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Sarah E. Toney
Chicago DUI Lawyer
The Toney Law Firm, LLC
105 W. Adams Street
Suite 2150
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-854-1933
Website: chicagodefensefirm.com/

About Sarah E. Toney
Sarah is the owner of the Toney Law Firm, LLC, a firm which concentrates in DUI and criminal defense. She is also an adjunct professor at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law where she's taught for the past 13 years. She is on staff of Trial Lawyers College where she teaches trial skills several weeks each year. She has authored a chapter on Field Sobriety Testing for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education's DUI Guidebook. Sarah has also done hands on training with the EC/IR Breathalyzer machines used in Illinois as well as the blood testing machines used by hospitals and crime labs in IL DUI cases. She has been on the Traffic Laws and Courts committee of the IL State Bar Association for more than 10 years and has been the Newsletter Editor during that time. She was named Young Lawyer of the Year in 2014.
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