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Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Hospital Malpractice Defense
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Nursing Home Litigation

Representative Clients

• Perry Memorial Hospital
• Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin
• Illinois State Medical Insurance Services
• Hamlin & Burton (T.P.A.)
• Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital
• Lawrence County Memorial Hospital
• Crawford Memorial Hospital
• Franklin County Hospital
• Podiatry Insurance Company of America

Representative Cases

• Cargill v. Czelatdko, 353 Ill.App.3d 654, 818 N.E.2d 898 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 2004)
• Youle v. Ryan, 349 Ill.App.3d 377, 811 N.E.2d 1281 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 2004)
• Lane v. Anderson, 345 Ill.App.3d 256, 802 N.E.2d 1278 (Ill. App. 3 Dist. 2004)
• Hall v. Flowers, 343 Ill.App.3d 462, 798 N.E.2d 757 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 2003)
• Brandt v. Boston Scientific Corp., 204 Ill.2d 640, 792 N.E.2d 296 (Illinois 2003)
• Coyne v. OSF Healthcare Systems, 332 Ill.App.3d 717, 773 N.E.2d 732 (Ill. App. 3 Dist. 2002)
• Jones v. Detttro, 308 Ill.App.3d 494, 720 N.E.2d 343 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 1999)
• Hauk v. Day, 167 Ill.App.3d 758, 521 N.E.2d 1243 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1998)
• Williams v. Cahill, 258 Ill.App.3d 822, 629 N.E.2d 1175 (Ill. App. 3 Dist. 1994)

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, Business Organizations, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Government Agencies & Programs, Health & Health Care Law, Immigration & Naturalization Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Mergers & Acquisitions, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Professional Responsibility, Real Estate Law, Education Law, Municipal Corporations, Securities Law, Transportation Law, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1986
• Iowa, 2006
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Peoria County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• International Association of Defense Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• "Malpractice Issues in the Medical Office", Lorman Business Seminars, 1995
• "Malpractice Issues", Saint Francis Medical Center Surgery Staff, 1995
• "Medical Malpractice Issues Facing Cross-Trained Employees", Central Illinois Higher Education Consortium, 1996
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College, Nursing Students, 1996
• "Legal Issues in the Medical Office", Lorman Business Center, Inc., 1996
• "Impeaching the Medical Witness", Peoria County Bar Association, CLE Evidence Seminar, 1997
• "Legal Implications of Health Care Reform", Sigma Theta Tau, Inc. (International Honor Society of Nursing), Spring Program, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1997
• "Informed Consent/Getting Sued", Pediatric Residents at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1997
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College Nursing Department, 1997
• "Medical Malpractice - Mock Trial", Various Hospital Departments of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 1997
• "Medical Malpractice", Internal Medicine Residents at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1997
• "Depositions and the Legal Process", Internal Medicine Residents at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1997
• "Patient Confidentiality", Internal Medicine Residents at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1997
• "Risk Management Issues in Emergency Medicine", Region 6 Managers of Hospital Emergency Department at Mattoon, Illinois, 1997
• "Nursing Legalities", State of Illinois Trauma Nurse Specialist Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1997
• "EMT's - Risk & Confidentiality", City of Charleston Department and EMT's, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 1997
• "Physician Employment Contacts", Obstetrics/Gynecology Residents at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1998
• "Legal Considerations in Medicine", Trauma Nurse Specialist Course, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1998
• "Legal Issues in the Medical Office", Lorman Business Centers, Inc, 1998
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College School of Nursing, 1998
• "Informed Consent, Malpractice in Surgery, and other Medical/Legal Issues", Saint James Hospital Surgery Staff, 1998
• "Medical-Legal Issues", University of Illinois, Internal Medicine Residency Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1998
• "Legal Considerations in Medicine", Trauma Nurses Specialist Course, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1998
• "Violence in the Health Care Setting" "Conflicts of Interest after Berlin v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center", Lorman Business Center, Inc, 1998
• "The Cause of Action for a Physician's Failure to Diagnose", Medical Staff at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 1998
• "What's New in Medical Malpractice", Peoria County Bar Association, CLE Seminar Civil Practice Update, 1999
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College School of Nursing, 1999
• "Physician Employment Contracts" " Physician Sued for Failure to Diagnose", University of Illinois OB/GYN Residency Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1999
• "Legal Issues for Medical Students", University of Illinois College of Medicine Medical Students at Hospital Orientation, 1999
• "You Be the Expert Witness", University of Illinois Internal Medicine Residency Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 1999
• "Insurance Law", Peoria County Bar Association CLE Seminar, 2000
• "You Be the Expert Witness", University of Illinois Surgery Residency Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 2000
• "Liability Concerns Surrounding Surgical Services", Illinois Society of Healthcare Risk Management, Spring Meeting, 2000
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College, School of Nursing, 2000
• "Medicolegal Aspects of Being a Student", University of Illinois College of Medicine Medical Students at their Hospital Orientation, 2000
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College, School of Nursing, 2001
• "Confidentiality Laws and Medical Treatment of Minors", University of Illinois OB/GYN Residency Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 2001
• "Medical Error Disclosures and Privilege from Discovery", Illinois Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, Spring Meeting, 2001
• "Legal Medicine", University of Illinois Residency Program at Saint Francis Medical Center, 2002
• "Recent (Medical) Liability Trends/Current Challenges", Illinois Society of Healthcare Risk Management, Spring Meeting, 2002
• "Supreme Court Rule 216, Requests to Admit", Peoria County Bar Association CLE, 2003
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College, School of Nursing, 2003
• "Trends in Physician Malpractice Claims", Medical Staff of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 2003
• "Medical Errors and Documentation", University of Illinois College of Medicine, OB/GYN Residency Program, 2003
• "New Procedural Changes in Legislation and Supreme Court Rules", Peoria County Bar Association CLE Seminar, 2004
• "Nursing Malpractice - Mock Trial Presentation", Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Hospital Staff, 2004
• "Civil Practice Update", Program Chairman, Peoria County Bar Association, 2005
• "Nursing Malpractice", Illinois Central College School of Nursing, 2005

Education

• Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, 1981
  Bachelor of Arts-English

Address

227 NE Jefferson Avenue
Peoria, IL 61602-1211

Phones

309-674-1133

Faxes

309-674-6503

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