MEMBERS OF FIRM
Guy E. Williams (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Decatur and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Wills; Estate Planning; Real Estate.Email: Guy E. Williams
John S. Cobb (Managing Partner) born Urbana, Illinois, March 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member, Illinois Secretary of State's Corporation Acts Advisory Committee, 1986-2003, and Chairman, 1993-1995. Member: Decatur, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Health Care Law.Email: John S. Cobb
Mark E. Jackson (Partner) born Decatur, Illinois, March 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., 1971); University of Illinois (J.D., 1974). Member, Leading Lawyers Network, 2006. Member, Defense Research Institute, Inc. Member: Decatur, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Medical Malpractice Litigation; Workers Compensation Law.Email: Mark E. Jackson
Keith W. Casteel (Managing Partner) born Decatur, Illinois, August 13, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.S.I.E., with honors, 1972); University of Illinois (J.D., 1975). Tau Beta Pi; Iron Key. Recipient, Illinois State Bar Association Lincoln Award. Member, Illinois Secretary of State's Corporation Acts Advisory Committee, 2003-2005. Member, Leading Lawyers Network, 2006. Member: Decatur (President, 2007-2008), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Institute of Illinois Business Law. (Also at Arthur Office). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Commercial Law; Farm Real Estate; Environmental Law; Probate; Estate Planning.Email: Keith W. Casteel
Darrell A. Woolums (Partner) born Decatur, Illinois, September 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois. Education: Ventura Junior College; Illinois State University (B.S., 1971); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1976). Member, Leading Lawyers Network, 2006. Member: Decatur, Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Free Exchanges; Probate; Trust Law; Banking Law; Commercial Law; Education Law.Email: Darrell A. Woolums
John E. Sanner (Partner) born Decatur, Illinois, May 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1981; A.A., 1981; J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Member: Decatur, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Business Transactions; Commercial Lending/Borrowing; Secured Transactions; Health Care; Commercial Real Estate.Email: John E. Sanner
Edward Q. Costa (Partner) born Springfield, Illinois, October 31, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., 1980); Creighton University (J.D., 1983). Member: Decatur, Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Foreclosures.Email: Edward Q. Costa
James T. Jackson (Managing Partner) born Decatur, Illinois, December 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., with high honors, 1984); University of Colorado (J.D., 1988). Member, Leading Lawyers Network, 2006. Member: Decatur and Illinois State Bar Associations; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; College and University Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; General Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: James T. Jackson
Bridget C. Hogan (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, February 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois; 1998, Missouri. Education: Rockhurst College (B.S./B.A., 1983); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Decatur, Illinois State Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; General Practice; Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates.Email: Bridget C. Hogan
Scott E. Garwood (Partner) born Springfield, Illinois, November 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Agriculture, 1999; J.D., 2002). Member: Decatur and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Wills and Probate; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Business Law; Corporate Law; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Agricultural Law; Real Estate; Municipal Law.Email: Scott E. Garwood
ASSOCIATES
Phoebe S. Bowers (Associate) born Mattoon, Illinois, May 30, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Millikin University (B.S., cum laude, 2000); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Decatur and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Collections; Elder Law; Trusts and Estates; Wills and Probate.Email: Phoebe S. Bowers
Craig Runyon (Associate) born Olney, Illinois, April 18, 1984; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 2005); Southern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Member: Decatur and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Wills; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Collections; Civil Litigation; Business Law.Email: Craig Runyon
OF COUNSEL
Nicholas J. Neiers (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1960, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., magna cum laude, 1959; J.D., 1960). Case Editor, Notre Dame Lawyer, 1959-1960. Member: Decatur, Illinois State Bar Associations;. American College of Trial Lawyers. [Retired USAR, Colonel]. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Real Estate Law.
Jerald E. Jackson (Of Counsel) born St. Marys, Illinois, April 25, 1922; admitted to bar, 1949, Illinois. Education: Western Illinois University (B.S., 1946); University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1949). Pi Kappa Delta; Order of the Coif. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Committees on: Pattern Jury Instructions, 1973-1994; Character and Fitness, 1974-1995; Leading Lawyers Network. Member: Decatur, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Illinois Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation; Laureate of the Academy of Illinois Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Litigation; General Civil Litigation.Email: Jerald E. Jackson