McCain Law Offices

11/07/2023

On this day 21 years ago, I was admitted to the Bar of the State of Illinois. My most precious memory about this day was a moment I shared with my grandmother who lived in the Mississippi Delta her entire life.

We were sitting alone in my office on the 24th floor of a Chicago skyscraper. She looked at me, her youngest of four grandsons, and said, “Trent, you made it.”

She passed away a little more than two years later at the age of 91.

10/12/2023

Even an overcast day cannot dull this view from the terrace of the Prudential Building. Meeting #2 of my tenure as President of the Chicago Inn of Court. Missing you, Tony.

12/07/2021

Part 2 of 3.

Out now - Part 2 of our 3 part series into the shocking death of Cary Owsley. Download and listen today.

Kelly McLear
Melissa Mccarty
PodcastOne
Killer Genes
Cary Owsley Mission For Justice
Cheryl Owsley Jackson

12/07/2021

The true crime podcast covers the suspicious death of Cary Owsley.

New Episode Out Now!
The Shocking Death of Cary Owsley - Part 1

When Cary Owsley was found dead, it shocked a family and a community, but even more so when his death was ruled a su***de. In this special 3-part series of Killer Genes we reveal the botched investigation, missing potential evidence and explore family ties that bind.

Melissa Mccarty
Kelly McLear
Killer Genes
PodcastOne
Cheryl Owsley Jackson
Cary Owsley Mission For Justice

10/07/2020

This is reprehensible behavior. In my travels, I've seen police cars with the Confederate Battle Flag on the front license plate. Police cars are paid for by taxpayer money. Ms. Wilkerson put these supportive messages on her personal vehicle. Your employer cannot tell you what to think and how to feel.

07/09/2020

Nikki's light still shines...It is a profound honor to represent her mother.

Secretary of State Jesse White unveiled a new ad campaign today featuring a woman whose life was saved because of organ donation when she received a heart fr...

12/19/2019

This is incredible. We believe it demonstrates that there is a pattern and practice of race discrimination within the South Bend Police Department.

While the South Bend Police Department arrested a black resident on Wednesday, officers gleefully quoted a scene from Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” in which hooded K*K members bicker amongst themselves while riding to kill Jamie Fox’s character, Django. The individual being arrested...

12/12/2019

Felt nice to give some love to the , Andrew Gillum. Go get ‘em tomorrow, partner! Coffman Law

Hearing on Thursday for family's request

12/06/2019

The recent promotion of officer Dave Johnson is yet another example of the mayor’s failure to adequately address troubling race relations in South Bend.

12/04/2019

Special prosecutor still reviewing death of Eric Logan

11/07/2019

We will leave no stone unturned...

A new front is opening in the battle over South Bend’s secret police tapes. The family of Eric Logan, the black man shot dead by p