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| | Address | | 120 West State Street, Suite 400 | | Rockford, Illinois 61101 | | (Winnebago Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 219, Rockford, IL, 61105-0219 | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 815-987-8900 | | Fax: 815-968-0019 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wilmac.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| WilliamsMcCarthy, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Administrative Law, Advertising and Media Law, Banking, Bankruptcy and Commercial Work Outs, Business Litigation, Closely-held Business, Commercial Lending, Condemnation and Zoning, Construction Law, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Employers' Liability, Environmental Law, Family Law, Health Care and Hospital Law, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense, International Law, Labor and Employment (management), Municipal Finance, Probate, Trust Law and Estate Planning, Products Liability, Real Estate, Taxation, Unfair Competition, Workers' Compensation (management). | Firm Profile:
Since its beginning over 70 years ago, WilliamsMcCarthy has grown to become one of the largest full service firms in Illinois outside of Chicago. We are a Regional firm that represent a broad cross section of business, industrial, governmental, health care, financial, insurance and individual interests. Our business clients, many of whom operate on a regional, national and international level, include such industries as agriculture, automotive, banking and financial, computers and technology, construction, engineering, health care, hotels and hospitality, insurance, machine tool, manufacturing, media, petroleum marketing, real estate development, retail, personal service, telecommunications and transportation. While a substantial portion of our client base is made up of institutional and corporate clients, the firm represents a significant number of small businesses and individuals. Our work for individual clients includes such matters as probate, complex estate planning and tax services, family law, real estate transactions, incorporation, litigation and general legal counseling. A full service law firm, WilliamsMcCarthy's core departments are designated Business Law, Litigation, Employment Law (management), Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Creditor's Rights and Health Care. Within the Business Law group several of our members concentrate in mergers and acquisitions. The firm maintains a large litigation practice with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, unfair competition, employers' liability, insurance defense, and workers compensation (management). Members of the litigation group practice in the state courts of Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as all federal courts and routinely act as co-counsel with national law firms in complex disputes, including commercial litigation. From its core groups, WilliamsMcCarthy lawyers have developed expertise in a variety of areas of concentration which allows the Firm to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of its clients. State of the art technology and support systems allow us to meet our clients' needs on a timely cost-efficient fashion. We recruit highly capable personnel and require continuing professional education and development. We encourage our members to become active in the community and are pleased that our lawyers routinely serve in leadership positions of organizations that serve our region. In addition to our principal office in Rockford, we also maintain a regional office in Oregon, Illinois to serve several adjacent counties southwest of Rockford. | | Firm Size: 26 | Representative Clients:
Financial: Alpine Bank of Illinois; Amcore Bank, N.A.; National City Bank; Associated Bank; Forreston State Bank; Lena State Bank; Navistar Financial Corp; State Bank of Pearl City; Firstar Bank. |
HEALTH CARE: Alpine Fireside Health Center; Benefit Administrative Service; Janet Wattles Center; Lundholm Surgical Group, LTD; Milestone, Inc.; Rock River Valley Blood Center; Wesley Willows; Orthopedic & Arthritis Clinic; Pediatric Associates of Rockford; Riverside Medical Clinic; Rockford Clinic; Rockford Health System; Rockford Health Plans; Rockford Memorial Hospital; Rockford Orthopedic Associates; Rockford Surgical Services; Rosecrance Health Network; Visiting Nurses Association. |
EDUCATIONAL: Rockford School District 205; Harlem Education Foundation; Forrestville Valley Community School District; Oregon School District; Rockford College; Rock Valley College Foundation; Community Foundation Northern Illinois. |
INSURANCE: Cincinnati Insurance Co.; Country Companies; Employers Mutual Insurance Co.; Gallagher Bassett Insurance Co.; The Hartford; Kemper Group; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Springfield Fire & Casualty Co.; The St. Paul Companies; Shelby Insurance Co.; The Travelers Companies; Wausau Insurance Companies; West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.; Williams-Manny. |
