Estate planning attorney, Criminal justice attorney, Real estate attorney in Lincolnwood, IL
A Chicago-area law firm handling criminal defense, DUI, and traffic matters alongside residential real estate closings, estate planning, and expungement or sealing of criminal records. Estate planning work covers wills, revocable trusts, pour-over wills, special needs planning, advance directives, and beneficiary designations; criminal work ranges from retail theft and drug possession to weapons charges, domestic violence, white collar offenses, and homicide. The firm uses a team-based approach in which all attorneys contribute while one lawyer leads each case, and cites more than 100 years of combined experience. Attorneys include former prosecutors, members of the National College for DUI Defense and other defense bar associations, and lawyers recognized as an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers and a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Offices are located in Lincolnwood, Skokie, and the Chicago Loop.
The practice was founded in the early 1980s by Joseph M. Fagan and Michael R. Epton as Fagan & Epton, Ltd., a general practice emphasizing criminal and traffic matters. Alan T. Davis joined in 1983 after six years as an Assistant State's Attorney, and the firm took its current name. It has since passed to a second generation, with Steven, Jeffrey, and Avi Fagan now practicing; Joseph Fagan is retired and Davis stepped back from partnership in 2025 while remaining active. Clients have reached the firm at the same phone number since the early 1980s.


