Joseph M. Baczewski, born St. Louis, Missouri, May 22, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, Illinois; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Preparatory education, Southeast Missouri State University (B.S., Political Science, 2005); legal education, Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., 2009). Honor Society: Order of Barristers (2009). Appellate Moot Court Board, 2007-2009. Member: Jackson County Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association. E−Mail: Joseph M. Baczewski
Wm. Kent Brandon, born Carbondale, Illinois, August 25, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, Illinois; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Preparatory education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (B.A., 1961); legal education, Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1964). U.S. Magistrate, Eastern District of Illinois, 1971-1975. Author: "Magistrate Practice in Civil Matters," Federal Civil Practice (1974). Member: Jackson County Bar Association (Secretary, 1965-1966; President, 1975); Illinois State Bar Association; American College of Trial Lawyers. E−Mail: Wm. Kent Brandon
Jerrod Montgomery, born Cape Girardeau, Missouri, November 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2017, Illinois. Preparatory education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (B.S., 2010); legal education, Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., 2017). Honor Society: Order of Barristers. Member: Jackson County Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association. E−Mail: Jerrod Montgomery
Charles E. Schmidt, born Munich, Germany, August 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Preparatory education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (B.S., 1974); legal education, Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Recovery for Loss of Society and Companionship in Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Actions," 13 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 319 (1989); "Survey of Illinois Law: Medical Malpractice," 22 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 981 (1998). Member: Jackson County Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute (DRI™). E−Mail: Charles E. Schmidt
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Patricia L. Pfeiffer, born McHenry, Illinois, October 6, 1981; admitted to bar, 2021, Illinois. Preparatory education, Southern Illinois University (B.A., cum laude, 2005; B.S., cum laude, 2005); legal education, Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2021). Author: “What Attorneys Need to Know About Illinois’s Preparation to Expand Access to Home Birth by Licensing Certified Professional Midwives,” (at 1, 10-14) Health Care Lawyer (the Newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Section on Health Care Law), Vol.38 No.1 (September 2021). Member: Chicago Bar Association; Jackson Country Bar Association; McHenry County Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Association of Woman Lawyers; Birth Rights Bar Association. E−Mail: Patricia L. Pfeiffer