(Main Office)

The law firm of Campbell, Black, Carnine, Hedin, Ballard & McDonald, P.C. originally began practicing law in Mt. Vernon, Illinois in 1938 as a separate office of a Central Illinois law firm. In 1977 the Mt. Vernon office became a separate firm named Campbell, Furnall, Moore & Jacobsen. In 1988, the name was again changed to Campbell, Black, Carnine & Hedin, P.C. and again in 1997 to Campbell, Black, Carnine, Hedin, Ballard & McDonald, P.C., to reflect the names of the active senior principals. The firm initially concentrated in oil, gas and coal law and soon added defense of civil liability claims, including negligence, products liability and medical malpractice, as a major concentration. Presently the firm has members concentrating in most major fields of civil practice including domestic relations, general litigation, real estate, banking, bankruptcy, general business, corporate and estate planning as well as insurance defense and coal, oil and gas law. The firm has active cases across the entire southern third of Illinois, in both state and federal courts.

Litigation, creditor bankruptcy and creditors rights, wills and trusts, business planning, business transactions, corporate and LLC formations, divorce, custody, visitation, alimony, maintenance, child support, probate, estate and gift taxation and title insurance.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in State and Federal Courts. Mining, Oil and Gas, Insurance, Workers Compensation, Corporation, Family, Probate, Real Estate and Trust Law. Trials and Appeals.

Representative Clients:

Collins Brothers Oil Co.
Consolidation Coal Co.
Country Mutual Insurance Co.
Travelers Insurance
State Farm Insurance
Pekin Insurance Co.
Employers Casualty Co.
St. Paul Insurance Cos.
Milwaukee Mutual Insurance Co.
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co.
Millers Mutual Insurance Co.
Exxon Coal U.S.A.
Freeman United Coal Co.
Union Insurance Group
American International Group
Indiana Insurance Co.
Shelter Insurance Co.
Continental Western Insurance Co.
Countrymark Cooperative LLP
Rockford Mutual Ins. Co.
The American Coal Company
Peoples National Bank
Monterey Coal Company
Foundation Coal Company
International Coal Group
Colt, LLC
Lexington Coal Company
Williamson Energy Company, LLC
Illinois Fuels Company, LLC
Old National Bank
Peabody Energy
Marathon Oil
Erie Insurance Co.
Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Association
Benoist Brothers Supply, Inc.
Illinois Casualty Insurance
Bituminous Insurance Company.

Address

108 South Ninth Street P.O. Drawer C
Mount Vernon, IL 62864, (Jefferson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 618-242-3310
Fax: 618-242-3735

Website

http://www.illinoisfirm.com

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Fred R. Mann (Associate) born Palestine, Illinois, October 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1974); Southern Illinois University (J.D., 1985). Member: Jefferson County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Mineral Law; Civil Practice.Email: Fred R. Mann

Eliott M. Hedin (Associate) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri; 2001, Illinois; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1996); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Former Partner, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP. Law Clerk to the Hon. Wiley Y. Daniel, District Court of Colorado, 2001-2003. Member: Jefferson County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Administrative Law; Injunctions; Commercial Litigation.Email: Eliott M. Hedin

Aaron S. Carnine (Associate) born Champaign, Illinois, December 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1993); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Attorney, Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, 2006-2008. Member: Jefferson County (President, 2005) and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Custody; Paternity; Adoption Law.Email: Aaron S. Carnine

Shane M. Carnine (Associate) born Mt. Vernon, Illinois, February 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: Eastern Illinois University (B.A., Political Science, 1999); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, CALI Awards in Evidence and Corporations. Articles Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Gregory K. Orme, Utah Court of Appeals, 2003-2004. Member: Jefferson County and Illinois State Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice.Email: Shane M. Carnine

Douglas R. Hoffman (Associate) born Peoria, Illinois, November 15, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 2003); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Order of the Barristers; Phi Kappa Sigma. Member: Jefferson County and Illinois State Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; General Practice; Litigation; Creditor Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights.Email: Douglas R. Hoffman

Kristine M. Tuttle (Associate) born Harrisburg, Illinois, May 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1992; J.D., 1995). Member: Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division Council, 1998-2000); Illinois Oil and Gas Association; Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. Reported Cases: Dardeen v. Heartland Manor, 186 Ill.2d 291 (1999); Turner v. Pletcher, 302 Ill. App.3d 1051 (4th Dist. 1999). Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Kristine M. Tuttle

Matthew B. Flanigan (Associate) born Centralia, Illinois, August 12, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama; 2007, Illinois. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 2002); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., 2006). Member, Cumberland Law Review. Formerly with Burr & Forman LLP. Member: Curia Honoris; Caruthers Teaching Fellow. Member: Jefferson County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Corporate; Estate Planning; Wills and Trusts; Business Planning; Business Transactions; Entity Formation; Corporations; Limited Liability Company Law.Email: Matthew B. Flanigan