Vig Law, P.C.

Focus and practice areas

This Springfield, Illinois firm concentrates on criminal defense. Its work covers the charges that move through Illinois courts most often, and it also takes on federal matters. The practice areas the site lists give a clear picture of the kinds of cases the two attorneys handle. Criminal defense is the whole of the firm's focus, so a client reaching out is dealing with lawyers who work these cases day to day.

The charges the firm handles

Vig Law lists DUI and DWI, drug crimes, sex offenses, and violent crime among its core areas. It also handles federal charges, traffic violations, and traffic tickets. These categories include everyday traffic citations as well as felony charges that carry prison time.

Each area carries its own rules and its own stakes. A DUI charge in Illinois can affect a driver's license as well as a criminal record. Drug and violent crime charges can bring felony exposure. Sex offense cases carry registration consequences that follow a person for years. The firm names all of these as part of its regular caseload.

Work beyond the initial charge

The firm's listed work reaches past the first hearing. Vig Law handles juvenile delinquency matters, license reinstatement, post-conviction petitions, and appeals. Its practice menu also names civil rights. In my opinion, that range shows the firm takes both trial-level charges and the appeals or petitions that can follow a conviction.

License reinstatement matters when a driver wants to get back on the road after a suspension. Post-conviction work and appeals come into play once a case has already been decided. A firm that lists these alongside trial defense signals that it stays with a matter through more than one stage.

How the team is built

The firm has two attorneys, William Vig and Sara Vig. William Vig also goes by Bill. The two are husband and wife, and they run the practice together. A firm this size means a client works directly with one of the two named lawyers.

Shared credentials

Both attorneys graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law. That shared schooling gives the firm one consistent training base. Both also hold CJA appointments for the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.

A CJA appointment carries specific weight. Under the Criminal Justice Act, federal courts appoint private attorneys to represent defendants who cannot afford counsel. A lawyer on that panel has been approved by the court to take federal criminal cases. Both Vig attorneys hold that standing.

The firm states that its attorneys have a combined 20 years of experience in the Sangamon County criminal justice system. As a reviewer, I read that as two lawyers who have spent their careers in and around the same local courts.

Where the firm works

Vig Law is based in Springfield, in Sangamon County. The firm serves clients across a group of central Illinois counties. Those include Cass, Christian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, and Pike, along with Sangamon itself. The attorney bios also name Macoupin County.

This is a defined regional footprint. The counties named cluster around Springfield, so the firm's stated reach matches the area its attorneys know from local practice. For a criminal case, that local knowledge covers the courthouses, the prosecutors, and the procedures of a specific set of counties.

State and federal courts

Vig Law works in both state and federal court. Illinois criminal cases and federal matters run under different rules and different courtrooms. A charge in state court follows Illinois statutes and county procedure. A federal charge moves through the United States District Court, where the CJA appointments the two attorneys hold apply.

Handling both keeps a client with the same firm whether a case starts in a county courtroom or a federal one. The firm names juvenile delinquency and post-conviction work as part of this same span of courts.

What the record shows

The firm documents its work through its website and several social channels, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter, now called X. The site sets out the attorneys, their credentials, and the areas of law they take on.

Two facts anchor that record. Both attorneys hold degrees from the University of Illinois College of Law, and both carry CJA appointments in the federal Central District of Illinois. In my opinion, a two-attorney firm that states its schools, its court appointments, and its home counties gives a reader a clear basis for judging fit on a local criminal matter.

The site keeps its public detail on these points. It names the lawyers, the charges they defend, and the counties and courts where they appear.