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Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on corporate transactions and business restructuring. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Illinois State Bar Association Business and Securities Law Section Council. Carter has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® for his work in corporate law (2023 – 2026). Carter received his B.A. with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Thomas R. Cross
Thomas R. Cross
Thomas R. Cross is a Partner at Allen Galluzzo Hevrin Leake, LLC, in Rockford, and concentrates his practice on business law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, and commercial real estate. Mr. Cross is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he was a member and on the editorial board of the Iowa Law Review.
Benjamin T. Davisson
Benjamin T. Davisson
Benjamin T. Davisson is an associate at Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd., in Belleville, where he focuses his practice on transactions. Mr. Davisson is a member of the Madison and St. Clair County Bar Associations. He earned his B.S. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law.
Timothy S. Farber
Timothy S. Farber
Timothy S. Farberis a Partner with Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice in transactional and regulatory issues. Farber is a member of the Illinois State and American Bar Associations. He received his B.S. summa cum laude from the University of Missouri and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where he was Editor of the Washington University Law Review, formerly Washington University Law Quarterly.
Kelly E. Hintzsche
Kelly E. Hintzsche
Kelly E. Hintzsche is an associate at Allen Galluzzo Hevrin Leake, LLC, in Rockford, and she focuses her practice on business transactions, trust and estate planning and administration, and commercial and residential real estate. Ms. Hintzsche is a member of the Illinois State and Winnebago County Bar Association. She earned her J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law and her B.S. from Illinois State University.
Anthony J. Jacob
Anthony J. Jacob
Anthony J. Jacob is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice in business law, banking and commercial finance law, real estate law, and election law. In 2013 and 2014, respectively, Jacob was appointed as a member of the investment committee for the board of trustees at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly known as the John Marshall Law School) and as a board member at the Institute of Illinois Business Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He has previously chaired the Business and Securities Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. Jacob received his B.A. at Northern Illinois University and both his LL.M. and J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he was Student Publications Editor of the UIC Law Review and a member of the moot court team.
Timothy J. Leake
Timothy J. Leake
Timothy J. Leake is a Partner at Allen Galluzzo Hevrin Leake, LLC, in Rockford, and concentrates his practice on corporate governance, business transactions, and estate planning and administration. Mr. Leake is a member of Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises and was a recipient of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce 40 Leaders Under 40 Awards. He earned his B.A. cum laude from Luther College and his J.D. cum laude from The John Marshall Law School, where he was a member of The John Marshall Law Review, Staff Editor of the Review of Intellectual Property Law, and a member of Phi Delta Phi.
Shawn M. McCullough
Shawn M. McCullough
Shawn M. McCullough is an associate at Harrison LLP, in Chicago, and focuses his practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business succession. McCullough is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. McCullough earned his B.S. from Indiana University and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Charles W. Murdock
Charles W. Murdock
Charles W. Murdock is a Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he teaches corporate and securities law. Professor Murdock is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Business Law & Securities Section Council. He was involved in drafting the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and the Limited Liability Company Act. He received his B.S.Ch.E. from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Natalie M. Perry
Natalie M. Perry
Natalie M. Perry is a Partner at Harrison LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in estate, gift, and income tax planning; trust and estate administration; and business succession planning matters. She is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Her election to ACTEC resulted from and is in recognition of her professional reputation, extensive experience in the field of trusts and estates and continuing contributions to this field through speaking, writing, and bar activities. She is a frequent speaker on estate and tax planning matters and has been on the planning committee as well as a member of the faculty for the IICLE^® Estate Planning Short Course for over ten years. Perry received her B.S. in accounting from Indiana University and her J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
William A. Price
William A. Price
William A. Priceis an attorney in private practice at growthlaw.com, in Warrenville, and focuses his practice on business, securities, and administrative law. Mr. Price was the 2012 recipient of the ISBA Section of General Practice’s Tradition of Excellence Award. He is a member and Past Chair of the Institute of Illinois Business Laws and the Illinois State Bar Association’s Section of Business and Securities Law and Section of Administrative Law. Mr. Price helped draft the Illinois Business Corporations Act, the Illinois Limited Liability Companies Act, the Illinois Limited Partnerships Act, the Illinois Uniform Partnerships Act, and the Illinois Not for Profit Corporations Act. He earned his J.D. and M.A. from Duke University and his A.B. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was also a Fellow at Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst Fellow, Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany.
Chad J. Richter
Chad J. Richter
Chad J. Richter is a Partner at Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd., in Edwardsville, where he focuses his practice on business law, trusts and estates, and real estate. Richter is a member and Former Chair of the Business and Securities Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association, the President of the Madison County Bar Association, and was recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyer’s Ones to Watch in America. He received his B.S. from Truman State University, his M.S. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
John B. Waters
John B. Waters
John B. Waters is Of Counsel to Roetzel & Andress, LPA, in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of corporate and tax law. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation and the Illinois State Bar Association Federal Taxation Section. He received his B.S. from Iowa State University, his M.N.E. from North Carolina State University, his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law, where he was Symposium Editor of the Law Review, and his LL.M. in taxation from DePaul University.

Mark A. Carter

Thomas R. Cross

Benjamin T. Davisson

Timothy S. Farber

Kelly E. Hintzsche

Anthony J. Jacob

Timothy J. Leake

Shawn M. McCullough

Charles W. Murdock

Natalie M. Perry

William A. Price

Chad J. Richter

John B. Waters

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