411 Hamilton Boulevard, 14th Floor     Peoria,  Illinois  61602      Phone:  309-671-3550
 
         
 
Attorneys
   
  Thomas W. O'Neal
     
 


Current Employment Position: Member

Areas Of Practice:
  Bankruptcy Law
  Agricultural Law
  Corporate Law
  Labor and Employment
 
Litigation Percentage:
  60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
 
Bar Admissions:
  Illinois, 1980
  U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1980
  U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1999
  U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1986
  U.S. Tax Court, 1983

 

Education:

 

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1980
Doctor of Jurisprudence

  Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1977
Bachelor of Arts
Honors:  Cum Laude

 

Published Works:

 

Bankruptcy Law and Procedure, Law at a Glance: Legal Assistants Guide to the Law, 1993, Supp. 1997

  Recovery of Attorney Fees in Administrative Proceedings Illinois Administrative Law, 1991
 

Protecting Long Term Transfers Under Bankruptcy's Ordinary Course Defense, 79 Ill. B.J. 342, 1991

 

Representative Cases:

 

Ferris Elevator Co. v. Neffco, Inc., 285 Ill.App.3d 350, 674 N.E.2d 449 (3d Dist 1996)

 

Matter of C & S Grain Co., 47 F.3d 233 (7th Cir 1995)

 
Representative Clients:
  Illinois Agricultural Association

 

References:
  Jerry W. Quick, Office of General Counsel, Illinois Agricultural Association, 1701 Towanda Ave., Bloomington, Illinois
 

Classes/Seminars Taught:

 

Chapter 12 Bankruptcy, ISBA Law Ed Series on Agricultural Law, 1999

 

Property Line Disputes the Law of Adverse Possession, ISBA Law Ed Series on Agricultural Law, 1996

   

Honors and Awards:

 

John C. McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award, Illinois State Bar Association, 1998

  Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, Peoria County Bar Association, 1998
  Treasurer, Peoria County Bar Association, 2000-2002
  Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service, 2001 - Present
  President Peoria County Bar Association, 2004-2005
 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  American Bar Association
 

Illinois State Bar Association

  Peoria County Bar Association
  Hancock County Bar Association

 

Past Employment Positions:
 

Hartzell, Glidden, Tucker, Neff & O'Neal, Partner, 1983 - 1988

 

Special Assistant Attorney General, Agricultural Law, 1984 - 1986

   

Birth Information:

 

March 20, 1955, New Castle, Pennsylvania

 

 

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Attorneys:
 
  Roger E. Holzgrafe 
  Kevin D. Schneider 
 
  Charles Couri 
  Thomas A. McConnaughay 
  A. Anthony Ashenhurst 
  Christopher J. Spanos 
  Angela Baker Evans  
  Ronald W. Hasinger 
     
Of Counsel:
  Daniel L. Johns  
  James R. Morrison 
 

 

 

         
 
 


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