PEORIA MAGAZINE February 2023

TOP LAWYERS PEORIA AREA BASED UPON A SURVEY OF THEIR PEERS These LEADING LAWYERS have been recommended by their peers to be among the TOP LAWYERS in Illinois. Angela Baker Evans Angela Evans Law Peoria 309.839.9539 Family Paul L Mangieri Barash & Everett LLC Galesburg

309.341.6010 Comm Lit; Crim Def: Felonies/Misdemean; PI: General; PI: Transport; Workers’ Comp 309.674.3556 Family; Personal Injury: General; Workers’ Compensation 309.266.6121 Close/Private Held Business; RE: Commercial; RE: Residential; Trust/Will/Estate

A. Lou Benassi James W. Benckendorf Susan Hickman Butler Kelly R. Giraudo Thomas E. Howard James R. Grebe Michael R. Hasselberg Kenneth M. Snodgrass Jr. William P. Streeter Charles J. Urban David L. Wentworth II Julie L. Galassi Colt W. Johnson Peter J. Lynch Michael S. McKinley Marci M. Shoff Robert M. Bennett Nicholas J. Bertschy Kenneth E. Davies Thomas J. Dluski Robert C. Gates Matthew S. Hefflefinger John P. Heil, Jr. Andrew J. Keyt Timothy W. Kirk Mark A. Ludolph James J. Manning Brian D. Mooty David A. Perkins Gary E. Schmidt Karen M. Stumpe Craig S. Young Mary A. Corrigan Michael D. Gifford Timothy D. Gronewold Thomas W. O’Neal Jeffrey G. Sorenson Joseph B. VanFleet Hugh F. Toner III Jay H. Janssen James F. Kane Larry A. Apfelbaum Todd A. Bresney Charles N. Edmiston II William J. Harrington Kathy A. Olivero John J. Waldman Charles D. Knell Richard M. Tomich G. Edward Murphy Robert R. Parker Stephen M. Buck Adam P. Chaddock Christopher S. Crawford Kenneth R. Eathington Mitch M. Gilfillan Peter R. Jennetten John F. Kamin Michael A. Kraft Jeffrey A. Ryva Matthew B. Smith Jonathan A. Stump J. Matthew Thompson Jo Tewes Wetherill Stephen J. Heine Norman L. McGill G. Douglas Stephens

Benassi & Benassi PC Benckendorf & Benckendorf PC Butler Giraudo & Meister PC Butler Giraudo & Meister PC Collateral Base LLC

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309.263.1204 Family 309.263.1204 Family

309.306.1095 Cannabis; Close/Private Held Business

Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Hasselberg Rock Bell & Kuppler LLP Hasselberg Rock Bell & Kuppler LLP Hasselberg Rock Bell & Kuppler LLP Hasselberg Rock Bell & Kuppler LLP Hasselberg Rock Bell & Kuppler LLP

