Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Professional Negligence ( Including physician and attorney malpractice)
• Healthcare Law
• Insurance Coverage and Analysis Litigation
• Appellate Practice in State and Federal Court

Representative Clients

• Illinois Provider Trust
• Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
• Illinois State Medical Insurance Services
• Pekin Memorial Hospital
• American Physician Assurance Company

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Medical Malpractice, Municipal Corporations, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Toxic Torts, Professional Malpractice Law, Health & Health Care Law, State Appellate Practice, Federal Appellate Practice

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1971
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1971
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Peoria County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Greater Peoria Claims Association
• Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys
• American Inns of Court
• American College of Trial Lawyers

Classes and Seminars

• Past Lecturer, Peoria County Continuing Legal Education
• Past Lecturer, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1971
  J.D.
• Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1968
  B.A.
  Honors: Lincoln-Douglas Scholarship

Published Works

• "Illinois Jury Absolves Anesthesiologist in Pediatric Arrest", Anesthesia Malpractice Protector, Vol. 2., No. 7, July, 1990
• "Admissibility of Learned Treatises", Open Forum Program, IADC, 1991

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