About James G.
James G. Dimeas has practiced law in Illinois for decades. He leads a small firm in the Chicago suburbs and has built a career centered on criminal defense and federal litigation. His path to the courtroom began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, through a steady course of schooling and early firm experience.
Dimeas earned a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University Chicago in 1989 and received his Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 1992. Those years framed his early legal training and prepared him for work at both private firms and in federal courts.
He started his career as an associate at Palivos Law Office, P.C. in 1992. Three years later he became a senior partner at The Chicago Lawyers Group, P.C., a position he held until 2001 when he moved on as a senior partner at Legal Defenders, P.C. In 2017 he established James G. Dimeas & Associates and serves as principal. The sequence shows a traditional climb through associate and partner roles into firm leadership.
Dimeas is admitted to practice in Illinois and is authorized to appear before the United States Courts for the Seventh Circuit and the Federal Circuit. He is also a member of the Federal Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Among professional recognitions, he appears on The National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers list, an accolade he has held since 2015.
Professional memberships form a visible part of his profile. He belongs to the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, both since 2018. He joined The National Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2018 and the American Institute of Criminal Law Lawyers in 2017. Locally, he has been a member of The DuPage County Bar Association since 2016 and the Northwest Suburban Bar Association since 2019. These affiliations align with the practice areas he pursues and the courts where he regularly appears.
In practice he handles criminal defense matters and federal cases, and his firm represents clients in state and federal courts. He maintains office operations under the name James G. Dimeas & Associates and continues to accept matters in his areas of practice. Currently he focuses his practice on criminal defense and federal litigation.
