Luis Felipe Sanchez

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Luis Felipe Sanchez

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Born in Sahuayo, Mexico, Luis Felipe Sanchez arrived in Lake County, Indiana with his parents and siblings as a six-year old. After receiving his JD in 1976, Sanchez was an Indiana Public Defender in Lake County, Ind. for two years. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago for 25 years, all in the criminal division where he successfully prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases for federal crimes. He appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit a dozen times on appellate matters and tried in excess of 60 cases in the U.S. district courts, including an organized crime trial with 14 defendants that lasted nearly five months. Since his retirement from the Department of Justice, Sanchez has continued his legal career in private practice as a criminal defense attorney and has been instrumental in encouraging other Latine students to pursue a legal education at the Maurer School of Law.

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Maurer Alumni, Criminal Law, Public Defender, Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Department of Justice

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Criminal Law | Law | Legal Biography | Legal Profession

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