Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Primary Industries Served:

General Farms, Primary Crop; Aircraft & Parts; Commercial Banks; Functions Closely Related to Banking; Offices & Clinics of Medical Doctors; Hospitals

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law--Employer 30%
• Business and Commercial Law 25%
• ERISA 25%
• Business Organizations 20%

Representative Clients

• U.S. Bank, N.A.
• Central Laborers' Pension Welfare and Annuity Funds
• Garrett Aviation Services
• First National Bank of Dwight
• Middletown State Bank
• Hanson Professional Services Inc.
• BJ & Company
• Robert's Foods, Inc.
• Greenville College
• Midwest Family Broadcasting
• Nelson Oil Company, Inc.
• EOS, Inc.
• Midwest Eye Associates, L.L.C.

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Business & Commercial Law, Collections, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Mergers & Acquisitions, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Warranties, Business Organizations, Closely Held Businesses, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Trade Associations, Employment Law -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Conveyancing, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1977
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1977
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Honors and Awards

• Selected as a Leading Lawyer by Leading Lawyer Network in a statewide survey conducted by Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2004

Past Employment Positions

• Brown, Hay & Stephens, Associate, 1977 - 1982
• Brown, Hay & Stephens, Partner, 1982 - Present

Education

• Washington University School of Law, St Louis, Missouri, 1977
  J.D.
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1974
  B.A.

Address

205 S. Fifth Street
Suite 700
Springfield, IL 62701

Phones

(217) 544-8491 (ext. 222)

Faxes

(217) 544-9609

Emails

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Websites

http://www.bhslaw.com