Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability (Automotive, Consumer and Industrial)
• Premises Liability
• Appellate Practice - State
• Asbestos Related Litigation
• Municipal Tort Liability
• Construction Site Accident Litigation

Representative Clients

• AIG Insurance Company
• Argonaut Great Central Insurance
• Asplundh Tree Expert Company
• City of Bloomington
• MGP Ingredients of Illinois, Inc.
• Newmar Corporation
• PepsiAmericas, Inc.
• Rockford Mutual Insurance Company
• Township Officials of Illinois Risk Management Association (TOIRMA)

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Products Liability Law, Municipal Liability, Motor Vehicle, Premises Liability -- Defense, State Appellate Practice

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1989
• Iowa, 2005
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1991
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Peoria County Bar Association
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• Appellate Lawyers Association
• Greater Peoria Claims Association
• American Inns of Court, Abraham Lincoln Inn

Classes and Seminars

• Past Lecturer, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Past Employment Positions

• Illinois Appellate Court Justice, William B. Wombacher (Deceased), Judicial Clerkship, 1989 - 1990
• Illinois Appellate Court Justice, John A. Gorman, Judicial Clerkship, 1990 - 1991

Education

• Northern Illinois University College of Law, DeKalb, Illinois, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  
  Law Review: Northern Illinois University Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1988 - 1989
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1983
  B.A.

Address

227 NE Jefferson Avenue
Peoria, IL 61602-1211

Phones

309-674-1133

Faxes

309-674-6503

Emails

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Websites

http://www.qjhp.com