MANUFACTURING: DaimlerChrysler Corp.; Advanced Machine & Engineering; Aircraft Gear Corp.; Arachnid, Inc.; Behr Machinery & Equipment Corp.; Dean Foods, Co.; DeKalb Genetics Corp.; Etynre International, LTD.; Hydraforce, Inc.; Ingersoll Milling Machine Co.; Haldex Hydraulics Corp.; Joseph Behr & Sons, Inc.; Martin Automatic, Inc.; Miller Engineering Co.; Pacsci Motion, Control, Inc.; Pegard Products, Inc.; Roper-Whitney of Rockford; Southern Imperial, Inc.; Stickle Enterprises, LTD.; Terra Industries; The Valvoline Company; W.A. Whitney Co.; Zenith Cutter Co. |
MUNICIPAL: Boone County; City of Byron; Cherry Valley Library District; North Suburban Library District; City of Oregon; Oregon Park District; City of Rockford; Rockford Mass Transit District; Rockford Park District; Rockford Metro Authority; Rockford Police Pension Fund; Village of Lena; Winnebago County. |
REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION: Landis Reality; Mid-Northern Management; Ringland-Johnson, Inc.; Hillcrest Development, Inc.; Spring Creek Development Company; Sproule Construction Co.; Star Development, LLC; Stock Lumber Co. |
COMMUNICATIONS: Airplay Broadcasting Co.; Pride Communications, LLC; Radio Works, Inc.; R World Communications; Segueway Broadcasting Corp.; WTVO Television. |
RETAIL/SERVICE: Cal Cars, Inc; Golf Shack, LLC; Kelley-Williamson Company; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Premium Oil Co.; Title Underwriters Agency, Inc.; Viking Distributors, Inc.; Vista Marketing Group, LTD. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard |
Other Office Locations of WilliamsMcCarthy, LLP
Oregon, Illinois, U.S.A.
| | Thomas S. Johnson (Member) born Rockford, Illinois, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois. Education: Rockford College (A.B., 1964); Harvard University (LL.B., 1967); Rockford College (L.H.D., Hon., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Trustee, 1979-1991 and Chairman, 1986-1989, Rockford College. Member, Board of Governors, Regents College, London, England, 1984-1989. Trustee, Eastern Illinois University, 1996-2000. Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1987 and Chairman, 1985-1986, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Treasurer, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1986. Trustee, Clients Security Fund of Illinois, 1983-1986. Chancellor, Illinois Academy of Lawyers, 1999-2000. Member: Winnebago County (President, 1990-1991), Illinois State (Secretary, 1980-1981; Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1982) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1982-1989; Chairman, 1975-1976, Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services; Member, 1975-1982 and 1985-1988 and Chairman, 1976-1979, Consortium on Legal Services and the Public; Chairman, Lawyers Referral Committee, 1979-1982; Member, 1984-1988 and Chairman, 1985-1988, Commission on Advertising) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1990). Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Illinois Bar Foundation. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration. Email: Thomas S. Johnson | | Russell D. Anderson (Member) born Paxton, Illinois, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1968; J.D., with honors, 1971). Order of the Coif. Projects Editor, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1971. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Robert C. Underwood, Illinois Supreme Court, 1971-1972. Member: Winnebago County (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1990), Illinois State (Member, 1978-1984, 1986—; Chairman, Insurance Program Committee, 1982-1983) and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Business Law; Environmental Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration. Email: Russell D. Anderson | | John E. Pfau (Member) born Rockford, Illinois, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1970; J.D., 1973). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1972. Member: Winnebago County (Treasurer, 1977), Illinois State (Member, Federal Taxation Section Council, 1981-1984) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits Law; Taxation. Email: John E. Pfau | | Richard A. Berman (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., 1966); Northern Illinois University (M.S. in Ed., 1971); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1974). Note Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review, 1973-1974. Faculty Member: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Workers Compensation Seminars; Law Ed Series, Workers' Compensation Seminars; National Business Institute, Workers Compensation Seminars. Member, Board of Directors, 1984— and President, 1988-1989, Janet Wattles Mental Health Center. Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law. Email: Richard A. Berman | | John L. Shepherd (Member) born Pontiac, Illinois, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1969); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1975). Faculty Member: Illinois Institute for the Continuing Legal Education, Workers Compensation Seminar, 1989; National Business Institute, Workers' Comp. Seminars, 1989, 1990 and 1993; Illinois State Bar Association, Workers Compensation Seminar Speaker, 1990—. Member: Winnebago County (Chairman, Workers Compensation Section), Illinois State (Member, Workers Compensation Section Council) and American Bar Associations; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1991). Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation; Winnebago County Bar Foundation (President). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law. Email: John L. Shepherd | | Terry D. Anderson (Member) born Rockford, Illinois, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois. Education: Rockford College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); University of Illinois (J.D., with honors, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Chairman, 2003-2005, Member, Illinois Secretary of State Business Laws Advisory Committee, 1991—. Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State (Member, Section Council, Corporate and Securities Law, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1978-1985 and President, 1984-1985). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; Health Care. Email: Terry D. Anderson | | Kim D. Krahenbuhl (Member) born Dixon, Illinois, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Member: Ogle County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. (Resident Partner, Oregon, Illinois Office). Practice Areas: Probate Law; Real Estate Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Kim D. Krahenbuhl | | Scott C. Sullivan (Member) born Hanover, Illinois, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., cum laude, 1979). Member: Winnebago County (Secretary, 1983-1984; Chairman, Mandatory Arbitration Committee, 1988-1989), Illinois Court Certified Mediator. Member: Illinois State (Member Sections on: Civil Practice; Corporate and Securities; Banking Law; Insurance Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Health Care and Business Law) Bar Associations; Illinois State Bankers Association; Illinois Leading Lawyers Network; The Notre Dame Law Association (Director, 1998—); Certified Mediator, U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Shareholder Litigation; Mediation; Unfair Competition. Email: Scott C. Sullivan | | Carol N. Bailey (Member) born Portsmouth, Virginia, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.S., 1974); St. Louis University (J.D., 1976). Recipient, YWCA Leadership Luncheon Alta Hulett Award for Women in the Professions, 1989. Instructor: Rock Valley College Adult Education Course on Women's Legal Rights, 1978-1981; Northern Illinois University School of Nursing, Nursing Law, 1981-1985. Founding Member, President, 1980-1983 and Former Legal Counsel, Family Advocate, Inc. Founder and First Chairperson, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Rockford Regional Advisory Committee, 1981. Current, Volunteer Expert Panel Member, Winnebago County Child Protection Association, Member, Family Abuse Consultation Team. Member, Carrie Lynn Expert Advisory Panel. Named, Person of the Year, National Association of Social Services. Certified Mediator. Former Assistant Attorney General. Named, First Woman appointed Assistant State Attorney, Winnebago County. Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American (Member, Family Law Section and Women Rainmakers) Bar Associations; Winnebago County Women's Bar Association of Illinois (Founder and First President); Association of Conflict Resolution. Practice Areas: Domestic Law; Family Law; Litigation. Email: Carol N. Bailey | | James P. Devine (Member) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Eastern Illinois University (B.A., 1978); University of Illinois (J.D., 1981). Assistant State's Attorney, 1981-1984. Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State (Member, Sections on: Civil Practice and Procedure and Insurance Law Section) and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law. Email: James P. Devine | | John J. Holevas (Member) born Elgin, Illinois, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1983); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1986). Member: Winnebago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John J. Holevas | | Timothy J. Rollins (Member) born Mendota, Illinois, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Military Review; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Harvard Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: "Standing-Injury in Fact Requirements," 98 Harvard Law Review 236 (1984); A Contract Lawyer's Guide to the Requirement for Meaningful Discussions in Negotiated Procurements," 122 Mil. L. Rev. 221, 1988; "Processing GAO Bid Protests," The Army Lawyer, May 1988. Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. [Capt., Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army, 1986-1990]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Employment Law; Health Care Law. Email: Timothy J. Rollins | | Clayton L. Lindsey (Member) born Quincy, Illinois, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; 1991, Wisconsin. