****32 years experience:Rolfe has tried literally thousands of cases in every Court from the Circuit Court to the United States Supreme Court.He has been an Assistant State’s Attorney, Illinois Appellate Prosecutor and a Defense Attorney.****Notable cases:Of Rolfe’s cases, 30 have been published in law books nationwide as legal precedent in many areas of the law.The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has published numerous articles about Rolfe's cases on such subjects as forfeiture, double jeopardy, municipal elections, and murder.The Illinois State Bar Association had a seminar for lawyers covering, in part, Rolfe’s case on land valuation.Rolfe was admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1980 and since that time he has filed Petitions for Certiorari concerning double jeopardy, due process and the power of the states to control inheritance.Lawyers and judges are not allowed to try death penalty cases in Illinois unless they are first certified by the Illinois Supreme Court. Only two private attorneys in northwest Illinois are currently certified to handle death penalty cases. Rolfe is one of them.The October 2007 Reader's Digest has an article about Rolfe’s most recent case in the Illinois Supreme Court about the rights of children, parents and grandparents.Rolfe has been published on ethics in the Illinois Bar Journal. This article was cited by name by the Illinois Appellate Courts in six different cases when they were deciding the rules of ethical conduct.Specialties: Litigation, Appeals, Family Law and Criminal Law