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James W. Springer 
Peoria, Illinois
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James received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois in 1967. He went on to receive a Masters degree in Anthropology in 1972 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Anthropology in 1973 both from Yale University. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois in 1986. James is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of Illinois and United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Before becoming an attorney, James was a Professor of Anthropology for several years, and is presently an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Liberal Studies Program at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He joined Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C. as an Associate in 1987 and became a Member of the Firm in 1993. James has published several articles on the topics of Tort, Civil Procedure, and Worker's Compensation. In addition he has co-authored the supplement to Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education's practitioner's handbook on Business Litigation.

James is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Peoria County Bar Association, which awarded him its Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award for 1996. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Peoria Civic Opera (now Opera Illinois) and the Western Avenue Greenway Committee.

Areas of Practice:
State and Federal Civil Litigation
Worker's Compensation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1986
U.S. Federal Courts, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1993
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1986
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1988
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1996
Education:
University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois, 1986
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude


University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1967
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma


Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1973
Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy


Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1972
M.Phil., Master of Philosophy


Published Works:
Legal Ethics and the Public Official Illinois Bar Journal Vol. 79, No. 1, January, 1991


American Indians and the Law of Real Property in Colonial New England The American Journal of Legal History Vol. 30, No. 1, January, 1986


The Use of Requests for Admission of Fact in Proving a Litigant's Case, What are the Limits? Trial Briefs Vol.46, No.5, pp.3-5, Illinois State Bar Association, 2001


The Legal Status of Local Public Entities Under Illinois Tort Law, Tort Trends Vol. 37, No.4, pp.3-6, Illinois State Bar Association, 2002


Admissibility of Evidence of Other Wrongful Acts in Insurance Litigation, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Quarterly 52:530-544, Federal Rules of Evidence, 2002


Recent Cases on Retaliatory Discharge, InterBusiness Issues, October 2002 p-28, 2002


Expert Testimony in Commercial Litigation, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education pp8s-1 - 8s43. Co-author Charles G. Roth, In Business and Commercial Litigation, 2003


Reconciling the Heart Attack Cases II, Illinois State Bar Association Vol.41, No.2, pp. 1-5, Worker's Compensation Law, 2004


Some Observations on the Legal Status of American Indians and American Indian Tribes, Illinois State Bar Association Vol.31, No.2, pp. 3-7, Human Rights, 2004


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Illinois State Bar Association, 1986 - Present


Peoria County Bar Association, 1988 - Present


Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C.
Attorneys at Law

301 SW Adams Street
Suite 700
Peoria, IL 61602-1574
Telephone: 309-265-0832
888-367-8413
Fax: 309-676-0324

The attorneys at Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C., serve clients throughout Illinois, including Peoria County, Knox County, Fulton County, McLean County, Woodford County, and Tazewell County, and the communities of Peoria, East Peoria, Bloomington, Springfield, Galesburg, and Pekin.