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., with honors, 1981); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1984). Executive Lead Articles Editor, John Marshall Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: "Breaching the Duty of Fair Representation: The Union's Responsibility," John Marshall Law Review, 1984. Member: Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Resident Partner, Oregon, Illinois Office). Practice Areas: Commercial and Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Employment Law; Family and Juvenile Law. Email: Clayton L. Lindsey | | Stephen E. Balogh (Member) born Casablanca, Morocco, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., summa cum laude, 1983); University of Illinois (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Winnebago County (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2001; First Vice-President, 2005-2006), Illinois State (Section Council, Labor and Employment Law Section; Member, Federal and Litigation Sections), Seventh Circuit and American (Member, Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections) Bar Associations; Wisconsin State Bar (Member, Non-Resident Division, Labor & Employment Law Section); Winnebago County Bar Foundation (President, Board of Directors, 1993-1994); Defense Research Institute. [With U.S. Marine Corps, 1977-1980]. Practice Areas: Employment; Labor Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Litigation. Email: Stephen E. Balogh | | Marc C. Gravino (Member) born Galesburg, Illinois, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Wisconsin, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit. Education: University of Illinois; Northern Illinois University (B.G.S., cum laude, 1985); University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1988). Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage. Email: Marc C. Gravino | | Thomas P. Sandquist (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1995, Wisconsin. Education: Rockford College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Illinois (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: Winnebago County (Chairman, Real Estate Section, 1993), Illinois State (Member and Newsletter Editor, Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Section Council, 1992—; Chairman, 1999-2000) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Debtor Creditor Law; Bankruptcy. Email: Thomas P. Sandquist | | Carl A. Ecklund (Member) born Rockford, Illinois, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin and Northern District of Illinois. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., cum laude 1987); University of Wisconsin (J.D., cum laude 1990). Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate. Email: Carl A. Ecklund | | Wendy S. Howarter (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1988; J.D., 1991). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Ogle County (Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1996), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. (Resident Partner, Oregon, Illinois Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Family Law; Insurance Defense. Email: Wendy S. Howarter | | Michael T. Cyrs (Member) born Wausau, Wisconsin, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Wisconsin and Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1991); Marquette University (M.B.A., 1994; J.D., 1994). Certified Financial Planner, 2000. Member: Winnebago County (Treasurer and Director, 2001-2002; Chairman, Tax Section, 2000), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Northern Illinois Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Tax Exempt Organizations; Charitable Giving; Elder Law; Corporate Law. Email: Michael T. Cyrs | | Troy E. Haggestad (Member) born Willmar, Minnesota, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. Education: Nothern Illinois University (B.S., 1991); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Insurance Coverage. Email: Troy E. Haggestad | | Brendan A. Maher (Member) born Washington, D.C.,1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Augustana College (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Valparaiso University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: Brendan A. Maher | | —————————— | | Carol A. Hartline (Associate) born Sycamore, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1994); Northern Illinois University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Member: Law Review; Moot Court. Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Carol A. Hartline | | Kyle G. Carlock (Associate) born August 25, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., Finance, 2002; J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Transactional; Litigation. Email: Kyle G. Carlock | | Adam M. Fleming (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2007). Member: Winnebago County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Corporate and Business Law; Commercial Law and Copyright and Trademark Law. Email: Adam M. Fleming | | Karl C. Williams (1934-1984). | | Edward R. Telling, III (1970-2004). | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Oregon, Illinois Office: 607 Washington Street. P.O. Box 339. Telephone: 815-732-2101. Fax: 815-732-2289.
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