Raul A. Villalobos is a seasoned trial attorney with almost 40 years of experience across a diverse range of practice areas

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As an Assistant State's Attorney, Villalobos was the Felony Trial Court Supervisor in charge of training and supervsing other Assistant State's Attorneys in the jury selection and trial of major felony cases.  In his time as an Assistant State's Attorney alone, he tried 50 to 60 jury cases and over 500 bench trials.    

As a partner at Reyes, Villalobos, & Velarde, Villalobos concentrated in trial litigation, insurance and tort defense, real estate acquisition, development, conversions and rezoning, and commercial and business litigation.

As a partner at Rodriguez & Villalobos, Villalobos oversaw a team of approximately twelve attorneys who handled a broad range of corporate, business, and tax related matters.  Rodriguez & Villalobos represented public agencies and large corporations such as Commonwealth Edison, The Chicago Housing Authority, and Illinois Bell Telephone company.  

Now as the founding attorney at Villalobos & Associates, Villalobos uses his vast combined experience to serve clients across a wide range of practice areas. Raul A. Villalobos focuses on criminal defense in Cook County and several nearby Counties as well.  He handles numerous trials per year in matters ranging from DUI to Murder in State and Federal Court.  He has handled and won complex cases or those that other attorneys would choose not to litigate.  See below:

People v. Flores et al. 
21 people tragically died when a fight at the E2 nightclub on South Michigan avenue caused a stampede in which club patrons crushed each other while trying to exit the over-crowded club. Villalobos & Associates represented one of the club promoters and served as head of the defense team for all the defendants. Despite the attention from the media and the negative public sentiment surrounding the case, all the defendants were acquitted after Villalobos & Associates argued that the defendants could only have foreseen the series of events leading up to the tragedy if they had a crystal ball.

People v. Duarte 

Police attempted to pull over a vehicle driving erratically in the Pilsen neighborhood. The driver of the vehicle did not obey the police and led them on a chase that ended up in the parking lot of the UIC Police Department. Once blocked in by police, the vehicle rammed police vehicles and drove through a gate and onto the UIC baseball field, where a game was in progress. The chase continued to Roosevelt Rd., where the driver abandoned the vehicle and led police on a brief foot chase. As the driver exited the vehicle, police saw an open beer can fall out of the vehicle. The client was driving on a revoked license and was ultimately charged with 22 charges from DUI to battery to a police officer. Villalobos & Associates was able to knock out all the charges except DUI, for which the client received 2 years of probation and 15 hours of community service.