Serving Central Illinois For More Than Four Decades

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Frank H. Byers, II

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Practice Areas:

  • Personal Injury Claims
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Business Organization and Consulting
  • Contract Litigation
  • Estate Planning and Probate
  • Family Law

Education

  • University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois
    • J.D. - 1977
  • University of Illinois, Illinois
    • B.S. - 1974

Fraternities Or Sororities

  • Delta Sigma Phi

Representative Cases

  • Peterson v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co., 42 Ill.App.3d 570 (4th Dist. 1976)
  • Soules v. General Motors Corp., 79 Ill.2d 282 (1980)
  • Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Ry. Co., 773 F.2d 807 (C.A. 7th 1985)
  • Liquid Air Corp. v. Rogers, 834 F.2d 1297 (C.A. 7th 1987)
  • Wait v. Wait, 158 Ill.App.3d 271 (4th Dist. 1987)
  • Durbin v. St. Louis Slag Products Co., Inc., 206 Ill.App.3d 340 (4th Dist. 1990)
  • Vincent v. Vits, 208 Ill.App.3d 1 (5th Dist. 1991)
  • Matter of Estate of Savage, 259 Ill.App.3d 328 (4th Dist. 1994)
  • Green v. Shalala, 51 F.3d 96 (C.A. 7th 1995)
  • In re Marriage of Spent, 342 Ill.App.3d 643, 796 N.E.2d 191 (4th Dist. 2003)
  • Farmers Auto. Ins. Ass'n v. Burton, 2012 IL App 110289, 967 N.E.2d 329 (4th Dist. 2012)
  • In re Application of County Collector for Judgment, Order of Sale Against Lands, Lots Returned Delinquent for Nonpayment of General Taxes for Year 2009, 2015 IL App 140810, 39 N.E.3d 361 (4th Dist. 2015)

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1977
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1977
  • U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1978
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1985
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Professional Associations

  • Illinois State Bar Association, Assembly Representative
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Member
  • Decatur Bar Association, Member
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers, Member