Law Firm Overview

WilliamsMcCarthy LLP is a full-service law firm--committed to provide prompt, high-quality, cost-efficient legal services throughout the entire Northern Illinois area. For over seventy years we have met the personal and business needs of our clients by developing experienced practice groups in a wide range of legal fields--both in our primary office in Rockford and our regional office in Oregon, Illinois. In the process we have grown to become one of the largest downstate law firms in Illinois, building upon a heritage of service to our clients and the communities we serve.

Approximately half of our lawyers practice full time in the area of complex litigation, and the remaining half provide corporate or personal legal services to a wide range of business and individual clients. Within the corporate group several members of our firm work exclusively in the area of mergers and acquisitions, and several others work primarily for financial institutions on work-outs, bankruptcies, and other debtor-creditor matters. We also serve regularly as co-counsel with other law firms throughout the country on matters within our service area.

As we enter our 75th year, our future growth and reputation will be measured not only by our continued ability to provide expert and cost-effective legal services to our clients, but by our ability to adapt to changes in the legal environment as well. We are committed to meet both challenges as we have done throughout our first seventy years of service--by continuing to add highly skilled men and women to our professional staff, by continuing to maintain state-of-the-art support services, by continuing to enhance the reputation and heritage of our firm, and by continuing to preserve the finest traditions of the legal profession.

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