R. Michael Henderson, Esq.
R. Michael Henderson
Peoria, Illinois
| Of Counsel |
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| phone | 309-674-1133 |
| fax | 309-674-6503 |
- Areas of Practice:
- Product Liability (automotive, aviation, agricultural, consumer and industrial)
- Professional Negligence (Including physician and attorney malpractice)
- Appellate Practice in State and Federal Court Systems
- Libel and Slander/Defamation
- Commercial and Business Litigation
- Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1969
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- Education:
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
J.D. - University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1966
B.S.
- Representative Cases:
- Strotman v. K.C. Summers Buick, Inc., 489 N.E.2d 1148 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1986)
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Frankart, 370 N.E.2d 1058 (Ill. 1977)
- Illinois Traffic Court Driver Imp. Educational Foundation v. Peoria Journal Star, Inc., 494 N.E.2d 939 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1986)
- Horowitz v. Baker, 523 N.E.2d 179 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1988)
- Fryman v. JMK/Skewer, Inc., 484 N.E.2d 909 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1985)
- Representative Clients:
- General Motors Corporation
- Nissan Motors/United States of America
- ISBA Mutual Insurance
- CNA Insurance
- Par-a-Dice Gaming Corporation
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Lecturer, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Illinois Defense Counsel Seminars, ISBA Law Ed Series, Peoria County, Continuing Legal Education, International Association of Defense Counsel
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Peoria County Bar Association
- ( past president )
- Illinois State Bar Association
- ( past member Board of Governor’s, Secretary )
- Defense Research Institute
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- Illinois Bar Foundation
- ( past member Board of Director’s )
- Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund Board of Directors, 1994 – 1999
- ( past president )
- American Bar Foundation
- Master-Emeritus, Abraham Lincoln Inn, American Inns of Court
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Greater Peoria Claims Association
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Society of Trial Lawyers
- American College of Barristers
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Pi Kappa Alpha
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