Born Atlanta, Illinois, January 3, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Illinois. Education: U.S. Naval Academy; University of Illinois; University of Chicago (J.D., 1950). Lecturer, Civil Trial Practice, University of Illinois, 1979. Instructor, Trial Advo cacy, University of Illinois, 1980, 1981, 1982. Author: W. Brandt, et al., Illinois Evidentiary Foundations (1991). Member: McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Fellow, Society of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers; Chairman, Supreme Court Committee for Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil), 1977 to 1992.

Born Bloomington, Illinois, December 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1973); University of Georgia (J. D., 1977). Member: McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. E-Mail Address: sbrandt@lbbs.com

Born Marshall, Michigan, June 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois; 1980, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (A.B. cum laude, 1976); Indiana University (J.D. magna cum laude, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta. Administrative Editor, Board of Editors, Indiana Law Journal, 1977-1979. Author: "The Moment of Inadvertence Concept in Strict Products Liability; The Seed of Destruction for the Assumption of the Risk Defense?," Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 53, No. 3, 1977-78; "Instructions and Special Interrogatories," Illinois Civil Practice, Vol. III, Ch. 11, 1991, 1995 Supp., 1997, 2003 (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education);"Catastrophic Injury and Structured Verdicts – Confronting the Healing Art Malpractice Act," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 2 (1992). Member: McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations;Member, Leading Lawyers Advisory Board, 2002 – ; Member, Bar Association of the Central and Southern Federal District Courts of Illinois; Member, Central District of Illinois Federal Court Local Rules Committee (1984-1985); Defense Research Institute; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; The Society of Trial Lawyers; Leading Lawyers (selected by peers in five categories, Commercial Litigation; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law, Medical Malpractice Defense Law; Personal Injury Defense Law, General; Products Liability; Extensive Experience:Defense Law, Automotive; Business Litigation; Advisory Board Member) – E-Mail Address: rstites@lbbs.com

Born Bloomington, Illinois, October 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: Univer sity of Illinois (B.A., 1978); Southern Illinois Uni versity (J.D., 1983). Author: "Instructions and Special Interrogatories," Illinois Civil Practice, Vol. III, Ch. 11, 1991, 1995 Supp., 1997 (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education); "Catastrophic Injury and Struc tured Verdicts – Confronting the Healing Art Malpractice Act," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 2 (1992); "Defending Misdiagnosed Ovarian Cancer," IDC Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 2 (1994). Member: McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Board of Directors and Past President, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Chair, Professional Liability Committee; International Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Leading Lawyers (selected by peers) 2002-. E-Mail Address: pbrandt@lbbs.com

Born Champaign, Illinois, September 12, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Missouri; 1989, Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., 1985); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Articles Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly. Member: McLean County, Illinois State, Missouri, St. Louis Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Prior legal experience: Bryan Cave (St. Louis, 1988-1992). (Champaign Office) E-Mail Address: tborton@lbbs.com

Born Quincy, Illinois, May 19, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. 1992, Alabama.  Education: Illinois State University (B.S, 1986); Mississippi State University (M.S., 1989). Member McLean County, Illinois State and Illinois State Bar Association. Member:  Illinois American Agricultural Law Association, Contributor to Illinois AgriNews. Author:  “Business Entities” in the Illinois Law and Agribusiness handbook from the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; “A Quick Cognitive Checklist on Estate Planning for Agricultural Producers” in the Illinois Law and Agribusiness handbook from the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; “What’s in a (Corporate) Name: Avoiding Trademark and other Conflicts” in the Illinois Bar Journal. Leading Lawyers (selected 2004 by peers). E-Mail Address: tjennings@lbbs.com

Born Bloomington, Illinois, November 15, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois.

Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A, 1998); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 2001) Phi Alpha Delta. Member: McLean County, Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; McLean County Inns of Court, Illinois Defense Counsel and Defense Research Institute. E-Mail Address: rmarvel@lbbs.com

Born Joliet, Illinois, July 30, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1987, U.S. District, Central District of Illinois. Education: The Monmouth College (B.A, 1983; honors scholar); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1986); co-editor: Securities and Exchange Law Journal. Member: McLean County and Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Prior legal experience: Stephens and Schlickshup (Peoria, IL); Hinshaw & Culbertson (Bloomington/Peoria, IL – Partner); State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies (Bloomington, IL – Assistant Counsel). E-Mail Address: kholman@lbbs.com

Born Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois; 2001, Ohio; 1985 (currently inactive), U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S. high honors, 1981, Alice Ebel Honor Graduate Award); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: Illinois State, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations. Prior legal experience: Private Practice (1985-1992); Illinois Special Assistant Attorney General (1985-1992); TTC Holdings, Inc., and TTC, Illinois, Inc. – Corporate Counsel and General Counsel (1992-2001). E-Mail Address: mwozniak@lbbs.com (Champaign Office)

Born Horma, Louisiana, December 3, 1963; admitted to bar 1989, Louisiana, 2005, Illinois and the United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit; the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; and the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois.  Education: Tulane University, Newcomb College, B-S., 1985,  George Washington University, National Law Center, J.D. 1988.  Formerly Barbara G. Haynie with Kingsmill Riess, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998 – 2004).  Frequent lecturer casualty defense, motor transportation and employment law seminars.  Member: McLean County, Illinois State, Louisiana State and American Bar Association, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute and the  Louisiana Motor Transportation Association.  (Resident, Champaign Office)  Practice Areas:  Commercial and Construction Litigation; Casualty Defense Litigation; Employment; ERISA; Medical Malpractice Defense. (Champaign Office)