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Joseph N. Van Vooren
Partner
Joseph N. Van Vooren, born Moline, Illinois, January 10, 1970; admitted to practice in Illinois, 1996 and Iowa, 1992; admitted to the U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1998 and the U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2003. Education: Illinois State University (B.S. With Honors, Finance, 1992); J.D., Magna Cum Laude, from Northern Illinois University College of Law, in 1996. He joined the firm in late 2000 after previously practicing since 1996 in Decatur, Illinois.
Areas of Practice Include:
• Personal Injury – Defense
• Personal Injury – Plaintiff
• Insurance Defense/Law
• Products Liability Law
• Workers’ Compensation
• Construction Litigation
• Creditors’ Rights/Collections
• Premises Liability
• Mechanics Liens
• Employment Law
• Commercial Litigation
Accomplishments:
Selected by Super Lawyers, an attorney rating service, as a 2009 and 2010 Rising Star. This distinction is available only to those who are 40 years of age or less and is awarded to no more than 2.5 percent of all Illinois attorneys.
Reported cases include:
Quad Cities Open, Inc. v. City of Silvis, 208 Ill.2d 498, 804 N.E.2d 499 (2004).
Center for Sight of Cent. Illinois I.S.C. v. Deranian, 305 Ill.App.3d 909, 712 N.E.2d 417 (4th Dist. Appellate Ct. 1999).
Pratt-Holdampf v. Trinity Medical Center, 338 Ill.App.3d 1079, 789 N.E.2d 882 (2003).
Publication includes:
James J. Alfini and Joseph N. Van Vooren, Is There a Solution to the Problem of Lawyer Stress?: The Law School Perspective, 10 J.L. Health, (1995-1996).
Education:
J.D., magna cum laude, 1996, Northern University College of Law, DeKalb, Illinois
B.S., with honors, Dean’s List , Finance, 1992, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Bar Admissions:
Illinois Bar Association
Iowa Bar Association
Membership:
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Representative Clients Include:
Auto Club Group Insurance, Co.
Unitrin Insurance
California Casualty Insurance
Standard Mutual Insurance
Illinois Casualty Insurance
Zurich North America Insurance
Crescent Electric Supply Company
Trinity Medical Center
John Deere Classic Charitable Corp.
Hillebrand Construction Company
Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.
American Bank & Trust Co.
Standard Mutual Insurance
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