As a seasoned criminal defense attorney based in Chicago, Catharine D. O’Daniel brings extensive experience and a deep understanding of the local legal landscape. Her dedication to defending clients’ rights drives her practice, ensuring every individual receives fair treatment under the law.
Practice Areas
- Criminal Defense – State and Federal
- Grand Jury Practice – State and Federal
- Appeals-State and Federal
- Corporate Investigations
- Pardon and Clemency Petitions
Specialties
- White Collar Criminal Defense
- Fraud Offenses
- Tax Offenses
- Narcotics Offenses
- RICO Violations
- Murder and Violent Crimes
- Weapons Offenses
- Sex Offenses
- Regulatory Offenses
- Thurgood Marshall NAACP Recipient
- Leading Lawyers Network Top Ten Female Criminal Defense Attorneys in Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Federal Court Pro Hac Vice Bar Admissions
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court Southern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
- United States District Court for the District of Arizona
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
State Court Pro Hac Vice Bar Admissions
- Indiana
- Missouri
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Georgia
- Florida
- New Mexico
- Arkansas
- Texas
- Tennessee
- NACDL – Board of Directors, 2018 to Present
- IACDL
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Inn of Court
- Business professionals
- Professional and semiprofessional athletes
- Teachers
- Lawyers
- Doctors
- Physicians and Physician Practice Groups
- Real Estate Developers
- Musicians
- Software Engineers
