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Donald J. Ramsell
Top Illinois DUI Attorney
Ramsell and Associates LLC
128 S. County Farm Road
Suite F
Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630-665-8780
Website: dui-illinois-attorney.com








About Donald J. Ramsell
Donald Ramsell is the author of Illinois DUI Law and Practice Guidebook. He has handled over 15,000 DUI cases since 1984. He has argued before the United States Supreme Court and before the Illinois Supreme Court five times. He has argued before the Untied States Supreme Court. He was the Chair of the Illinois State Bar Traffic law Section. He has been voted an Illinois Super Lawyer in DUI fifteeen times. He is certified in Field Sobriety Testing as a student and instructor. Donald has achieved every distinction an attorney in this field can gain.
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