About Lori
Lori Levin trained as a journalist before turning to law. She earned a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She is admitted to practice in Illinois and has spent most of her career in criminal justice and related fields.
Her early public-sector work included supervising the Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Division in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in 1998. That role put her at the intersection of criminal law and issues affecting older adults and people with disabilities. In 2003 she moved to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority as Executive Director. There she worked on program development and administration tied to criminal justice policy and resource allocation.
In 2009 she began operating under the name Lori G. Levin, Lawyer at Law. That move formalized a shift to private practice, while she continued to remain active in statewide and national professional groups. Her career combines courtroom experience, policy work, and an emphasis on practice improvement through continuing legal education.
Levin’s involvement in bar associations spans decades. She has held leadership posts in the American Bar Association, serving as Assistant Secretary of the Criminal Justice Section in 1988–1989 and later as Vice-Chair for Professional Development/Continuing Legal Education in 1997–1998. She co-chaired ABA efforts on legal problems of the elderly and contributed to symposia on psychology and criminal law. At the state level she has been active in the Illinois State Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section Council since 2005 and chaired ISBA standing committees on Continuing Legal Education (2011–2013) and Women and the Law (2018–2019). She served as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois in 2004–2005 and has held roles with the Decalogue Society of Lawyers and the Chicago Bar Association.
Her practice reflects those threads. Levin handles criminal defense matters and cases that involve older adults and people with disabilities, drawing on prior supervisory and policy roles. She also participates regularly in continuing legal education programs and in bar governance work. She practices in Illinois and focuses on criminal defense and matters involving older adults and persons with disabilities.
