John W. Robertson - Galesburg, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Illinois College of Law, Illinois
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin
    A.B.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List
    Major: History & Philosophy

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Past Positions

• Statham & Long, LLC, Attorney, 2011 to 2023
• Simpson Law Office, Attorney, 2008 to 2011
• Robertson, Wilcox & Statham – 1989-2008
• Bozeman, Neighbor, Patton & Noe – 1975 to 1989

References

• Farmers & Mechanics Bank, Galesburg, IL

• Bozeman, Neighbor, Patton & Noe, Moline, IL

• Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL

• Quinn Johnson, Peoria, IL

• Mark Wertz, Pekin, IL

• James Blake, Galesburg, IL

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• The Tripartite Relationship, IDCC, 2014
  
• Law Firm Receivership, ISBA, 2022
  
• Evaluation, Negotiation and Settlement of Cases - IICLE - 2021

Pro Bono Activities

• Receiver for Attorneys John Rehn and Douglas Mustain, 2021 to 2021
• Prairie State Legal, 2018 to Now
• Galesburg Lions Club, 1989 – present

Representative Clients

• Oak Run Property Owners Association

• Grinnell Mutual Insurance

• Grace Anglican Church

• Auto Owners Insurance Co.

• Galesburg Rifle Club

• Catholic Diocese of Peoria

Representative Cases

• Sangster v. VanHecke, 67 Ill.2d 96, 1977
• City of Rock Island v. Moline National Bank, 54 Ill. App.3d 853, 3rd Dist., 1977
• State Bank of East Moline v. Cirvello, 74 Ill.2d 426, 1978
• Benjamin v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co., 225 Ill. App.3d 608 (3rd Dist., 1992)
• Brewer v. Protexall, 50 F.3d 453 (7th Cir., 1995)
• Cannon v. Wittek Companies, Intern., 60 F.3d 1282 (7th Cir., 1995)
• Galesburg Clinic Association v. West, 302 Ill. App.3d 1016 (3rd Dist., 1999)
• Sadler v. Creekmur, 354 Ill. App.3d 1029 (3rd Dist, 2004)
• Oak Run Property Association v. Boston, 2019 IL App (3d) 180687
• Sheckley v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co., 2022 IL 128012

Ancillary Businesses

• IPI Civil Jury Instructions Committee (1979-1996)

• Illinois Defense & Trial Counsel - Board Member (2006-2014)

Published Works

Articles

• Commercial and Professional Liability Insurance (2019 Ed.), Chapter 11, IICLE, Notice & Cooperation, 2019
  Update of Chapter 11 from prior editions.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1975
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1982

Other Affiliations

• Knox County Bar Association, Member, 1989 to 2024
• Illinois State Bar Association, Member, 1975 to 2024
• Illinois Defense Counsel – Member -Years: 1991 – 2024
• Appellate Lawyer Association - Member – Years: 1991-2024

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa