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Ron Young
Flora, IL Personal Injury Attorney
Personal Injury, Business, Divorce and Insurance Claims
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
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Flora, IL Personal Injury Attorney
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Joshua A. Humbrecht
Mt. Vernon, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Workers' Comp
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Since my time in law school I have dedicated my legal career to serving, protecting and enforcing the rights of individuals harmed through the carelessness of others. I have tried cases throughout the counties of southern Illinois, before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and argued successfully before the Illinois Appellate Courts. Regardless of the size of any given case, my full attention, effort and care is put into all the work I do. I understand that whatever situation the client comes into our office with, it is very important and the source of significant stress and anxiety. I ensure...
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Paul E.H. Rademacher
Mount Vernon, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 8 years of experience
(618) 244-5335
206 S. Ninth Street
P.O. Box 706
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
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Saint Louis University School of Law
I grew up in the small Southern-Illinois town of Mount Olive and have dedicated my time and efforts as a trial lawyer to representing my friends and neighbors during times when they've needed it most. I do not represent companies or their insurance companies and I am no stranger to injury cases taking on 6 more insurance-hired attorneys. As a past IHSA All-State athlete in my youth, competitiveness is in my blood and I strive to bring that same level of fight to each case I'm involved in.
I can personally tell you that our firm - Hassakis &...
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John D Beckham
Mt. Vernon, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
John’s legal experience includes Personal Injury, Real Estate, and Appellate Litigation.
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Joshua Reeves
Mount Vernon, IL Personal Injury Attorney
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Southern Illinois University School of Law
I was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Being a lifelong resident of Southern Illinois, I view our local communities as home and I care about what happens to my neighbors. My law firm, Olson & Reeves, Attorneys at Law has 2 locations, with one being in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and one being in Centralia, Illinois. Our law firm has 3 partners, and we have all been best friends since middle school. We all three also attended the University of Illinois. I went to law school at SIUC where I received my JD. My practice centers around criminal &...
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J. Steven Ayres
Robinson, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Personal Injury, Appeals, Business and Collections
University of Illinois College of Law
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James M. Ruppert
Mount Vernon, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 11 years of experience
(618) 244-5335
206 South Ninth Street, Suite 201
P.O. Box 706
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
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Shane Carnine
Mt. Vernon, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 21 years of experience
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Steve Hanagan
Mount Vernon, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Saint Louis University School of Law
John Frederick Borden
Lawrenceville, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(618) 943-2338
815 Twelfth Street
P.O. Box 737
Lawrenceville, IL 62439
Personal Injury
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Josh Rohrscheib
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 18 years of experience
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University of Illinois College of Law
Josh Rohrscheib is the Managing Attorney of Onward Injury Law and is also Of Counsel to the firm Bolen Robinson & Ellis, LLP. He is passionate about helping injured people and their families get through tough times.
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Scott K Walker
10.0 
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Personal Injury and Products Liability
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale and John A Logan
SK Walker Law, LLC in Marion, IL, is a Marine Corps Combat Veteran owned law firm with SIU School of Law Alum, attorney Scott Walker, who focuses his practice to the area of Personal Injury, Probate, Wills, Trust, Estates, Contract, Real Estate, Business and Mass Tort law.
I use my military and mechanic background and training to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve our issues.
I listen and relate to my clients through my real-world experience, which includes 14 years of military service, with combat tours during Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom, and over twenty years of managerial experience in the maintenance, mining, and...
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Tor Hoerman
Edwardsville, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 29 years of experience
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
After graduation from Chicago-Kent School of Law in 1995, Tor Hoerman began working at the defense firm Bullaro, Carton & Stone until he got a call from a plaintiffs firm, Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz that they may have an opening for a young associate. Tor jumped at the opportunity and learned about his passion to help injured people against those that he had previously represented.
In his years at K,J&S, Tor learned how to work the Courtroom at the Daley Center, spending most of his days either trying cases or running from floor to floor arguing motions on behalf of his...
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Brian Polinske
Edwardsville, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal and DUI
Saint Louis University School of Law
A former prosecutor, I gained insight into what the government looks at when prosecuting defendants. I have successfully conducted many jury trials (133+). From Murder to Drug Trafficking to DUI I have won my clients cases. Let my 26 years of trial experience work for you. My practice is primarily criminal defense oriented. Madison, St. Clair, Jersey, Macoupin, Monroe, Montgomery, Clinton, Calhoun, Fayette and Bond counties are the counties I concentrate in.
Unlike other attorneys, we don't practice in other areas such as bankruptcy, collections, or small claims. We prefer to concentrate...
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Gary K. Burger Jr
10.0 (4 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfBelleville, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Personal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Washington University School of Law
Gary Burger is managing partner of Burger Law, a St. Louis-based personal injury law firm. Gary has dedicated his 32+ year career to the rigorous pursuit of justice for injury victims and their families. His zealous representation has recovered over $200 million for clients so far.
Gary's legal experience spans all personal injury, including motor vehicle crashes, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, premise liability, workers' compensation and more. His wins have been featured in the media and he has hundreds of great reviews from clients. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois, the Missouri Supreme Court, the U.S....
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Jeremy W. Sackett
Edwardsville, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 19 years of experience
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Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Jeremy Sackett is a former prosecutor with over 15 years of courtroom intensive experience. He now represents clients in matters of criminal defense, personal injury, traffic violations, DUI's, evictions, orders of protection, and expungements.
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Todd Bresney
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 28 years of experience
Personal Injury and Products Liability
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Todd is the Senior Partner of Kanoski Bresney. He is also the Senior Trial Attorney who manages the complex litigation division of the law firm. Kanoski Bresney was established over 40 years ago and is a full service personal injury law firm that has 8 central Illinois office locations and a litigation practice that spans throughout the State of Illinois.
He has worked at the Federal Trade Commission and the States Attorney for Cook County. However, he spent the majority of his early career in Chicago representing and defending some of the largest insurers and corporations in the country.
Since 2002,...
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Larry A. Apfelbaum
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois College of Law
Larry joined the Springfield office of Kanoski Bresney in 1989 and opened the firm's Bloomington office in 1995. Along with his staff of dedicated legal assistants in Bloomington and Champaign, Larry has successfully represented thousands of personal injury and workers’ compensation clients throughout central Illinois for more than 30 years.
Larry was born in Freeport, Illinois, and raised in the Chicago area with three brothers. After graduating from Illinois State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree focusing on business administration and accounting, he attended the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana-Champaign, earning his Juris Doctor degree...
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Steven J. Seidman
Belleville, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 43 years of experience
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DePaul College of Law
Steven Seidman, the founding member of Seidman, Margulis and Fairman, has been practicing Personal Injury law for 40 years. During that time he has tried thousands of cases to successful award or verdict. Seidman has many multimillion dollar verdicts, and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for his clients. His high gross jury verdict for a personal injury case was $26.1 million for a seriously injured truck driver. His verdict of $3.8 million, for an attorney who contracted Legionnaire disease at the JW Marriott, in Chicago, was the highest reported verdict for that type of injury in...
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Genavieve Marie Perino
Belleville, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 14 years of experience
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Washington University School of Law and University of Virginia
Genavieve Perino is an experienced trial attorney and negotiator. In over 10 years of service to the injured in Missouri and Illinois, she has secured numerous settlements and judgments to get people the compensation they need to recover. She has obtained plaintiff verdicts in St. Louis City and County, St. Clair County, the Missouri Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court. She has served as lead counsel in a variety of personal injury practice areas, including auto accidents, product liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, dog bites and workers' compensation.
Genavieve focuses her representation on positive client outcomes and fighting...
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Brandon C. Mayberry
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfMarion, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 9 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal, Family and Medical Malpractice
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Brandon C. Mayberry grew up in Jonesboro, Illinois. After high school, Brandon attended Shawnee Community College where he earned an Associates of Arts degree. He then attended Southern Illinois University, where he earned a B.A. in Paralegal Studies with a specialization in Pre-Law graduating Cum Laude. From there, Brandon went on to attend Southern Illinois University School of Law. Brandon graduated from the SIU School of Law. While in law school, Brandon was a member and marshal of the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. While attending SIU School of Law Brandon began working as a law clerk for the Law...
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Kelly Garrett-Hicks
Belleville, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Ms. Hicks has been practicing law in St. Clair and Monroe Counties for more than 18 years. She has successfully tried numerous divorce and custody cases. She is also an experienced mediator. Ms. Hicks grew up in a small town in Monroe County and returned to the area to practice law. She resides with her husband and son in Columbia.
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William R. Tapella
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
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Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Products Liability
Southern Illinois University School of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
Bill R. Tapella practices in the area of civil litigation, including medical malpractice, significant personal injuries, trucking accidents, railroad crossing accidents, wrongful death matters, product liability, and other tort litigation cases.
Bill grew up in Herrin, Illinois and attended Eastern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University (SIU), Carbondale. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Southern Illinois University in 1981 and then went on to receive his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law. While there, he received numerous academic honors, including admission to the Order of Coif, designation as a Harno Scholar, and ultimately graduated Magna Cum...
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James W. Ackerman
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationSpringfield, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Personal Injury, Business, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Valparaiso University School of Law
Following in his father’s footsteps as a legal advocate, Springfield personal injury lawyer James Ackerman established his practice in 1989.
Our approach to the law and to meeting our clients' needs comes from Jim Ackerman's belief that clients are best served when they are fully informed and engaged in every aspect of their case. Jim is a former prosecutor who handles injury claims and who coaches other attorneys on the finer points of case preparation, taking a case to trial, and the art of handling juries. Jim brings years of legal and courtroom experience to bear on every case.
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Taylor Kosla
Springfield, IL Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Consumer
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois since 2017. I have been continuously licensed in Illinois since 2017. I am admitted to practice in all state courts in Illinois. I have been continuously licensed in Wisconsin since 2021. I am admitted to practice in all state courts in Wisconsin.
