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Address
306 West Church Street, P.O. Box 6750
Champaign, Illinois 61826-6750 (Champaign Co.)
Website
http://www.meyercapel.com
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4.6
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 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Meyer Capel is based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and is one of the largest law firms in Downstate Illinois. The firm represents clients throughout the United States and overseas and offers a wide range of legal services generally provided only by firms in major metropolitan areas. The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Business Law, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Real Estate, Tax, Telecommunications and Public Utility, Intellectual Property Law, Labor and Employment Law (Management), Municipal Law, Family Law, Health Care Law, Personal Injury, Products Liability Law, Criminal Law, Social Security Disability, Software Licensing, Education Law. Year Established: 1961
Firm Size: 29
Representative Clients:American Crop Protection Association
American Oil Chemists Society
Apartment MediaWorks, L.L.C.
Artwick Consulting, Inc.
The Atkins Group
Bank of Ivesdale
BASF Plant Science, LLC
Kirby Foods, Inc.
Broeren-Russo Construction, Inc.
Busey Bank
Cambridge Telephone Company
Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.
Carle Clinic Association
Cass Telephone Company
Champaign County
Champaign-Urbana Venture Fund, LLC
Champaign County Forest Preserve District
C.H.I. Overhead Doors, Inc.
Cingular Wireless LLC
Cookson America, Inc.
Cozad/Westchester
Duce Construction Company (DUCE)
ExSeed Genetics, L.L.C.
Farm Management Company-Midwest
Foremost Insurance Co.
Fox Development Corp.
Franchise Management Systems, Inc.
Genesco Telephone Company
Gill Athletics, Inc.
Conseco Financial Vendor Services
EpiWorks, Inc.
Harris Industries
Hobbico, Inc.
Communication Management, Inc.
Housing Authority of Champaign County
Illinois Archaeological Survey
Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association
Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc.
Illinois Independent Telephone Assn.
Incobrasa Industries, Inc.
Ivesdale Fire Protection District
Kirby Foods, Inc.
The Larson Co.
Lopax, Inc.
McLane Co.
Midwest Television, Inc.
Monical Pizza Corp.
Nexus, Inc.
Illinois-American Water Co.
Parkland College
Plastic Container Corp.
Premiere Partners
Equistar Chemical, L.P.
Raindrop Geomagic, Inc.
Sangamon Valley Public Water District
Shawnee Telephone Company
SOMAT
Southwest Recreational Industries, Inc.
SBC Communications, Inc.
Stanton Township
Sullivan-Parkhill Holdings, Inc.
Thomasboro School District No. 130
Tolono Township Road District
Urbana Township
Valenti Management
Vesuvius, USA
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Westchester Group, Inc.
International Agricultural Investors, LLC
The Libman Company
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
VanKampen Asset Management
International Agricultural Investors, LLC
The Libman Company, J. P. Morgan Chase Bank.
Rate InformationAccepts Major Credit Cards
Address306 West Church Street P.O. Box 6750
Champaign, IL 61826-6750, (Champaign Co.)
PhonePhone: 217-352-1800
Telecopier: 217-352-1083
Websitehttp://www.meyercapel.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
James L. Capel, Jr. (1933-1991).
Dennis K. Muncy (Member) born Taylorville, Illinois, July 12, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1964); University of Illinois (J.D., 1967). Member: Champaign County and Illinois State (Member, Public Utilities Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Utilities Law; Telecommunications Law.Email: Dennis K. Muncy
Francis J. Jahn (Member) born Harrisburg, Illinois, September 19, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois; 1968, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). Member, Corporate Acts Advisory Committee for Illinois Secretary of State, 1986-2003. Member: Champaign County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate Law.Email: Francis J. Jahn
David B. Sholem (Member) born Champaign, Illinois, October 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1975); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1978); University of Illinois. Member: Champaign County (President, 1984-1985), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporate and Business Law.Email: David B. Sholem
John H. Elder (Member) born Pekin, Illinois, February 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.S.I.M., 1969); University of Illinois (J.D., 1972). Member: Champaign County (Member, Probate Section) and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Estate Planning.
