Year Joined Organization

• 1975

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Wills & Trusts
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Agriculture Law
• Real Estate Law
• Contracts

Litigation Percentage

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1975
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. District Court, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1981

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1975
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1972
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: Agricultural Economics
  
  

Representative Cases

• Peck v. Froehlich, 367 Ill. App. 3d 225 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 2006)
• Horn v. Rincker, 417 N.E.2d 1329 (Ill. 1981)
• Law v. Central Illinois Public Service Co., 408 N.E.2d 74 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1980)
• Estate of York, 481 N.E.2d 805 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 1985)
• Scott State Bank v. Tabor Grain Co., 441 N.E.2d 173 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1982)
• Poelker by Poelker v. Macon Community Unit School Dist. No. 5, 571 N.E.2d 479 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1990)
• Spencer v. Scott, 584 N.E.2d 1024 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1991)
• Camp Creek Duck Farm, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co., 430 N.E.2d 385 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1981)

Representative Clients

• Scott State Bank, Bethany, Illinois
• State Bank of Niantic, Illinois

References

• Blain A. Cornwell, President, State Bank of Niantic, Illinois
• Sam Scott, President, Scott State Bank, Bethany, Illinois

Honors and Awards

• Leading Lawyers Network, May 5, 2005 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar, 1975 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Macon County Conservation District
  President
  
  
• Macon County Farm Bureau
  
  

Birth Information

• February 13, 1950, Decatur, Illinois, United States of America