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Jonathan Thomas Nessler
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
Jonathan T. Nessler began his legal career with Nessler & Associates in 2007. His practice is focused on personal injury claims, including catastrophic automobile accidents, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Mr. Nessler has dedicated his entire legal career to helping injured people recover for their loss. He is recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and a Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer in Illinois. He is also recognized by The Law Bulletin Publishing Company Leading Lawyers as an Emerging Lawyer. - Education Bachelor of Science...
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Gregory W. Sronce
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
I am an experienced and aggressive Illinois attorney. I handle a broad range of criminal defense matters from from traffic offenses to serious crimes, as well as personal injury cases.
A Springfield, Illinois native, I am a graduate of SIU School of Law. I practice in Sangamon, Morgan, Maoupin, Menard and Cass Counties. I defend clients facing state prosecution as well as represent injured clients. I am dedicated to communicating with my clients and am available when you need help, even on the weekend or after hours.
Whether you are facing a serious criminal charge or have been issued a speeding...
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James W. Ackerman
10.0
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Free ConsultationSpringfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Business, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Valparaiso University School of Law
Following in his father’s footsteps as a legal advocate, Springfield personal injury lawyer James Ackerman established his practice in 1989.
Our approach to the law and to meeting our clients' needs comes from Jim Ackerman's belief that clients are best served when they are fully informed and engaged in every aspect of their case. Jim is a former prosecutor who handles injury claims and who coaches other attorneys on the finer points of case preparation, taking a case to trial, and the art of handling juries. Jim brings years of legal and courtroom experience to bear on every case.
Jim Ackerman...
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Matt Kennedy
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
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Peter Beard
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Criminal, DUI and Personal Injury
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
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Dennis R. Atteberry
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 22 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Criminal, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
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Larry A. Apfelbaum
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
Larry joined the Springfield office of Kanoski Bresney in 1989 and opened the firm's Bloomington office in 1995. Along with his staff of dedicated legal assistants in Bloomington and Champaign, Larry has successfully represented thousands of personal injury and workers’ compensation clients throughout central Illinois for more than 30 years.
Larry was born in Freeport, Illinois, and raised in the Chicago area with three brothers. After graduating from Illinois State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree focusing on business administration and accounting, he attended the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana-Champaign, earning his Juris Doctor degree...
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John Waldman
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
A lifelong resident of Illinois, John Waldman raised his family in the Pekin/Peoria area, where he resides today. John attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, graduating with University Honors with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Paralegal Studies. He began practicing law after graduating from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1988.
After law school, John began working for a law firm that primarily did work for insurance companies, defending personal injury and workers' compensation claims. Trying to save insurance companies money at the expense of innocent accident victims was not very rewarding. He joined Kanoski Bresney in...
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Todd Lindquist
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Todd received his Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law Chicago in 2005. For more than 10 years following law school, he served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Toll Highway Authority. In this trusted position, Todd litigated eminent domain cases on behalf of IDOT and the ISTHA. In addition, during this time Todd also served as a defense attorney in personal injury lawsuits. Todd also served as local liquor counsel for several high-end hotels and restaurants, including the Palmer House Hilton, Hilton Towers, Hilton Rosemont, Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport, Hilton...
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Kathy Ann Olivero
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Kathy has spent her entire legal career advocating for fair compensation to those who are injured and believes in the mission to do the right thing, not the convenient thing on behalf of Kanoski Bresney's clients. Kathy believes the greatest accomplishments she has received are the words of appreciation and gratefulness from those she has represented.
Kathy was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, and grew up in a small town in Peoria County, Illinois. Kathy attended the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, and she was on the Dean's List several semesters and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts...
Raylene Grischow
Springfield, Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
William Lamarca
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Mark Lee
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Frederic Nessler
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Bradford Bucklin
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Workers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
William Patrick Hardy
Springfield, Illinois Workers' Compensation Attorney with 34 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Appeals and Business
Southern Illinois University School of Law
John Wendt
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Frederick William Nessler
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Thomas R. Ewick
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Indiana University - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
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Roby M. Javoronok Jr.
Springfield, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 17 years of experience
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Southern Illinois University School of Law and Western Illinois University
Roby Javoronok joined Kanoski Bresney as an associate in October 2020 with over 14 years of workers’ compensation experience. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he spent his childhood in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Roby graduated cum laude at Western Illinois University and Illinois Centennial Honors College before attending law school at Southern Illinois University. He enjoys traveling and working throughout Illinois. After law school, he has happily resided in Central Illinois.
