Attorney Dragan Ivetic has been providing clients in the United States and across the world with unparalleled legal services since 1999. Whether you need legal consultation or advice on a transactional matter or need a lawyer to represent you in a court case, we would be glad to help. We will walk you through every step, taking care of any issues you may have along the way.
Our goal is to make every client's legal experience as stress-free as possible.
With Dragan Ivetic, Attorney at Law, LLC, rest assured you can feel comfortable, safe, and confident knowing that your case is in the best hands. Get in touch with us today — we look forward to hearing from you.
Founded in 2009
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We handle real estate transactions, provide advise on leases and other written documents pertaining to real estate. We handle litigation that is relating to real estate. We have assisted clients with real estate matters both in the United States of America and in other countries (through our network of contacts and colleagues from years of international law experience).
We handle defense representation of persons accused of crimes, both in the United States and internationally or in other countries. Dragan is currently licensed and authorized to practice before the Illinois courts all the way up to the Illinois Supreme Court, and the United States’ District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Internationally he is one of a select few American attorneys licensed and authorized to practice before the United Nations ICTY/IRMCT, the International Criminal Court, and the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina. His practice has led him across the United States, Europe, and Africa. Dragan has been sought and/or retained for international work alongside local counsel in several European countries, as well as Australia and Africa in private legal matters.
He has handled civil and criminal litigation matters all over the world, including acting as defense counsel in some of the most high profile international war-crimes cases since World War 2. His most recent such representation, for General Ratko Mladić, was chronicled in the BBC/VPRO/PBS Documentary "The Trial of Ratko Mladić," and is the subject of another pending documentary and countless media articles, interviews and appearances. An in depth article was written about him and his work in the largest news magazine in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, "De Groene Amsterdamner."
In his most recent case before the United Nations, Dragan and the team obtained an acquittal of an African legal investigator wrongfully accused, charged, and imprisoned for over a year on false allegations of contempt and witness tampering.
Dragan's practice at this law firm continues with the same diligence and zeal in domestic cases as shown for international cases.
Understanding and protecting your Intellectual Property rights is critical. Dragan is licensed and authorized to represent clients before the Trademark Office (USPTO) as well as the Copyright Office. He has helped clients across the US and Internationally with their trademark and copyright legal matters. Dragan provides Trademark Search and Registration services at a flat fee basis, so please contact us if you are interested!
DRAGAN DAN IVETIĆ received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Northwestern University in 1996 and went on to the University of Illinois College of Law where he received a Juris Doctorate in 1999, and has been practicing law ever since then.
Dragan is currently licensed and authorized to practice before the Illinois courts all the way up to the Illinois Supreme Court, and the United States’ District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Internationally he is one of a select few American attorneys licensed and authorized to practice before the United Nations ICTY/IRMCT, the International Criminal Court, and the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina. His practice has led him across the United States, Europe, and Africa. Dragan has been sought and/or retained for international work alongside local counsel in several European countries, as well as Australia and Africa in private legal matters.
He has handled civil and criminal litigation matters all over the world, including acting as defense counsel in some of the most high profile international war-crimes cases since World War 2. His most recent such representation, for General Ratko Mladić, was chronicled in the BBC/VPRO/PBS Documentary "The Trial of Ratko Mladić," and is the subject of another pending documentary and countless media articles, interviews and appearances. An in depth article was written about him and his work in the largest news magazine in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, "De Groene Amsterdamner."
In his most recent case before the United Nations, Dragan and the team obtained an acquittal of an African legal investigator wrongfully accused, charged, and imprisoned for over a year on false allegations of contempt and witness tampering.
Dragan's practice at this law firm continues with the same diligence and zeal in domestic cases as shown for international cases, with a focus on Trial and Appellate litigation, as well as Transactional work. Perhaps you have a legal matter important to you, or have a loved one that has such a legal matter. Sign up for a free consultation and see if your case will be Dragan's next project.
In 2019 in recognition of his superb reputation and standing, Dragan's peers elected him President of the Association of Defence Counsel Practicing before International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT) which is the officially recognized bar of all attorneys practicing before the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the successor to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, respectively). At present Dragan serves as a member of the Training Committee (where he has served continuously since 2015) . In addition to being past president, Dragan is also a past Vice-President of the ADC-ICT (simultaneously sitting as a member of the Executive Committee, an elected office he has held on numerous occasions the past two decades), and he has served previously on the ADC-ICT Membership Committee and the Disciplinary Council as well.
Achievements at the ADC-ICT include being granted NGO Observer Status at the Military Commissions by the Pentagon’s Guantànamo Bay Convening Authority, for members to perform the function of an observer at the Military Commission proceedings. Dragan himself received clearance and was the second such observer for the ADC-ICT, travelling in November 2019 to the Military Commission at Guantànamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to observe proceedings against the alleged masterminds of the 9/11 attacks against America.
At the International Criminal Court (ICC), Dragan is a member of the officially recognized bar association, the ICCBA, and serves as an elected member of the ICCBA Professional Standards Advisory Committee (2nd term) and the ICCBA Defence Committee (of which he is currently the Chairperson). Dragan previously served one term as an elected member of the Executive Council, the highest governing organ of the ICCBA.
Dragan has served as an instructor/lecturer on Oral Advocacy and Trial Practice for the participants of the ADC-ICT & ICLB Mock Trial since 2014, and has presented Advocacy Training lectures for the ADC-ICT on several topics as well as regularly lecturing to visiting University groups and bar associations from around the world.
Since 2015 Dragan has been regular guest lecturer on International Law at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam as part of a course in the Masters in Law program, taught under Professor dr. Kristin Henrard, of the Department of International and EU Law.
He is the co-author of a publication for the International Bar Association:
“Should International Organizations Like the UN be responsible to Individuals within their custody as to Human Rights?” International Bar Association Human Rights Law Committee News, Volume 1, Issue 1, page 33 (September, 2017)
