United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1981
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1987
United States District Court for the District of Arizona, 1999
United States Supreme Court, 1999
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1976
Honors: Graduation with Distinction in all Subjects
Professional Associations
Illinois State Bar Association
Committees: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee, Committee Member
Chicago Bar Association
More Than Thirty Years Experience
Joanie Rae Wimmer has a long and distinguished career in trial law and is one of the top criminal defense lawyers in Illinois. Joanie Rae Wimmer received the honor of being one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the USA by the National Trial Lawyers. (See Cases)
Practice Concentrated in these areas:
Plaintiffs’ Civil Rights
Employment Law
Criminal defense
Argued and won the class of one Equal Protection case in the United States Supreme Court, Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562 (2000).
