D’Anthony V. Thedford is a career-long criminal defense attorney who is now at Thedford Garber Law, a Chicago criminal defense and civil rights firm. Tony began his legal career as a Cook County public defender, where he served for eight years before starting his own law practice. He has extensive state and federal criminal defense experience as well as experience representing plaintiffs in civil rights litigation. Tony served as the director of trial advocacy under Dean Andrea Lyon at Valparaiso School of Law and serves on the CJA panel for the Northern District of Illinois. He has been active in numerous bar groups, and is the Immediate Past President of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Tony earned his undergraduate degree from Southern College and his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law.
