Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, LLP


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Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, LLP


225 North Water Street, Suite 301 Decatur, Illinois 62525View Map

Practice Areas:

Litigation, Personal Injury, Appellate Practice, Auto Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Business Law, Contracts, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Education Law, Insurance, Workers Compensation, Labor and Employment, , Municipal Law, Health Care, Elder Law, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, Agricultural Law, Real Estate, Farm Real Estate, Environmental Law.

Year Established: 1888

Firm Size: 15

Representative Clients:

Ameren IP; Millikin University; Lincoln College; Richland Community College; Robertson Charter School; Decatur Memorial Hospital; State Bank of Arthur; Village of Forsyth; Grinnell Insurance Co.; Gallagher-Bassett; Sloan Implement Company.

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

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.

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.

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: Decatur, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Medical Malpractice Litigation; Workers Compensation Law.

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: 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.

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: Decatur, Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Free Exchanges; Probate; Trust Law; Banking Law; Commercial Law; Education Law.

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; Mergers/Acquisitions; Commercial Lending; Secured Transactions; Health Care; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate.

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.

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: 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; Labor and Employment.

Rhonda L. Heinz (Partner) born Springfield, Illinois, December 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1990). Member: Decatur, Macon County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Personal Injury; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Insurance; Education Law; Contracts.

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: Decatur, Illinois State Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; General Practice; Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Appellate Practice.

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.

ASSOCIATE

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.

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. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Illinois Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation; Laureate of the Academy of Illinois Lawyers. Member: Decatur, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Litigation; General Civil Litigation.

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