John L. Barger

John L. Barger

John L. Barger a Member of Craig and Craig LLC, in Mattoon, where he practices in the areas of agricultural law, real estate, civil litigation, municipal law, drainage law, and estate planning and administration. Mr. Barger is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, the Bar Association for the Federal District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) School of Law and his B.A. from Eastern Illinois University.
Kathleen Elliott

Kathleen Elliott

Kathleen Elliott is Of Counsel with Robbins Schwartz, in Bolingbrook, and focuses her practice on local government law. Ms. Elliott has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Publishing Company and a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. She is Past Chair of the Home Rule Attorneys Committee of the Illinois Municipal League and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She received her undergraduate degree from Drake University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Honorable John T. Elsner

Honorable John T. Elsner

Honorable John T. Elsner is General Counsel for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, in Wheaton. Judge Elsner served as a judge in the 18th Judicial Court from 2000 until his retirement in 2014. He was unanimously elected by his fellow circuit judges as Chief Judge in 2011. Judge Elsner received his J.D. from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
Shawn P. Flaherty

Shawn P. Flaherty

Shawn P. Flaherty is a Partner at Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper Gilbert & DiNolfo, Ltd., in Naperville, and concentrates his practice in public safety, local government, and labor and employment issues. Mr. Flaherty is a lecturer at the Northwestern University, School of Continuing Studies, is Past Chair of the DuPage County Bar Association, Local Government Committee, and is licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin. He received his B.A. from Illinois State University and his J.D. from the Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he was Editor in Chief of the NIU Law Review, Volume 16.
Brian F. Johnson

Brian F. Johnson

Brian F. Johnson is Executive Director of the Greater Peoria Sanitary District. Mr. Johnson is a member of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his B.S. from Bradley University and his J.D. cum laude from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
Andrew J. Keyt

Andrew J. Keyt

Andrew J. Keyt is a Partner with Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where he is Chair of the firm’s Governmental Practice. Mr. Keyt has been selected as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois and is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Abraham Lincoln Court. Mr. Keyt received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
Phillip B. Lenzini

Phillip B. Lenzini

Phillip B. Lenzini is a Partner at Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C., in Peoria, where he focuses his practice on local government. Mr. Lenzini received the Peoria County Bar Association’s Public Servant Award from the Public Interest Law Committee and has been the Illinois Library Association’s Library Luminary Honoree. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law. His law school later named Mr. Lenzini Alumni of the Year and gave him its Alumni Achievement Award.
Amanda J. Mank

Amanda J. Mank

Amanda J. Mank is an associate at Craig and Craig LLC, in Mattoon, and concentrates her practice in commercial property transactions, employment law, municipal law, estates and trusts, drainage district law, and residential property transactions. Ms. Mank is a member of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.
Deanna S. Mool

Deanna S. Mool

Deanna S. Mool is Of Counsel at Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Springfield, where she concentrates her practice in health care transactional and regulatory law. Ms. Mool is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, and the Health Care Compliance Association. She received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law and her B.S. from the University of Illinois.
John M. O’Driscoll

John M. O’Driscoll

John M. O’Driscoll is a Partner with Tressler LLP, in Bolingbrook, where he concentrates his practice in local government law as well as defense litigation. Mr. O’Driscoll has been selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers every year since 2012, and before that he was selected as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star. He received the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s President’s Award and has been recognized by the Leading Lawyer Network. Mr. O’Driscoll received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Indiana University.
Andrew S. Paine

Andrew S. Paine

Andrew S. Paine is a Partner at Tressler LLP in Chicago, where he is Cochair of Tressler’s local government law practice and focuses his practice on the representation of Illinois park districts, municipalities, and other governmental entities in transactional and litigation-related matters. He has been selected as an Emerging Lawyer by Illinois Leading Lawyers (2015 – 2019). Mr. Paine earned his B.A. cum laude from Beloit College and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Ann R. Pieper

Ann R. Pieper

Ann R. Pieper is a Partner at Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C., in Peoria, and concentrates her practice in family, school, and municipal law. Ms. Pieper is a Member of the Illinois State, Peoria County, and Tazewll County Bar Associations. She received her J.D. from Northern Illinois University, her M.A. from Loyola University, and her B.A. from Knox College.
John M. Redlingshafer

John M. Redlingshafer

John M. Redlingshafer is a Shareholder with Mescher, Rinehart & Redlingshafer, P.C., in Washington, where he concentrates his practice on local government law. Mr. Redlingshafer also serves as an Administrative Adjudication Hearing Officer. He is a recipient of the J. Bruce Scidmore Award and is Past President of the Illinois Township Attorneys Association. Mr. Redlingshafer earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Bradley University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
James S. Sinclair

James S. Sinclair

James S. Sinclair is a Principal at Stobbs, Sinclair & Associates, Ltd., in Alton, and focuses his practice on local government; business organization and planning; will, trusts, and estates; and real estate. Mr. Sinclair is counsel to the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts and is licensed in Illinois and Missouri. He received his J.D. from Washington University, his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and his B.A. from the University of Illinois.

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John L. Barger

Kathleen Elliott

Honorable John T. Elsner

Shawn P. Flaherty

Brian F. Johnson

Andrew J. Keyt

Phillip B. Lenzini

Amanda J. Mank

Deanna S. Mool

John M. O’Driscoll

Andrew S. Paine

Ann R. Pieper

John M. Redlingshafer

James S. Sinclair

Special Districts 2019 Edition