John P. Long - an O'Fallon, United States Municipal Law Lawyer

O'Fallon Municipal Law Lawyer

Updated: 02/28/2026

Areas of Practice

Municipal Law
Appellate Practice
Libel Law
Real Estate Law
Estate Planning

Attorney Information

Overview

John Long was raised in Washington Park, Illinois; Champaign, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; East St. Louis, Illinois; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; and Troy, Illinois. His father worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which allowed his father and his family to move around and see different areas of the country.

He attended University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He majored in Physics, graduated magna cum laude and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. He enrolled in the St. Louis University School of Law in 1972. He graduated from law school in 1975. He graduated magna cum laude and was the Valedictorian of his law school class.

He worked one year as a law clerk for Appellate Justice George J. Moran, Sr. on the Appellate Court of Illinois for the Fifth Judicial District, which Appellate Court sits in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

Appellate Justice George J. Moran, Sr. encouraged him to begin his own law practice because, in Justice Moran’s view, all the young lawyers who work for large law firms seem to have been “stamped out with cookie cutters.” He opened his first law office in Lebanon, Illinois, shortly after Christmas, 1976. He practiced law in Lebanon for seven years, until 1983. In 1983, he moved his law practice to Troy, Illinois, and continued working as a sole practitioner until 1987.

In 1987, he obtained a position as an associate attorney in the law firm of Sterling & Stanley, P.C. He learned a great deal from Attorney Harry J. Sterling, but left that law firm in 1989 to return to his solo office in Troy, Illinois.

He then continued working at his law office in Troy until January 2007, at which time he began to work with Belsheim & Bruckert in O’Fallon, Illinois.

He is a self-published author of two volumes concerning Abraham Lincoln’s reported cases before the Illinois Supreme Court. The name of the first volume is The Law of Illinois, Volume I: Lincoln’s Cases Before the Illinois Supreme Court, From His Entry Into the Practice of Law Until His Entry Into Congress. The name of the second volume is The Law of Illinois, Volume II: Lincoln’s Cases Before the Illinois SupremeCourt, From His Return to the Practice of Law Until His Return to Politics. He is now working on completing the final volume, which will cover Lincoln’s cases before the Illinois Supreme Court from 1854 through 1860.

Education

Legal Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1975
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Valedictorian
Non Legal Education
- University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1971
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Physics

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

John P. Long, Attorney at Law, Owner - 1989-2006
Sterling, Kelley & Long, P.C., Partner - 1987-1989
John P. Long, Attorney at Law, Owner - 1976-1987
Justice George J. Moran, Sr., Appellate Court of Illinois 5th Judicial District, Law Clerk, 1975-1976

Representative Cases

Owens v. CBS Inc.
- Citation: 527 N.E.2d 1296
- Court: Ill.App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 1988
- Serial Number: 1988104195
Lewis v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.
- Citation: 600 N.E.2d 504
- Court: 5th Dist.
- Year: 1992
Vaughn v. Granite City Steel Division of Natural Steel Corp.
- Citation: 576 N.E.2d 874
- Court: 5th Dist.
- Year: 1991
Bryant v. Livigni
- Citation: 619 N.E.2d 5S0
- Court: 5th Dist.
- Year: 1993

Published Works

Articles

The Law of Illinois, Volume I: Lincoln's Cases Before the Illinois Supreme Court, From His Entry Into the Practice of Law Until His Entry Into Congress, 1993
The Law of Illinois, Volume II: Lincoln's Cases Before the Illinois Supreme Court, From His Return to the Practice of Law Until His Return to Politics, 1996
The Law of Illinois, Volume III: Lincoln's Cases Before the Illinois Supreme Court, From His Return to Politics Until His Departure for Washington, D.C.

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 1976
Missouri, 1975
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1978
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1991
U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Other Affiliations

Illinois Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association

Fraternities and Sororities

Phi Beta Kappa

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Contact

O'Fallon, IL

1002 E. Wesley Drive
Suite 100
O'Fallon, IL 62269

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Phone: 618-589-1152

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Website: https://www.bblattorneys.com

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