Mark D. Lipton (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, February 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1976, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Knox College (B.A., 1968); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 1974-1975. Assistant State's Attorney, Champaign County, 1975-1982; First Assistant, 1981-1982. Member: Champaign County (President, 1998-2000), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [With U.S. Army, 1968-1971; Vietnam, 1969-1970]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Felonies; Misdemeanors; Traffic Violations.Email: Mark D. Lipton
Tracy J. Nugent (Member) born Champaign, Illinois, November 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois and U.S. Tax Court; 1986, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 1979; M.B.A.; J.D., 1984). Member: Champaign County, Illinois State (Member, Section Council on Corporation, Securities and Business Law) and American (Member, Sections of: Science and Technology; Intellectual Property Law; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate and Business Law; Intellectual Property Law; Securities Law; Banking Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Tracy J. Nugent
Richard T. West (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, August 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois and Indiana. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1969). Author: "'Immunity' from the Tort Immunity Act," Illinois Bar Journal, May, 1974. Co-Author: "Slamming the Door on Insureds: The Illinois Supreme Court's Lapham-Hickey Decision," Illinois Bar Journal, October, 1996. Member: Champaign County, Illinois State (Member, Section Council on Tort Law, 1972-1975; Insurance Law Section Council, 1975-1977), Indiana State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; International Association of Defense Counsel. [1st Lieut., U.S. Army, 1969-1971; Vietnam, 1970-1971]. Practice Areas: State and Federal Trial and Appellate Practice; Business Transactions; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property Law and Litigation; Corporate Law; Health Care; Personal Injury and Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Class Actions.Email: Richard T. West
Rusty W. Freeland (Member) born Highland, Illinois, February 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Missouri and U.S. Tax Court; 1986, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1980); Washington University (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient, James Scholar. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1980. Member: Champaign County and Illinois State Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Intellectual Property Licensing; Venture Capital Transactions.Email: Rusty W. Freeland
Lorna K. Geiler (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., cum laude, 1983); University of Illinois (J.D., 1986). Author: Chapter 20: "Retaliatory Discharge," in IICLE 2008 Causes of Action Handbook. Member: Champaign County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Federal Civil Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Lorna K. Geiler
Patrick T. Fitzgerald (Member) born Des Plaines, Illinois, August 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Member: Champaign County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law.Email: Patrick T. Fitzgerald
Todd J. Black (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1983); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1985). Adjunct Professor of Law, Estate Planning, University of Illinois College of Law. Member: Champaign County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Business Planning.Email: Todd J. Black
Joseph D. Murphy (Member) born Urbana, Illinois, July 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1987, District of Columbia and New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); The American University (J.D.,cum laude, 1985). Law Clerk to the Honorable Stanley J. Roszkowski, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1985-1987. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law (course in trade secrets, copyright and trademark. Practice Areas: Telecommunications Law; Intellectual Property; Franchise Law; Civil Litigation; Business Transactions.Email: Joseph D. Murphy
James M. Mullady (Member) born Kankakee, Illinois, May 27, 1952; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1974; M.S., 1975); University of Illinois (Adv. Cert., 1983); Indiana University (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Kappa; Delta Kappa Pi. Member: Champaign County (Member, Board of Governors, 1994-1997; Chairman, Family Law Committee, 1996-1997), Illinois State and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Adoption; Collaborative Family Law.Email: James M. Mullady
Evan D. Coobs (Member) born Oelwein, Iowa, November 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Minnesota; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1993, U.S. Tax Court; 1995, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., with distinction, 1986; M.A., 1989; J.D., with high distinction, 1989). Certified Public Accountant, Iowa, 1986. Member: Illinois State, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Finance; Partnership Law.Email: Evan D. Coobs
John J. Powers (Member) born Blue Island, Illinois, July 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1984, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., highest honors, 1977); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Member, Order of the Coif. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1977. Member: Champaign County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law.Email: John J. Powers
Rochelle A. Funderburg (Member) born Lincoln, Illinois, September 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Champaign County (Member, Board of Governors, 1995), Illinois State (Member, Sections on: Tort; Administrative; Workers' Compensation) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Municipal Law; Workers Compensation; Labor and Employment.Email: Rochelle A. Funderburg
