(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Practice.

Representative Clients:

Bituminous Insurance
Central Insurance Co.
Citizens Management, Inc.
CNA Insurance
Country Cos.
ESIS, Inc.
Employer's Security Insurance
Harleysville Insurance
Hinz Claim Management, Inc.
Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Midwest Insurance Co.
Pearl Cos.
Risk Enterprise Management, Inc.
St. Paul Insurance Cos.
Travelers Property and Casualty
Universal Underwriters
Westfield Group
Zurich North America
Ace USA
Attenta
Berkley Risk Enterprises
Brentwood Services
Broadspire
Cambridge Integrated Services, Inc.
Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.
Claims One
Crawford & Co.
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
HCR Manor Care
Martin Boyer Co., Inc.
Sedgwick CMS
American Buildings, Inc.
Carhartt, Inc.
City of Galesburg
City of Pekin
County of Peoria
Heico Cos.
Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Assn.
Interstate Brands Cos.
Komatsy America Corp.
L.R. Nelson, Inc.
Methode Electronics, Inc.
Methodist Medical Center
Midwest Truckers Group
NTN Bower
Peoria Journal Star
Peoria Rivermen, Inc.
R.A. Cullinan & Son, Inc.
River City Construction
Rowe Construction Co.
TI Automotive
United Contractors Midwest
Manpower
CCMSI.

Address

504 Fayette Street
Peoria, IL 61603, (Peoria Co.)

Phone

Phone: 309-655-1530
Fax: 309-655-1535
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/knellkelly

Website

http://www.knell-kelly.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Charles D. Knell (Member) born Urbana, Illinois, January 10, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1973); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1975). Lecturer: Peoria County Continuing Legal Education Committee; Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education; Central Illinois RIMD Association; Employers Association of Illinois; Lorman Education Services; National Business Institute, Inc. Workers' Compensation Self-Insured Trust and Illinois School District Agency Property Casualty Programs; Council on Education in Management. Listed in Who's Who in American Lawyers. Member: Rules Committee Illinois Industrial Commission; St. Jude Midwest Affiliate Board of Directors, 1978-1990, President, 1988-1990. Member: Chicago, Peoria County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Greater Peoria Claims Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Workers' Compensation Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court (Master). Reported Cases: Gallianetti vs. Industrial Commission, 734 N.E.2d 482, 2000; McCuen v. Peoria Park District, 643 NE2d 778, S.Ct., 1994; Kerker v. Elbert, 634 NE2d 482, 1994; Wolland v. Industrial Commission, 434 NE2d 1132, S.Ct., 1982; R.A. Cullinan & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 549 NE2d 805, 1990; Village of Oreana v. Industrial Commission, 289 Ill.App.3d, 682 NE2d 1158, 1997; Maskel v. Industrial Commission, 3rd District, April 11, 1996 unpublished; Blake v. Industrial Commission, 4th District January 25, 1990 unpublished; Cook v. Industrial Commission, 596 NE2d 746, 1992; R.A. Cullinan & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 575 NE2d 1240, 1991. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Employment Law; Automobile Liability; Trucking Law; Government; Municipal Law; Premises Liability; Civil Rights; Appellate Practice; State Government Law; Federal Government Law.Email: Charles D. Knell

Stephen P. Kelly (Member) born Peoria, Illinois, July 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: St. Ambrose University (B.A., 1987); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1990). Lecturer: Central Illinois Employers Association; Illinois Nursing Home Association; Nursing Home Risk Management Association; Illinois Groceries Association. Assistant Professor: Illinois Central College; Lorman Education Services. Lecture Topics: Americans with Disability Act; Illinois Workers' Compensation Act; Fraud Cases in the Workers' Compensation Act. Workers' Compensation Fraud Prosecution: Participated in the first successful indictment and conviction in Sangamon County of a petitioner in a fraud case in front of the Illinois Industrial Commission. The case resulted in a Class II felony against the petitioner. Member: Chicago, Peoria County, Sangamon County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Sangamon Claims Association; Greater Peoria Claims Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Workers' Compensation Claims Association. Reported Cases: E.R. Carpenter v. Illinois Industrial Commission, (4th District, April 1992 unpublished); Lascody Trucking v. Illinois Industrial Commission, (3rd District, June 1992 unpublished); Woodrum v. Bunn-O-Matic, (4th District, January 24, 2003, 783 N.E. 2d 1072); Morton CUSD v. Illinois Industrial Commission, (3rd District, August 2003 unpublished); Health Staff v. Illinois Industrial Commission, (4th District). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Automobile Negligence; Appellate Practice; State Government Law; Federal Government Law.Email: Stephen P. Kelly

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Andrew S. de Blank (Associate) born Pekin, Illinois, May 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida; 1993, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Boston University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); Florida State University (J.D., with honors, 1989); Purdue University (M.B.A., Finance, 1992). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards, Real Estate Transactions. Lecturer: Central Illinois Employers Association; Nursing Home Risk Management Association. Member: Peoria County, Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Workers Compensation; Civil Liability.Email: Andrew S. de Blank

Terrance M. Nofsinger (Associate) born Peoria, Illinois, March 31, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Bradley University (B.F.A. 2001); Creighton University School of Law (J.D. 2006). Recipient, Cali Award for Excellence in Remedies, Spring 2006. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Peoria County Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Appellate Practice; Insurance; Litigation.