Steven Greenberg (attorney)

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Steven Allen Greenberg (born May 4, 1960, Oak Park, Illinois) is a prominent Chicago criminal defense attorney. He is often featured on cable news networks such as Fox, CNN and MSNBC as a legal analyst.

He earned his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in 1982 from Indiana University and his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Northern Illinois University in 1986. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1986 and has also been admitted to practice in federal district and appellate courts along with the U.S. Supreme Court. In February of 2006, Greenberg was featured in Super Lawyers.

On May 23, 2006, Greenberg was appointed by Circuit Judge George Bakalis in Dupage County (Illinois) to represent Brian Dugan in the 1983 rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville. The Nicarico case was brought to national attention after two men, Rolando Cruz and Alex Hernandez, were wrongfully convicted of the crime and sentenced to death.