Libertyville, Illinois · Se habla español
Trial attorneys for criminal, DUI, immigration, and family matters across Lake, Cook, and DuPage Counties. Every case is met with a deliberate strategy and prepared as though it will be tried — which is precisely why so many are resolved before they ever reach a courtroom.
Our Philosophy
“We don’t take cases hoping to win.
We prepare them so we don’t lose.”
That sentence is the whole firm. Behind every outcome we’re proud of is work no client ever sees — the third read of the file, the argument we anticipated before the other side made it, the question we knew was coming because we’d already lived in the record. We believe cases are won long before anyone reaches a courtroom, and we practice that way.
We do not sell outcomes; we build them. Every matter begins with a strategy and the disciplined work behind it — a complete reading of the record, a map of every argument, and a plan that leaves the other side little room to surprise us.
Every attorney here is trial-tested and fully equipped — there is no second string to get stuck with. You get the right lawyer for your matter, fully briefed and ready, with the depth of the entire firm behind them.
A charge is rarely just a charge. We weigh what a matter means for your record, your license, your family, and your right to stay — and we plan for all of it at once.
What We Handle
Felony and misdemeanor defense across Lake County and the collar counties, from arrest through trial. We investigate the State’s case, litigate what can be suppressed, and try what should be tried. And because a conviction can cost a non-citizen far more than a sentence, we weigh every charge and plea for its immigration consequences before a client decides.
How we handle it →A DUI threatens your license, your record, and — for many of our clients — far more. We challenge the stop, the testing, and the evidence; push for reductions such as reckless driving where the facts support it; and protect your ability to keep driving to work and family. We handle the criminal case and the Secretary of State consequences together, not as an afterthought.
How we handle it →Divorce, parentage, and everything that follows — handled with the discretion these matters demand and the firmness they sometimes require. We guide clients through dissolution, the allocation of parental responsibilities and parenting time, child support, and maintenance, and we draft the agreements that make a judgment hold. When circumstances change, we go back to court to modify or enforce.
How we handle it →From the affirmative paperwork to the courtroom, we handle the full arc of immigration — and we handle the hard ones. Asylum, withholding, and protection under the Convention Against Torture; humanitarian relief through VAWA and U- and T-visas; cancellation of removal; and the waivers that turn a denial into a path forward. When a client is in removal proceedings, we mount a defense built for immigration court, not improvised for it.
How we handle it →A judgment is rarely the end. We modify support and parenting orders when life changes, enforce orders the other side ignores, and pursue post-judgment relief when a result needs to be revisited — in both family and criminal matters.
How we handle it →Getting your license back after a revocation is its own proceeding — and it is won on preparation. We represent clients at Illinois Secretary of State formal and informal hearings, for restricted driving permits and full reinstatement, and we build the evidence and testimony a hearing officer is actually looking for: the evaluation, the treatment, the documented sobriety.
How we handle it →About the Firm
George M. Gomez & Associates is a Libertyville law firm built around the families of Lake, Cook, and DuPage Counties — many of them immigrant families navigating the courts in a second language, at the hardest moments of their lives. We exist to make that navigable.
Most firms specialize narrowly and refer everything else out. We made the opposite choice. Immigration, family law, and criminal defense sit under one roof because, in the lives of the people we represent, they rarely stay in separate boxes — and the cost of treating them as if they do can be severe.
Every client is met where they are — in English or Spanish — talked with rather than talked over, and walked through every move before it’s made. And every attorney at the firm is trial-tested and fully equipped, so whoever stands with you is bringing the firm’s best, not whoever happened to be free that day.
Why One Firm
Immigration, family, and criminal law are treated as separate worlds by separate firms. For the families we serve, they are one world — and a decision in one can quietly determine the outcome in another. We keep all three under a single roof so that one coordinated strategy can account for each of them at once.
A deal that looks like a win in criminal court can be an automatic ground of deportation. We weigh the immigration fallout of every charge and plea before a client ever signs — the precise analysis a criminal-only firm isn’t built to run.
When a single family needs help across all three, one team coordinates every move — instead of three outside lawyers giving advice that contradicts, duplicates, or quietly works against itself.
Divorce, parentage, and orders of protection can open or close a path to legal status — VAWA, U-visas, conditional residency. When the family lawyer and the immigration lawyer are the same team, nothing is lost in the handoff between them.
The cracks between firms are where cases are lost. We don’t have those cracks.
Make No Mistake
There is a real difference between a lawyer who litigates and one who tries cases to verdict — and many attorneys have never done the latter. We prepare every matter as though a jury will decide it, because that standard of preparation serves our clients whether a case is settled or tried.
Most matters resolve without a trial, on terms our clients are glad to accept. But when a fair resolution cannot be reached, a client’s case is tried by an attorney who has taken more than one hundred cases before judges and juries.
What is a trial attorney? →The Approach
Principles only matter if they show up in the work. What follows is the strategy and method behind every case we take — the deliberate steps that carry a matter from the first conversation to the last court date.
Before any strategy, we take time to understand your situation in full — what happened, what’s at stake, and what a good outcome looks like for you. We ask the hard questions early, while there is still time to act on the answers.
With the full picture in view, we set a single strategy across every front a case touches — criminal, immigration, and family — testing how each plea, filing, or judgment moves the others before we commit to any of them. Nothing is decided in isolation.
We research the other side as closely as our own case — their position, their tendencies, and the arguments they’re likely to make — then build the record to answer each one. By the time a matter is heard, we’ve already worked through it.
A case built for trial settles on better terms. When the right resolution is on the table, we take it. When it isn’t, we are fully prepared to try it — and that preparation is where a client’s leverage comes from.
What Clients Say
Very professional, and his team is always on top of the case. The communication is excellent.
— Armando R.
Very relatable, a great communicator, and easy to work with!
— Andres B.
Honest, efficient, and responsible — handled my immigration process from start to finish.
— Francisco M.
Get in Touch
Tell us what you’re facing and the best way to reach you. We’ll follow up to schedule a confidential consultation. For anything urgent, call the office directly.