Jane Elizabeth Unsell - a Wood River, United States Personal Injury Lawyer

Wood River Personal Injury Lawyer

Updated: 04/22/2026

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
Auto/Truck & Motorcycle Accidents
Insurance Coverage Disputes
Slip and Fall Accidents
Probate Estates
Guardianships
Wills and Powers of Attorney
Real Estate Law
Brain Injuries

Litigation: 75%

Attorney Information

Overview

Jane Unsell graduated from Oklahoma City University Law School at the top of her class in 1979. Following her admission to the Illinois and Oklahoma bars, Ms. Unsell began her private practice with the Madison County law firm of Bernard and Davidson located in Granite City, Illinois. She remained there until 1986, at which time she opened her own law practice in East Alton, Illinois. During her work at Bernard and Davidson, Ms. Unsell prepared and tried multiple cases before Madison and St. Clair County, Illinois juries. She has represented insurance companies, defended individuals and prosecuted claims for injured parties. In 1995, after leaving Bernard and Davidson and opening the law office of Unsell & Unsell she obtained a jury verdict for an injured plaintiff in an auto/truck which was recorded as the largest plaintiff verdict at the time in Macoupin County, Illinois. At present she focuses her practice primarily on representing clients injured in motor vehicle accidents. Additionally, she represents individuals who have been wrongfully denied insurance coverage. She also handles contested estate and guardianship cases, she now sits as a hearing panel member for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission in Springfield, Illinois. Mrs. Unsell is the senior partner in the law firm of Unsell, Schattnik & Phillips, PC which she founded in 1992. In 2010 she relocated the office from East Alton to Wood River, Illinois.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Leading Lawyer, 2016 - 2020
American College of Trial Lawyers, 2020

Education

Legal Education
- Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1979
  J.D.
  Honors: Graduated 2nd in her Law School Class with High Honors
  Honors: Graduated with honors
  Law Review: Oklahoma City University Law Review, Staff Member, 1977 - 1978
Non Legal Education
- Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1974
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

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Of Counsel
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Past Positions

Bernard and Davidson, Associate, 1979 - 1986
Unsell & Unsell, Partner, 1986 - 1992
Unsell & Schattnik, Partner, 1992 - 2016

Languages

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English
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Classes and Seminars

Dental/Legal Practice , SIUE Dental School, 1990 - 2015

Representative Clients

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Granite City
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Grinnell Mutual Insurance Company
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Representative Cases

Potts v. Madison Mutual Automobile Insurance
- Citation: 112 Ill.App.3d 50, 445 N.E.2d 33
- Court: Ill. App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 1983
American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Risinger
- Citation: No. 5-09-0342, 2011 WL 10483272
- Court: Ill. App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 2011
Knippel v. Piper
- Citation: 332 Ill.App3d 1152, 835 N.E.2d 1001
- Court: Ill. App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 2002
Mahmood v. Renner
- Citation: 110 Ill.App.3d 1209. 454 N.E. 2d 1214
- Court: Ill. App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 1983
Roberson v. Hack
- Citation: 107 Ill.App.3d. 1174, 441 N.E. 2d 189
- Court: Ill. App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 1982
In re the Estate of Marylou Kusmanoff
- Citation: 2017 IL App (5th) 160129, 83 N.E.3d 1144
- Court: Ill. App. 5th Dist.
- Year: 2017

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 1979
Oklahoma, 1979
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2002
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2002

Other Affiliations

Madison County Bar Association (Member)
Illinois State Bar Association, 1979 - Present (Member)
Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, 2011 - Present (Hearing Officer)
Bar Association of Central & Southern Districts of Illinois , 2002 - 2003 (Member)

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Wood River, IL

3 South 6th Street
Wood River, IL 62095

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Phone: 618-258-1800

Fax: 618-258-1957

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Website: https://www.usplawfirm.com/

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

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