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31 HeplerBroom Lawyers Named Leading or Emerging Lawyers

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Beth A. Bauer
Beth A. Bauer
Whether representing Fortune 50 companies in high-stakes class or mass actions or a local non-profit needing help, Beth A. Bauer balances creative, tenacious advocacy with a calm, commanding demeanor. Clients benefit from her experience as an appellate clerk and practitioner as she strategizes from a broad perspective and gains intricate understanding of the details that make the difference.
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Brenda G. Baum
Brenda G. Baum
Brenda G. Baum focuses her practice on mass tort lawsuits involving products liability. Since 2001, she has represented product manufacturers, sellers, and premises defendants in thousands of cases pending in some of the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions in Illinois and Missouri, in addition to overseeing cases filed in other plaintiff-oriented jurisdictions such as California, Louisiana, New York, and others.
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Troy A. Bozarth
Troy A. Bozarth
Mr. Bozarth focuses his practice on trials involving complex commercial litigation matters, including Antitrust Law, Banking, Class Actions, Jones Act, Maritime Law, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Products & Agriculture.
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Matthew B. Champlin
Matthew B. Champlin
With over 20 years of litigation experience, Matthew B. Champlin emphasizes pragmatism, cost-effectiveness, and innovative problem-solving to secure the best possible outcomes for his clients in complex litigation matters.
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Larry E. Hepler
Larry E. Hepler
Larry E. Hepler focuses his practice on the defense of complex, multiparty civil cases and class actions involving a wide range of subjects, including all aspects of consumer fraud, personal injury, products liability, pharmaceutical, commercial, toxic torts, construction, and insurance litigation. He has represented clients in numerous jurisdictions, with a primary emphasis in Illinois and Missouri.
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Lance T. Jones
Lance T. Jones
Lance T. Jones is a trial attorney with a primary emphasis in litigation, including: Civil Rights, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Fraud, General Tort Liability, Labor, and Personal Injury
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Daniel C. Lytle
Daniel C. Lytle
With nearly two decades of experience, Daniel C. Lytle has established a distinguished career as an attorney. He’s earned a reputation for his thoroughness, strategic thinking, and unwavering commitment to achieving favorable outcomes for his clients. His extensive trial experience and broad legal knowledge make him a trusted advocate in both straightforward and high-stakes legal matters.
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Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr.
Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr.
Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr., currently focuses his practice on mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He is a Certified Neutral for USDC Eastern District of Missouri and a member of the Approved Mediator Panel List for the USDC Southern District of Illinois.
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Gary A. Meadows
Gary A. Meadows
Gary A. Meadows is an experienced litigator who in 30+ years has handled a wide variety of complex litigation matters and appeals, including cases of: Professional Liability (including medical and legal malpractice), Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith, Personal Injury, Employment, and Class Actions.
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Michael P. Murphy
Michael P. Murphy
Michael P. Murphy is an experienced litigator who focuses on helping clients with environmental issues, both before and after a lawsuit is filed.
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Benjamin W. Powell
Benjamin W. Powell
Benjamin W. Powell specializes in the defense of a variety of claims, including: Product Liability, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death, Breach of Contract, Professional Liability, Insurance, and Trucking & Transportation.
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W. Jason Rankin
W. Jason Rankin
W. Jason Rankin focuses his practice on trials involving complex litigation matters, including class actions, pharmaceutical litigation, product liability, and insurance defense. He regularly represents clients in multi-million-dollar litigation relating to nationwide class actions and product liability claims. Mr. Rankin represents clients in both Illinois and Missouri and has obtained favorable jury verdicts and arbitration awards on behalf of the defendants.
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Michael Reda
Michael Reda
As the head of HeplerBroom’s 24-hour Emergency Response Team, Michael Reda knows what it takes to defend commercial trucking companies and their drivers. His calm presence helps diffuse the adrenaline that can be present at accident sites, and his ability to quickly gather the right investigators and accident reconstruction experts to the scene can be crucial in crafting a defense. He’s also experienced in handling the variety of claims plaintiffs' attorneys will make, encompassing everything from last-mile delivery to vehicle infotainment system data and negligent, hiring, training, and supervision claims.
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Anne B. Schmidt
Anne B. Schmidt
Anne B. Schmidt focuses her practice in the toxic tort area, including asbestos lawsuits involving products and premises liability.
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Thomas H. Wilson
Thomas H. Wilson
Thomas H. Wilson is a trial attorney with a primary emphasis in the defense of: medical malpractice cases on behalf of physicians, hospitals, EMS, and other healthcare providers, employers and government officers/employees in employment and civil rights claims, and trustees, executors, and beneficiaries in trust and probate litigation.
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Peers in the Illinois legal community have helped to select 20 HeplerBroom LLC lawyers as Leading Lawyers and 11 as Emerging Lawyers in 2015. Those designations of private practitioners by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s Leading Lawyers division include, respectively, less than 5 percent and 2 percent of registered Illinois lawyers.