Jeffrey M. Davis (Member) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: Champaign County (Member, Board of Governors, 2003, 2004), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporate Law.Email: Jeffrey M. Davis
Keith E. Emmons (Member) born Pekin, Illinois, March 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1971); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1974); University of Illinois (A.M., 1981). Member, Loyola University Law Journal, 1973-1974. Certified Mediator, Champaign County, Circuit Court Mediation Program. Member: Champaign County, Illinois State (Council Chair, 1997-1998; Member, Council, Health Care Section, 1988-2005) and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (Member: Board of Directors and Past President); American Society of Medical Association Counsel; Appellate Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Health Care; Privacy; Professional Liability Defense; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Trial Practice; Appellate Practice.Email: Keith E. Emmons
Matt C. Deering (Member) born Beeville, Texas, November 6, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1991); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1996). Member: Champaign County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Intellectual Property; Telecommunications Regulation; Licensing.Email: Matt C. Deering
Harold N. Adams (Member) born Lincoln, Illinois, December 2, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., Finance, with distinction, 1993; J.D., 1996). Phi Delta Phi. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1999. Member: Champaign County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Administration; Estate Planning.Email: Harold N. Adams
Jenny H. Park (Member) born Seoul, South Korea, February 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Indiana; 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1993); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Champaign County, Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Condominium Law; Land Development; Landlord and Tenant Law.Email: Jenny H. Park
Ward F. McDonald (Member) born Decatur, Illinois, March 26, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1964; J.D., 1969). Adjunct Professor, Finance & Law, University of Illinois, 1990. American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Charter Member, 1980. Co-Founder, Board of Directors, Land Conservation Foundation. President, Arrowhead Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1987-1989. Board of Directors, Prairie Rivers Network. Member: Illinois State Bar Association (Chairman, Real Estate Law Section Council, 1976-1977); Illinois Bar Foundation (Charter Member); American Bar Foundation; Attorneys Title Guaranty Fund (Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Banking Law.
——————————Marjorie A. Harris (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, July 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1988, Illinois. Education: Brown University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Michigan Law Review, 1981-1983. Visiting Instructor, University of Illinois College of Law, 1989, 1991-1993. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Charitable Gift Planning; Not-For-Profit Corporations.Email: Marjorie A. Harris
Rebecca E.P. Wade (Associate) born Herrin, Illinois, April 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., Economics, 1993; J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Member, 1996-1997 and Articles Editor, 1997-1998, Elder Law Journal. Law Clerk, Hon. James A. Knecht, Fourth District Appellate Court, State of Illinois. Author: "The Face of Social Security in The 21st Century," Elder Law Journal, 1998. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration.Email: Rebecca E.P. Wade
Brooke A.M. Didier (Associate) born Galesburg, Illinois, March 10, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Monmouth College (B.A., 2000); University of Illinois, College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Illinois State and Champaign County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: Brooke A.M. Didier
Steven A. Amjad (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, January 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri; 2002, Illinois. Education: St. Louis University ( B.S., 1997; J.D., 2001); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (M.B.A., 1998). City of St. Louis Office of the Circuit Attorney. Missouri Real Estate Broker, 2004. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Criminal Law; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation.Email: Steven A. Amjad
Randall H. Green (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Wisconsin and Illinois. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.S., Business Administration and Finance, 2003); Marquette University (J.D., 2006; M.B.A., 2006). Practice Areas: Business Planning; Business Transactions; Real Estate; Tax Planning.Email: Randall H. Green
Thomas C. Lockman (Associate) born Urbana, Illinois, September 27, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., Political Science, with honors, 2004); St. Louis University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; General Practice.Email: Thomas C. Lockman
Anna M. Benjamin (Associate) born Columbia, Missouri, March 21, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 2004); University of Illinois (J.D., 2008). Recipient, Best Advocate Award, University of Illinois College of Law, 2007-2008. Author: "Survey of Illinois Law - Health Care," Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Volume 32, Summer 2008. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care Law; Labor and Employment; Real Estate Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Anna M. Benjamin
W. Jay Frazier (Associate) born Greenwich, Connecticut, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, New York. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1993); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1999). Member: New Your State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Secured Lending(50%); Corporate Banking Law(50%).Email: W. Jay Frazier
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