Roby concentrates his practice in workers’ compensation and civil litigation. Roby has litigated cases on behalf of petitioners and respondents in each Illinois Workers Compensation Commission venue, giving...
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Zach Anderson
Decatur, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
I'm a lawyer in Decatur, Illinois at a full-service law firm. Before attending law school at the University of Illinois, I spent many years in the construction industry. This experience allows me to solve construction and real estate issues for my clients by applying a practical approach that many lawyers cannot. In addition, I'm one of the only lawyers in the Decatur area who assists social security claimants. I also take great pride in assisting injury victims in cases involving car accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and work-injuries.
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Mike McElvain
Heyworth, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Insurance Claims, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
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Daniel J. Reynolds
Decatur, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer
(217) 428-0948
Erickson, Davis, Murphy, Johnson & Walsh, Ltd.
132 S Water St., Ste. 610
Decatur, IL 62523
Workers' Comp, Criminal, Divorce and Personal Injury
Saint Louis University School of Law
Dan Reynolds tells bad jokes and finds humor in the antics of poorly-behaved dogs. Dan is a lawyer serving Macon County and surrounding areas. His primary areas of practice are DUI, criminal law, divorce and family law, civil litigation, and FOID appeals.
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Dale Thomas
Pekin, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 36 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Criminal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
The John Marshall Law School
Employment:
• Former Felony Assistant State’s Attorney, Peoria County
• Former Special Assistant to the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
• Former Judicial Law Clerk, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division
• Former law clerk, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Washington, DC
• Former Vice President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 881, Oak Brook, Illinois.
School:
• Graduated 2nd out of 159 students at John Marshall Law School.
• Author: Picket Line Misconduct; Is Forfeiture of Reinstatement Rights for Purely Verbal Threats Sound? 18. J. Mar. L Rev. 445, 1985.
• Team Member, Wagner Labor Law National Moot Court Competition, Spring, 1985. Rank 2nd place...
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Frank H Byers II
Decatur, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Divorce, Personal Injury and Probate
University of Illinois College of Law
Frank H Byers, II, has practiced law in Macon County Illinois since 1977. Frank started practice with his father in the firm Byers & Byers. The firm later became known as Byers, Byers & Greenleaf. After his father retired, Frank was a partner in the law firm Fuller, Hopp, McCarthy, Quigg & Byers before he began practicing law in the firm Frank H. Byers, II, Ltd., in 1995. Frank H. Byers, II, Ltd., is a full service litigation firm appearing in state and federal courts in Illinois. The firm represents both individuals and businesses in litigation in...
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Bradley Bauer
Litchfield, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 8 years of experience
(217) 324-2323
703 W. Union Ave- Suite 3
PO Box 130
Litchfield, IL 62056
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, DUI, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale and Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Jean Swee
Bloomington, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Steven Williams
Bloomington, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney
Workers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
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Russell Haugen
Champaign, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
To seek out and maintain justice is Russell Haugen's goal as an Illinois personal injury attorney. Russell Haugen attended Illinois State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Throughout his undergraduate degree, Russ worked as a paralegal for Woodruff Johnson & Evans Law Offices. As a paralegal, he was able to learn a great deal about the many intricacies of both workers' compensation and personal injury law. This further convinced him to pursue a law degree.
Russell Haugen attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. There, he was a volunteer for the Lansing Teen Court, working...
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James Spiros
10.0
(3 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfChampaign, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The John Marshall Law School
Jim Spiros is known to all as an experienced litigator, having earned his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School, who fights for those who need it most in cases involving workplace injuries, serious traffic and trucking accidents, defective drugs and devices, medical negligence, wrongful death, and nursing home neglect and abuse. Not only has Jim been consistently named one of the Leading Lawyers in the State of Illinois by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin consistently since 2003, every year since 2018 he has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer. When Jim is away from his office at Spiros Law,...
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Tor Hoerman
Edwardsville, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 27 years of experience
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
After graduation from Chicago-Kent School of Law in 1995, Tor Hoerman began working at the defense firm Bullaro, Carton & Stone until he got a call from a plaintiffs firm, Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz that they may have an opening for a young associate. Tor jumped at the opportunity and learned about his passion to help injured people against those that he had previously represented.
