 | Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith
& Pranaitis | | | | | 401 Market Street
Alton, Illinois 62002 View Map |
|
| | | | Practice Areas: | | General Practice and Trials in all Federal and State Courts. Insurance, Litigation, Negligence, Product Liability, Malpractice, Employment Discrimination, Employee Contracts, Business Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Probate, Wills, Estate Planning, Estate and Gift Taxation, Trusts, Estates, Labor Relations, Tax Law, Workers Compensation, Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Governmental, Bankruptcies and Foreclosures, Medical Malpractice Defense, Insurance Defense, Family Law, Slip and Fall, Toxic Torts, Mesothelioma, Residential Real Estate, Property Insurance, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Trucking and Motorcycle Accidents, Nursing Home Litigation, Asbestos Litigation, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Head and Spinal Injuries, Seatbelt Injury, Whiplash. | | | | Firm Size: 9 | | | | Representative Clients: | | American Family Insurance Group; American International Insurance Group; Crown Cork & Seal Co.; Fischer Lumber Co.; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.; Navistar, Inc.; Madison County, Illinois; Midco Industries, Inc.; Millers First Insurance Companies; Mississippi Lime Co.; The Monticello College Foundation; Multimetco, Inc.; North Pointe Insurance Company; OneBeacon Insurance; Penske Truck Leasing Co.; Rollins, Inc.; St. Anthony's Health Center; St. Clare's Hospital; Simon Property Group; Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.; SSM Health Care; St. Paul Travelers; State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.; Waggoner Equipment Co.; Zurich Insurance NA. References: U.S. Bank. | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 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
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
| | | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | | | William H. Hoagland (Member) born Alton, Illinois, September 15, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1962); University of Illinois (LL.B., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Alton-Wood River (Secretary, 1970-1971; Vice President, 1984; President, 1985), Madison County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. [With U.S. Army, 1966-1969]. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Employment Discrimination Law; Personal Injury Defense Law. | | | | R. Emmett Fitzgerald (Member) born Alton, Illinois, February 27, 1926; admitted to bar, 1952, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1951; J.D., 1952). Law Clerk for Justice Roger Kiley, Appellate Court of Illinois, 1952-1953. Member: Alton-Wood River and Illinois State Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association. [With U.S. Navy, 1944-1946]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Banking Law; Commercial Law; Probate Law; Real Estate Law. | | | | Alphonse J. Pranaitis (Member) born Granite City, Illinois, July 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 2004, Missouri. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 1970); St. Louis University (J.D., 1975). Law Clerk for Justice Charles Jones, Appellate Court of Illinois, 1975-1976. Publications: "Monograph: Voir Dire in Civil Jury Trials: Illinois," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1, First Quarter-2004, pp. M-1 to M-11; " Collaring the Collateral Source Rule," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1, First Quarter-2004, pp. 51 to 54; "Removal of Illinois Cases to Federal District Court, Confronting the 'Amount in Controversy' Conundrum and Other Concerns," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3, Third Quarter-2004; "Recent Opinion Regarding Voluntary Dismissal Orders Opens the Door for Potential Abuse," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2, Second Quarter-2005, pp. 58 to 63. Member: Alton-Wood River (Vice President, 2000; President, 2002), Madison County (Treasurer, 1979-1980; Secretary, 1984-1985), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Editor in Chief, IDC Quarterly); Defense Research Institute; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Product Liability Law; Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Employment Discrimination Law. | | | | Stephen J. Maassen (Member) born Clifton Springs, New York, May 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Indiana; 1978, Illinois; 1999, Missouri. Education: Central College (B.A., 1973); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1977). Managing Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review, 1976-1977. Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk for Justice Dorothy W. Spomer and Justice George W. Kasserman, Appellate Court of Illinois, 1979-1981. Member: Alton-Wood River, Madison County, Illinois State, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Federal Bar Association of Central and Southern Districts (Member, Legislation Committee); Defense Research Institute; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel-IADC. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Employment Law; Construction Litigation; Admiralty Law; Toxic Torts; Product Liability Law; Insurance Law. | | | | Scott D. Bjorseth (Member) born Columbia, Missouri, December 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; 1991, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (B.J., 1987); Southern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: Madison County, Alton-Wood River and Illinois State Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense Law; Civil Litigation; Insurance Law. | | | | ASSOCIATES | | | | Anne K. Garcia (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, February 8, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois; 2006, Missouri. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2004). Vice President, Student Bar Association, Tulane University Law School. Member: Madison County, Alton-Wood River, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Insurance Law. | | | | David A. Schott (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, January 7, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; 2006, Missouri. Education: Butler University (B.A., honors, 2003); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Phi Delta Phi; Associate Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Member: Madison County, Alton-Wood River, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; Personal Injury Law. | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Karl K. Hoagland, Jr. (Of Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1955); University of Illinois (LL.B., 1958). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Trustee, The Monticello College Foundation, 1965—. Vice President and General Counsel, Container Corporation of America, 1986-1992 and Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, 1960-1992. Member: Alton-Wood River, Madison County and Illinois State Bar Associations. [With U.S. Air Force, 1958-1959]. | | | | Donald L. Smith (Of Counsel) born Carbondale, Illinois, October 28, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1960; LL.B., 1962). Member: Alton-Wood River (President, 1974-1975), Madison County (President, 1981-1982) and Illinois State Bar Associations. [Lieut., U.S. Naval Reserve, 1962-1966]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Governmental Law; Banking Law; Family Law; Bankruptcy. |
|
 |
|
