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Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability (automotive, aviation, agricultural, consumer and industrial)
• Professional Negligence (Including physician and attorney malpractice)
• Appellate Practice in State and Federal Court Systems
• Libel and Slander/Defamation
• Commercial and Business Litigation

Representative Clients

• General Motors Corporation
• Nissan Motors/United States of America
• ISBA Mutual Insurance
• CNA Insurance
• Par-a-Dice Gaming Corporation

Representative Cases

• Strotman v. K.C. Summers Buick, Inc., 489 N.E.2d 1148 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1986)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Frankart, 370 N.E.2d 1058 (Ill. 1977)
• Illinois Traffic Court Driver Imp. Educational Foundation v. Peoria Journal Star, Inc., 494 N.E.2d 939 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1986)
• Horowitz v. Baker, 523 N.E.2d 179 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1988)
• Fryman v. JMK/Skewer, Inc., 484 N.E.2d 909 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1985)

West Practice Categories

Constitutional Law, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts, Litigation & Appeals, Motor Vehicle, Aviation, Agriculture Law, Business & Commercial Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, State Appellate Practice, Federal Appellate Practice

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1969
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Peoria County Bar Association (( past president ))
• Illinois State Bar Association (( past member Board of Governor's, Secretary ))
• Defense Research Institute
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Illinois Bar Foundation (( past member Board of Director's ))
• Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund Board of Directors, 1994 - 1999 (( past president ))
• American Bar Foundation
• Master-Emeritus, Abraham Lincoln Inn, American Inns of Court
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Greater Peoria Claims Association
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Society of Trial Lawyers
• American College of Barristers

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Illinois Defense Counsel Seminars, ISBA Law Ed Series, Peoria County, Continuing Legal Education, International Association of Defense Counsel

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
  J.D.
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1966
  B.S.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta
• Pi Kappa Alpha

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