In his years at K,J&S, Tor learned how to work the Courtroom at the Daley Center, spending most of his days either trying cases or running from floor to floor arguing motions on behalf of his...
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Jerry A Tuffentsamer
Peoria, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
Southern Illinois University School of Law and Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
native of central Illinois, Attorney, Jerry A. Tuffentsamer, was raised in the local small community of Manito, Illinois. Prior to attending law school, Jerry worked for several years in the central Illinois as union construction laborer out of the Laborers’ International Union, Local 231. As a union laborer, Jerry worked several years for a local commercial concrete and masonry company.
Jerry received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Paralegal Studies/Pre-law from Southern Illinois University in 2008. Jerry then received his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2011. While in law school, Jerry was a member of...
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Danielle Cain
10.0
(2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfChampaign, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Workers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
Danielle E. Cain joined Spiros Law, P.C. in 2020. Danielle is originally from Champaign and was eager to return home after 8 years of practice in Decatur, IL. Danielle focuses on personal injury matters including motor vehicle accidents, nursing home abuse and neglect, and medical malpractice.
Danielle has established herself as an experienced litigator who has successfully settled hundreds of cases through careful mediation and negotiation. Danielle graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law with her Juris Doctor in 2011 and was admitted to the state bar in 2011.
When not in the office, Danielle is passionate about rescuing cats...
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Carolyn Chen
10.0
(1 Peer Review)
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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
During law school, Carolyn was selected as one of the PILI Grant Recipients of 2019 and spent her first summer working at the Champaign County Public Defender’s office. She was then selected as the PILI fellow at the Land of Lincoln Legal Aid during her second year and spent her second summer representing low-income individuals in domestic relations, orders of protection, and expungement and sealing matters.
During the second semester of her second year, Carolyn participated in the Veterans Legal Clinic through the University of Illinois, where she represented veterans on housing, discharge upgrade, and domestic relations matters. She returned during...
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Sandra Loeb
10.0
(3 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo Conf Champaign, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 24 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Illinois College of Law
Sandra is a partner at Spiros Law, P.C. She devotes her legal career to representing injured persons in worker's compensation and personal injury matters throughout Central Illinois. Sandra has successfully tried cases in front of juries and has secured millions of dollars in settlements for clients throughout Illinois.
Sandra is a member of the Bar Associations for Champaign and Vermilion Counties, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Illinois Bar Association. She is a past president of the East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association and currently serves on its program committee where she helps to design and facilitate continuing legal education...
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James Reilly
Streator, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Divorce, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
James T. Reilly has been practicing since 1979. He is an experienced trial lawyer with over fifty jury cases tried to verdict. He concentrates his practice in both civil and criminal litigation. Jury awards include medical malpractice, wrongful death, fraud prosecution and various types of personal injuries. He has defended cases in criminal courts ranging from fitness trials in murder cases to DUI’s. In addition to these, he has successfully defended persons charged with arson, aggravated battery, drug offenses and other felonies and misdemeanors.
Reilly has served as a LaSalle County Assistant Public Defender since 2000. He represents clients before the...
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Jon C. Walker
Champaign, IL Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
University of Illinois College of Law
Jon Walker is an associate attorney at Woodruff Johnson & Evans where he focuses his practice on personal injury, workers’ compensation, and Social Security Disability claims. With more than a decade of legal experience, Mr. Walker has successfully recovered millions of dollars for his injured clients. He is particularly experienced in handling workers’ compensation claims for auto industry workers. He is one of only a few attorneys in the entire state of Illinois currently helping injured workers secure expedited trial and appellate review by filing emergency hearings under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, Section 19(b-1). Call for a free consultation.
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Steven J. Seidman
Belleville, IL Workers' Compensation Attorney with 42 years of experience
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DePaul College of Law
Steven Seidman, the founding member of Seidman, Margulis and Fairman, has been practicing injury law for 40 years. During that time he has tried thousands of cases to successful award or verdict. He has many multimillion dollar verdicts, and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for his clients. His high gross jury verdict for a personal injury case was $26.1 million for a seriously injured truck driver. His verdict of $3.8 million, for an attorney who contracted Legionnaire disease at the JW Marriott, in Chicago, was the highest reported verdict for that type of injury in Illinois...
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Jilmala Rogers
10.0
(1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Florida Coastal School of Law