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Gina Couri-Cyphers
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Personal Injury
Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale
Gina received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Illinois and Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law. During her law school career, Gina served as the Assistant Managing Editor of the Journal of Legal Medicine's Legal Medicine Perspectives.
Additionally, she interned at the St. Clair County State's Attorney's Office. Following graduation from law school, Gina worked for a large general practice defense firm in Springfield, Illinois. In 2018, Gina decided to focus her career on helping the injured and joined Kanoski Bresney.
Gina's pro bono activities are as follows:
Prairie State Legal Services, Volunteer Attorney, 2016 – present
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Charles N. Edmiston
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Iowa College of Law
Chuck enjoys representing injured workers against large insurance companies and employers, working to assure that they receive the medical care that they need to recover and the benefits that they and their families require during the recovery process, as well as a fair settlement or award after treatment is complete.
He enjoys the unique challenges that each case presents and assisting clients with understanding and maneuvering through the always evolving worker's compensation law and procedure.
Charles (Chuck) Edmiston grew up in the small town of Abingdon, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois, graduating with high honors and a degree in Journalism...
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William J. Harrington
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Mr. Harrington joined the firm of Kanoski Bresney in November of 2014. Prior to making the move, he was a personal injury defense attorney for more than 20 years. This background and experience allow him to anticipate the defenses the insurance companies will use and stop them from wrongly denying your claims.
Suffering an unexpected personal injury can be frightening and traumatic. The most gratifying part of his job is the initial meeting with clients, where he can answer all their questions, explain exactly what to expect, and alleviate their concerns in their time of need. His practice includes all types...
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Kathy Ann Olivero
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Kathy has spent her entire legal career advocating for fair compensation to those who are injured and believes in the mission to do the right thing, not the convenient thing on behalf of Kanoski Bresney's clients. Kathy believes the greatest accomplishments she has received are the words of appreciation and gratefulness from those she has represented.
Kathy was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, and grew up in a small town in Peoria County, Illinois. Kathy attended the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, and she was on the Dean's List several semesters and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts...
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Bridget Lawler
Benton, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Bridget Lawler is an experienced and knowledgeable Attorney at Lawler & Lawler Injury Law Firm. Her practice areas include Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation, as well as Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slip and Fall Accidents, Dog Bites, and Wrongful Death.
Bridget received her B.A. from St. Louis University, and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University Law School. She was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 2000 and in Kentucky in 2001. Bridget is a member of the Illinois State Bar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Inns of Court. In addition, she was Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell in 2017....
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Jonathan Thomas Nessler
Decatur, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
University of Illinois College of Law
Jonathan T. Nessler began his legal career with Nessler & Associates in 2007. His practice is focused on personal injury claims, including catastrophic automobile accidents, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Mr. Nessler has dedicated his entire legal career to helping injured people recover for their loss. He is recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and a Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer in Illinois. He is also recognized by The Law Bulletin Publishing Company Leading Lawyers as an Emerging Lawyer. - Education Bachelor of Science...
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Michael Sheldon
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfBelleville, IL Personal Injury Attorney
Personal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Saint Louis University School of Law
Attorney Michael Sheldon started his legal career as a law clerk with Burger Law in 2019 while pursuing his Juris Doctor degree at St. Louis University School of Law.
In 2021, Michael received his Missouri law license and has since specialized in personal injury claims, including product liability, premises liability, dog bites, medical malpractice and workers' compensation. He has gotten great results in multiple bench trials and has recovered innumerable large settlements for his clients. He firmly believes that those injured through the negligence of another receive full compensation and a lasting sense of justice.
Before joining Burger Law, Michael worked...
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Preston King Johnson V
Belleville, IL Personal Injury Attorney
Personal Injury, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
P.K. Johnson V, born in 1970, gained admission to the Illinois Bar in 1995 and the Missouri Bar in 1996. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with honors from the University of Illinois in 1992 and attained his Juris Doctor degree with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1995.
During his leisure hours, P.K. finds joy in quality time with his wife and two sons, indulging in golf, and exploring new destinations.
Beyond his personal pursuits, P.K. contributes actively as a member of the Swansea, Illinois Board of Police Commissioners and holds a position on the Wolf Branch School District...
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Joel Beckwith
Edwardsville, IL Personal Injury Lawyer with 10 years of experience
107 South Pointe Drive
Edwardsville, IL 62025
Personal Injury and Insurance Defense
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Joel Beckwith obtained his undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2009, where he studied philosophy and political science. He later attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he obtained his law degree. As a student in his third year of law school his legal commentary was selected and published in the Journal of Legal Medicine. He has since practiced in the areas of personal injury, insurance defense, class actions and traffic law. He is an experienced jury trial lawyer. Mr. Beckwith is licensed to practice law in both Illinois and Missouri, and is a current associate attorney at Rynearson,...
