Jesse A. Placher - a Libertyville, United States Medical Negligence Lawyer

Libertyville Medical Negligence Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Medical Negligence
Wrongful Death
Nursing Home Negligence

Attorney Information

Overview

Jesse is a blue collar worker in a white collar industry. He graduated high school early and put himself through community college before transferring to the University of Virginia. He came home to Illinois for law school, clerking for a large downstate defense firm during his summers. He spent 15 years working on the defense side, primarily defending hospitals and healthcare workers. He tried a dozen medical malpractice cases for the defense – not one of those cases ended in a verdict for the plaintiff. He became the partner-in-charge of his office in Peoria and the office’s lead partner on the medical malpractice defense team. Ultimately, Jesse realized that his heart was no longer in defending the healthcare industry. After years of seeing injustices play out firsthand, he found himself called to protect the rights of those injured at the hands of healthcare workers. He proudly joined forces with Dudley & Lake in 2022. Jesse considers it a privilege to now have the opportunity to help injury victims and families with their medical negligence, wrongful death, and nursing home negligence matters. While Jesse has tried cases throughout the State and remains willing to do so, he primarily focuses his practice on downstate matters.

Awards and Honors

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Included on the 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois, 2007
  J.D.
  Honors: Member, SIU Trial Team
  Honors: Order of the Barristers
Non Legal Education
- University of Virginia, 2004
  B.A.
  Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen P.C., Peoria, Illinois, Associate
Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen P.C., Peoria, Illinois, Clerk

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 2007
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2008

Other Affiliations

Peoria County Bar Association (Member)
Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
ITLA
AAJ

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Contact

Libertyville, IL

325 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Suite 202
Libertyville, IL 60048

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Fax: 847-362-5386

Email: Send a message

Website: https://dudleylake.com/

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