WilliamsMcCarthy LLP

Law Firm Overview

WilliamsMcCarthy LLP is one of the oldest and largest downstate Illinois law firms. We offer a full range of legal services to public and privately held corporations, family-owned businesses, financial institutions, health care providers, exempt organizations, educational institutions, municipal entities and individuals. Headquartered in Rockford with an office in Oregon, Illinois, we service a diverse range of international, national, regional, state, and locally based clients. Located in the rapidly expanding growth corridor midway between Chicago and Madison, we routinely practice in the state and federal courts of northern and central Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

Our practice areas include: business law, general litigation, real estate, labor and employment relations, unfair competition law, complex commercial litigation, health care, corporate, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, estate planning, pension and profit sharing, creditors’ rights, banking and financial institutions, bankruptcy, probate, insurance, family law, personal injury, land use, tax, agribusiness law, intellectual property, environmental, alternative dispute resolution, international, education law and municipal law.

Our roots date back to 1932 when the firm was founded by Karl Williams and John C. McCarthy. Our founders began and expanded the firm by strict adherence to the principles of service, competence and integrity. Through their efforts, and of those that followed, the firm developed a long history of leadership and success in and out of the courtroom. To maintain that tradition, we choose our lawyers carefully. New attorneys must not only have outstanding academic credentials, but also a commitment of service and leadership to the communities that we serve.

A lot has changed since 1932. Our firm has grown to become one of the largest in the region and we recently moved to new state-of-the-art offices. The legal needs of our clients have become more complex and the practice of law has changed in ways our founders could never have imagined. But some things never change. At WilliamsMcCarthy, the trust of our clients remains our most valued asset. We work hard to maintain that trust by bringing the full commitment of a highly trained team of lawyers to every project—every client—every day—just as we’ve always done—for more than seventy-five years.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation Practice Group
• Business and Corporate Practice Group
• General Practice Group
• Workers' Compensation Practice Group

Representative Clients

• FINANCIAL:
• Alpine Bank of Illinois
• Amcore Bank, N.A.
• National City Bank
• Associated Bank
• Forreston State Bank
• Lena State Bank
• Navistar Financial Corp
• State Bank of Pearl City
• Firstar Bank
• HEALTH CARE:
• Alpine Fireside Health Center
• Benefit Administrative Service
• Janet Wattles Center
• Lundholm Surgical Group, LTD
• Milestone, Inc.
• Northern Illinois Blood Bank
• Wesley Willows
• Orthopedic & Arthritis Clinic
• Pediatric Associates of Rockford
• Peoria Urological Associates, Inc.
• Riverside Medical Clinic
• Rockford Clinic
• Rockford Health System
• Rockford Health Plans
• Rockford Memorial Hospital
• Rockford Orthopedic Associates
• Rockford Surgical Services
• Rosencrance Health Network
• Visiting Nurses Association
• EDUCATIONAL:
• Rockford School District 205
• Harlem Education Foundation
• Forrestville Valley Community School District
• Oregon School District
• Rockford Business School
• Rockford College
• Rock Valley College Foundation
• Swank Educational Enterprises, Inc.
• Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
• INSURANCE:
• Cincinnati Insurance Co.
• Country Companies
• Employers Mutual Insurance Co.
• Gallagher Bassett Insurance Co.
• The Hartford
• Kemper Group
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
• Springfield Fire & Casualty Co.
• The St, Paul Companies
• Shelby Insurance Co.
• The Travelers Companies
• Wausau Insurance Companies
• West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.
• Williams-Manny
• MANUFACTURING:
• DaimlerChrysler Corp.
• Advance Dial Co.
• Advanced Machine & Engineering
• Aircraft Gear Corp.
• Anderson Packaging, Inc.
• Arachnid, Inc.
• Atwood Mobile International, LTD
• Hydraforce, Inc.
• Ingersoll Milling Machine Co.
• Haldex Hydraulics Corp.
• Joseph Behr & Sons, Inc.
• Martin Automatic, Inc.
• Miller Engineering Co.
• Niigata Machinery (USA) Co.
• Pacsci Motion Control, Inc.
• Pegard Products, Inc.
• Roper-Whitney of Rockford
• Southern Imperial, Inc.
• Stickle Enterprises, LTD
• Terra Industries
• The Valvoline Company
• W.A. Whitney Co.
• Zenith Cutter Co.
• MUNICIPAL:
• Boone County
• City of Byron
• Cherry Valley Library District
• North Suburban Library District
• City of Oregon
• Oregon Park District
• City of Rockford
• Rockford Mass Transit District
• Rockford Park District
• Rockford Metro Authority
• Rockford Police Pension Fund
• Village of Lena
• Winnebago County
• REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION:
• Landis Realty
• Mid-Northern Management
• Ringland-Johnson, Inc.
• Hillcrest Development, Inc.
• Sproule Construction Co.
• Star Development, LLC
• Stock Lumber Co.
• COMMUNICATIONS:
• Aero Comouting, LTD
• Airplay Broadcasting Co.
• Pride Communications, LLC
• Radio Works, Inc.
• R World Communications
• Segueway Broadcasting Corp.
• WTVO Television
• RETAIL/SERVICE:
• Accent on Travel
• Cal Cars, Inc.
• Golf Shack, LLC
• Kelley-Williamson Company
• Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
• Premium Oil Co.
• Rock River Ford, Inc.
• Title Underwriters Agency, Inc.
• Viking Distributors, Inc.
• Vista Marketing Group, LTD

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Family Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law, Workers' Compensation Law