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Attorney Profiles
James W. Springer
Peoria, Illinois
Partner
phone 309-265-0832
888-367-8413
fax 309-676-0324
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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 has taught in the OLLI program at Bradley University. He joined the Kavanagh firm as an Associate in 1988 and became a Member of the Firm in 1995. James has published several articles on the topics of Torts, 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 Project, the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, and the eartland Festival Orchestra.
Areas of Practice:
State and Federal Civil Litigation
Worker's Compensation
Employment Law
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
Juris Doctorate cumlaude
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1973
Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1972
M.Phil., Master of Philosophy
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1967
A.B., Bachelor of Arts cumlaude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma
Published Works:
Experts Cannot Testify About the Law -- or Can They?, Illinois Bar Journal, 98: 98-105, 2010
Retaliatory Discharge Under Federal Maritime Law, Inter-Business Issues, August 2006, pp. 42-43, 2006
Reconciling the Heart Attack Cases II, Illinois State Bar Association Vol.41, No.2, pp. 1-5, Worker's Compensation Law, 2004
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
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
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
American Indians and the Law of Real Property in Colonial New England The American Journal of Legal History Vol. 30, No. 1, January, 1986
Legal Ethics and the Public Official Illinois Bar Journal Vol. 79, No. 1, January, 1991
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
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Workers Compensation Law + Practice Seminar, Sterling Education, 2010 - Present
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: 309-676-1381
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.