309.637.1400 AG; Close/Private Held; Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Real Estate: Comm; Trust/Will/Estate 309.637.1400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Labor: Management; PI Def: General; Workers’ Comp Def 309.637.1400 Agriculture; Close/Private Held Bus; Public Utilities; RE: Commercial; RE: Residential 309.637.1400 Family 309.637.1400 Agriculture; Commercial Litigation; Environmental 309.688.9400 Employment: Employee; Family; Military 309.688.9400 Real Estate: Commercial; Real Estate: Residential 309.688.9400 Criminal Defense: DUI; Criminal Defense: Felonies/Misdemeanors; Family 309.688.9400 Personal Injury: General; Workers’ Compensation 309.688.9400 Close/Private Held Bus; Elder; RE: Commercial; RE: Residential; Trust/Will/Estate 309.676.0400 Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Def: General; Products Liability Def 309.676.0400 Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Commercial; Real Estate: Finance 309.676.0400 Personal Injury Defense: General 309.676.0400 Transportation Defense 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; School; Trust/Will/Estate 309.676.0400 Personal Injury Defense: General; Transportation Defense; Toxic Torts Defense 309.676.0400 Civil Rights/Constitutional; Commercial Litigation; Insurance/Ins Coverage/Reins 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Toxic Torts Defense 309.676.0400 Close/Private Held Business; Elder; Real Estate: Residential; Trust/Will/Estate 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Real Estate: Residential; Workers’ Compensation Defense 309.676.0400 Toxic Torts Defense 309.676.0400 Real Estate: Residential 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Personal Injury Defense: General 309.676.0400 Association/Non-Profit; Trust/Will/Estate 309.999.6308 Association/Non-Profit; Close/Private Held; Creditor’s Rights/Commercial Collections 309.999.6344 Comm Lit; Creditor’s Rights/Comm Collect; Emp: Mngmnt; Trade Secrets/Unfair Comp 309.999.6341 Agriculture; Close/Private Held Business; Commercial Litigation; Health 309.999.6315 Commercial Litigation; Creditor’s Rights/Commercial Collections 309.999.6317 Commercial Litigation; Construction; Creditor’s Rights/Commercial Collections 309.671.4844 Criminal Def: DUI; Criminal Def: Felonies/Misdemeanors; Criminal Def: White Collar 309.691.9650 Close/Private Held Bus; Land Use/Zoning/Condemnation; RE: Comm; Trust/Will/Estate 309.637.1400 Family 309.676.1381 Tax: Individual 309.676.0400 Workers’ Compensation Defense 309.999.6329 Employment: Management 309.296.0328 Construction; Insurance/Ins Coverage/Reins; PI Defense: General; Transportation Def Adoption/Reproductive Technology; Family; Nursing Home Negligence; PI: General 309.636.7258 Commercial Litigation; Employment: Management 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense: General 309.674.1133 Workers’ Compensation Defense 309.636.7205 AG; Close/Private Held; Creditor’s Rights/Comm Collect; Land Use/Zoning; RE: Comm 309.674.1133 Family; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense: General 309.674.1133 Civil Rights/Constitutional; Employment: Management; Personal Injury Def: General 309.674.1133 Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Commercial; Real Estate: Residential 309.636.7236 Civil Appellate; Commercial Litigation; Employee Benefits 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Def; PI Def: General; Products Liability Def; Prof’l Malpractice Def 309.636.7240 Workers’ Compensation Defense 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense 309.674.1133 Personal Injury Defense: General; Products Liability Defense 309.244.1393 Commercial Litigation; PI Defense: General; Products Liability Def; Transportation Def 309.637.5297 Bankruptcy: Individual; Family; Social Security Disability 309.674.5551 Family 309.673.069 309.676.2341 Personal Injury: General 309.353.9828 Workers’ Compensation 309.353.9828 Personal Injury: General 309.353.9828 Workers’ Compensation 309.353.9828 Personal Injury: General 309.353.9828 Workers’ Compensation 309.673.4639 Workers’ Compensation 309.740.9115 Workers’ Compensation Defense

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Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Hugh F. Toner III Ltd Janssen Law Center Johnson Bunce & Noble PC Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Knight Nicastro MacKay LLC Murphy & Dunn PC Knell Law LLC

Parker & Parker Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston Quinn Johnston

Stephen Heine Law PC

Stephens Fiddes McGill & Associates PC Stephens Fiddes McGill & Associates PC

309.637.5297 Personal Injury: General

These EMERGING LAWYERS have been identified by their peers to be among the TOP LAWYERS in Illinois who are age 40 or younger OR who have been admitted to the practice of law for 10 or fewer years. Leslie M. Day Barash & Everett LLC Galesburg 309.341.6010 Bankruptcy: Individual; Family; Real Estate: Residential Tamara A. Meister Butler Giraudo & Meister PC Morton 309.263.1204 Family Robert J. Hanauer Hanauer Law Office LLC Peoria 309.966.4423 Civil Appellate; Criminal Appellate; Criminal Def: DUI; Crim Def: Felonies/Misdemean Kevin D. Day Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Peoria 309.637.1400 Family; Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Workers’ Compensation Defense Kyle M. Tompkins Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Peoria 309.637.1400 Agriculture; Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Residential; Trust/Will/Estate David B. Wiest Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth Peoria 309.637.1400 Close/Private Held; Employment: Management; Labor: Management; Trust/Will/Estate Andrew T. Bell Heyl Royster Peoria 309.676.0400 Medical Malpractice Defense Jessica M. Bell Heyl Royster Peoria 309.676.0400 Workers’ Compensation Defense Emily Perkins Galligan Heyl Royster Peoria 309.676.0400 Civil Rights/Constitutional; Emplymnt: Mngmnt; Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Med Mal Def Noah A. Menold Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Peoria 309.999.6314 Close/Private Held Business; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense Dennis E. Merkley Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Peoria 309.999.6311 Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Commercial; Real Estate: Residential Gina Couri-Cyphers Kanoski Bresney Pekin 309.353.9828 Personal Injury: General Mitchell P. Hedrick Knight Nicastro MacKay Peoria 309.296.0121 Employment: Management; Personal Injury Defense: General; Transportation Defense J. Logan Block Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense: General Teresa M. Dickinson Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Close/Private Held Bus; Real Estate: Commercial; RE: Residential; Secured Transactions Tyler A. Eathington Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Close/Private Held Business; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate: Commercial Ryan M. Keeton Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense: General Samuel J. Perkins Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense James D. VanRheeden Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Personal Injury Defense: General; Workers’ Compensation Defense Matthew A. Warner Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Civil Rights/Constitutional; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Def: General

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