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Donald J. Ramsell
Top Illinois DUI Attorney
Ramsell and Associates LLC
128 S. County Farm Road
Suite F
Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630-665-8780
Website: dui-illinois-attorney.com

About Donald J. Ramsell
Donald Ramsell is the author of Illinois DUI Law and Practice Guidebook. He has handled over 20,000 DUI cases since 1984. He has argued before the United States Supreme Court and before the Illinois Supreme Court five times. Don was the Chair of the Illinois State Bar Traffic law Section. He has been voted an Illinois Super Lawyer in DUI over twenty times. He is certified in Field Sobriety Testing as a student and instructor. Donald has achieved every distinction an attorney in this field can gain.
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