411 Hamilton Boulevard, 14th Floor     Peoria,  Illinois  61602      Phone:  309-671-3550
 
         
 
Attorneys
   
  James R. Morrison
     
 


Current Employment Position: Member

Areas Of Practice:
 

Trials and Appeals, All Courts

  Toxic Torts
  Product Liability Defense
  Personal Injury Litigation
  Insurance law
 

Contract Litigation

 
Litigation Percentage:
  100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
 
Bar Admissions:
  Illinois, 1971
  U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1971
  U.S. District Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1985
  U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
  U.S. Dirstrict Court Norhtern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1998

 

Education:

 

University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1971
Doctor of Jurisprudence

  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1968
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology

 

Representative Cases:

  Suttles v. Vogel, 1226 Ill.2d 186, 533 N.E.2d 901 (1988)
  Johnson v. Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, 10 F.3d 1300 (7th Cir. 1993)
 

Johnson v. Sumner, 160 Ill.App.3d 173, 513 N.E.2d 149 (3d Dist. 1987)

 

Costello v. UNARCO Industries, Inc., 129 Ill.App.3d 736, 473 N.E.2d 96 (4th Dist. 1984)

  UNARCO Industries, Inc. v. Frederick Manufacturing Co., Inc., 109 Ill.App.3d 189, 440 N.E.2d 360 (3d Dist. 1982)
 

Henry v. Farmer City State Bank, 808 F.2d 1288 (7th Cir. 1986)

 

Reardon v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Company, 26 F.3d 52 (7th Cir. 1994)

 

Angus v. Doss, 157 Ill.Ap.3d 300, 510 N.E. 2d 430 (3d Dist. 1987)

 

Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina v. Padgett, 113 Ill.Ap.3d 215, 446 N.E. 2d 937 (3d Dist. 1983)

 

Noel v. Jones, 177 Ill.App.3d 773, 532 N.E.2d 1050 (3d Dist. 1988)

 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Member
 

Defense Research Institute
Member

  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member
  Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member
  Illinois State Bar Association
Member
  Peoria County Bar Association,
Member

 

Birth Information:

 

August 23, 1945, Rural Avalon, California

 

Contact Information:

 

e-Mail

 

Attorneys:
  Homer W. Keller (1917-2009)  
 
  Roger E. Holzgrafe 
  Daniel L. Johns  
  Kevin D. Schneider 
 
  Thomas W. O'Neal 
  Charles Couri 
  Thomas A. McConnaughay 
  Michele A. Miller 
  Christopher A. Nichols
  Trisha L. Strode 
     
Of Counsel:
  A. Anthony Ashenhurst 
 

 

 

         
 
 

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