bestowed upon him, including: AV Preeminent (TM) Peer Review, Martindale-Hubbell; Who's Who in American Law; Leading Illinois Lawyer in Criminal Appellate Advocacy; Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers; Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Award; NAACP Freedom and Justice Award; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

His hobbies are spending time with his wife, five children, and two grandchildren, enjoying sleight of hand magic, and reading. For more information about him, visit http://www.jedstone.com.

Stone & Associates Ltd.., provides legal services for criminal defense, homicide, sex crimes, drug crimes, white collar crimes and representing growers and dispensaries in the new field of medical marijuana law.

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