Of the Leading Lawyers at HeplerBroom, six have continuously retained their prestigious status since 2003 when the honors began. Also, 11 of the firm’s attorneys have been named Emerging Lawyers in that program’s inaugural year.

In building its Leading Lawyers list, Law Bulletin Publishing Company conducted extensive statewide surveys asking: “If you couldn’t take a case in your area of law, to whom would you refer a family member or friend?” Lawyers could not nominate themselves or any lawyers at their own firm. All recommendations must be approved by the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board, eliminating the possibility of lawyers being selected through a popularity contest.

Like all Emerging Lawyers, the 11 HeplerBroom attorneys who earned that honor are age 40 or younger unless they have practiced law for 10 or fewer years.
In creating its list of Emerging Lawyers, Law Bulletin Publishing Company surveyed each Illinois Leading Lawyer, asking for the names of the state’s top up-and-coming talent who will determine the future of the legal profession.

“Clients and lawyers from St. Louis and Edwardsville to Springfield and Chicago know the litigation and corporate law results that HeplerBroom consistently delivers,” said Scott Anderson, director of Leading Lawyers and publisher of Leading Lawyers Magazine. “Our surveys and honors reveal how well regarded HeplerBroom truly is for both its seasoned leaders and its young, developing talent.”

The following HeplerBroom lawyers have been named Leading Lawyers:
Beth A. Bauer (Edwardsville): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law    
Brenda G. Baum (Edwardsville): Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law  
Troy A. Bozarth (Edwardsville): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Transportation Defense Law: Including Aviation/FELA/Maritime 
Gordon R. Broom (Edwardsville): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Personal Injury Defense Law: General Products Liability Defense Law; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial; Toxic Torts Defense Law
Daniel W. Farroll (Edwardsville): Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law 
Jeffrey S. Hebrank (Edwardsville): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Personal Injury Defense Law: General Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law 
Larry E. Hepler (Edwardsville): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Personal Injury Defense Law: General Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law
Lance T. Jones (Springfield): Commercial Litigation; Employment Law: Management; Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law
Stephen R. Kaufmann (Edwardsville and Springfield): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law; Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law
Gregg A. Kinney (Edwardsville): Products Liability Defense Law; Transportation Defense Law: Including Aviation/FELA/Maritime; Toxic Torts Defense Law
Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr. (Edwardsville and St. Louis): Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense Law: White Collar; Medical Malpractice Defense Law; ADR Law: Personal Injury
Steven J. Martin (Chicago): Medical Malpractice Defense Law; Products Liability Defense Law; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Gary A. Meadows (Edwardsville): Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
W. Jason Rankin (Edwardsville): Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Products Liability Defense Law
Michael Reda (Edwardsville): Personal Injury Defense Law: General    
Catherine Coyne Reiter (Chicago): Medical Malpractice Defense Law    
Robert H. Sands (Chicago): Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law; Transportation Defense Law: Including Aviation/FELA/Maritime Toxic Torts Defense Law
Anne B. Schmidt (Edwardsville): Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law
Anthony J. Tunney (Chicago): Commercial Litigation; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law; Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Thomas H. Wilson (Springfield): Civil Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation 

The following HeplerBroom lawyers have been named Emerging Lawyers:
Andrew K. Carruthers (Edwardsville): Election, Political & Campaign Law; Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law; Real Estate Law: Tax
Matthew B. Champlin (Edwardsville): Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law
Jennifer A. Heydemann (Chicago): Medical Malpractice Defense Law  
Jason D. Johnson (Edwardsville): Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Products Liability Defense Law
Daniel C. Lytle (Edwardsville): Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Defense Law: General
Edna L. McLain (Chicago): Personal Injury Defense Law: General Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense Law
Michael P. Murphy (Springfield): Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law; Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law
Gregory W. Odom, II (Edwardsville): Toxic Torts Defense Law
Benjamin W. Powell (Edwardsville): Personal Injury Defense Law: General; Products Liability Defense Law; Transportation Defense Law: Including Aviation/FELA/Maritime
Noel L. Smith, Jr. (Edwardsville): Toxic Torts Defense Law  
Patrick W. Stufflebeam (Edwardsville): Products Liability Defense Law; Toxic Torts Defense LawAttorneys

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