PEORIA MAGAZINE September 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/Misdemeanor; PI: General; PI: Transportation; Work Comp 309.265.0812 Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Commercial; RE: Residential; Trust/Will/Estate

James W. Benckendorf Susan Hickman Butler Kelly R. Giraudo Matthew S. Hefflefinger Stephen J. Heine Thomas E. Howard James R. Grebe 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 Robert C. Gates 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 Noah A. Menold Dennis E. Merkley Thomas W. O’Neal Jeffrey G. Sorenson Joseph B. VanFleet Jay H. Janssen James F. Kane Larry A. Apfelbaum Todd A. Bresney William J. Harrington Kathy A. Olivero John J. Waldman Charles D. Knell Richard M. Tomich Thomas J. Dluski 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 Sharbel A. Rantisi Norman L. McGill G. Douglas Stephens

Benckendorf & Benckendorf PC Butler Giraudo & Meister PC Butler Giraudo & Meister PC

Peoria Morton Morton Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Pekin Pekin Pekin Pekin Pekin Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria

309.263.1204 Family 309.263.1204 Family

Chartwell Law Chartwell Law Collateral Base LLC

309.450.5763 Personal Injury Defense: General; Transportation Defense; Toxic Torts Defense 309.225.5560 Commercial Litigation; PI Defense: General; Products Liability Def; Transportation Def 309.637.1400 Agriculture; Close/Private Held; Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; RE: Comm; Trust/Will/Estate 309.637.1400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Labor: Management; PI Defense: General; Workers’ Comp Def 309.637.1400 Agriculture; Close/Private Held Bus; Public Utilities; RE: Commercial; RE: Residential 309.306.1095 Cannabis; Close/Private Held Business 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 Business; Elder; RE: Commercial; RE: Residential; Trust/Will/Estate 309.676.0400 Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense: General; Products Liability Def 309.676.0400 Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Commercial; Real Estate: Finance 309.676.0400 Civil Rights/Constitutional; Commercial Litigation; Insurance/Ins Coverage/Reinsurance 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 Personal Injury Defense: General 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; School 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Toxic Torts Defense 309.676.0400 Toxic Torts Defense 309.676.0400 Real Estate: Residential 309.999.6308 Association/Non-Profit; Close/Private Held Bus; Creditor Rights/Commercial Collections 309.999.6344 Comm Lit; Credit Rights/Commercial Collect; Emp: Mngmnt; Trade Secret/Unfair Comp 309.999.6314 Close/Private Held Bus; Commercial Litigation; Creditor Rights/Commercial Collections 309.999.6311 Bank/Financial Institutions; Close/Private Held Business; Real Estate: Commercial 309.999.6341 Agriculture; Close/Private Held Business; Commercial Litigation; Health 309.999.6315 Commercial Litigation; Creditor Rights/Commercial Collections 309.999.6317 Commercial Litigation; Construction; Creditor Rights/Commercial Collections 309.691.9650 Close/Private Held; Land Use/Zoning/Condemnation; RE: Commercial; Trust/Will/Estate 309.999.6329 Employment: Management 309.637.1400 Family 309.676.0400 Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Personal Injury Defense: General 309.676.0400 Association/Non-Profit; Trust/Will/Estate 309.676.1381 Close/Private Held Business; Tax: Individual; Trust/Will/Estate 309.676.0400 Workers’ Compensation Defense

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

Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster Heyl Royster

Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Janssen Law Center Johnson Bunce & Noble PC

309.676.2341 Personal Injury: General 309.353.9828 Workers’ Compensation 309.353.9828 Personal Injury: General 309.353.9828 Personal Injury: General 309.353.9828 Workers’ Compensation 309.673.4639 Workers’ Compensation 309.740.9115 Workers’ Compensation Defense

Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney Kanoski Bresney 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 Rantisi Law LLC

Knight Nicastro MacKay LLC Morris Dluski & Smith LLC Murphy & Dunn PC

309.296.0328 Construction; Insurance/Coverage/Reins; PI Defense: General; Transportation Defense

309.671.4555 Transportation Defense

309.674.5551 Family

309.673.0069 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 309.636.7205 Agriculture; Close/Private Held; Cred 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: Managemnt; Personal Injury Defense: 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 309.674.1133 Workers’ Compensation Defense 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 309.285.0424 Criminal Defense: DUI; Criminal Defense: Felonies/Misdemeanors; Family 309.637.5297 Bankruptcy: Individual; Family; Social Security Disability

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 Mitchell P. Hedrick Chartwell Law Peoria 309.225.5560 Employment: Management; Personal Injury Defense: General; Transportation Defense Robert J. Hanauer Hanauer Law Office LLC Peoria 309.966.4423 Civil Appellate; Criminal Appellate; Criminal Def: DUI; Crim Def: Felonies/Misdemeanors 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/Constitution; Employmnt: Mngmnt; Gov/Muni/Lobby/Admin; Medical Mal Def Gina Couri-Cyphers Kanoski Bresney Pekin 309.353.9828 Personal Injury: General Teresa M. Dickinson Miller Hall & Triggs LLC Peoria 309.671.9600 Close/Private Held Business; RE: Commercial; RE: Residential; Secured Transactions J. Logan Block Quinn Johnston Peoria 309.674.1133 Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense: General 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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