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JAMES J. HAGLE is one of the partners of the law firm. Mr. Hagle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois, College of Law in 1980, where he achieved awards for academic excellence, including Order of the Coif and the Rickert Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement.
Mr. Hagle became a member of the firm in 1988. He currently limits his practice to bringing personal injury cases on behalf of injured persons and to defending medical doctors in medical malpractice cases.
Mr...
JAMES J. HAGLE is one of the partners of the law firm. Mr. Hagle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois, College of Law in 1980, where he achieved awards for academic excellence, including Order of the Coif and the Rickert Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement.
Mr. Hagle became a member of the firm in 1988. He currently limits his practice to bringing personal injury cases on behalf of injured persons and to defending medical doctors in medical malpractice cases.
Mr...
JAMES J. HAGLE is one of the partners of the law firm. Mr. Hagle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois, College of Law in 1980, where he achieved awards for academic excellence, including Order of the Coif and the Rickert Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement.
Mr. Hagle became a member of the firm in 1988. He currently limits his practice to bringing personal injury cases on behalf of injured persons and to defending medical doctors in medical malpractice cases.
Mr. Hagle has tried a significant number of personal injury cases before a jury on behalf of injured victims and holds a record $15.1 million dollar verdict in a railroad collision case in Vermilion County. He has also successfully resolved many cases with results in excess of $1 million dollars for many of his clients, including several multi-million dollar settlements, which have allowed him the distinction of being inducted as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been a member of the Forum for years, in recognition of the successful handling of his client's cases.
Personal injury cases that Mr. Hagle has successfully completed on behalf of his clients involve complex court litigation, including wrongful death cases, bus accidents, auto accidents, products liability actions, construction negligence, and premises liability cases. Mr. Hagle has also successfully defended a number of medical doctors in medical malpractice jury trials throughout Central Illinois.
Mr. Hagle has received several professional honors and distinctions as a trial lawyer. He has been inducted as a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers is extended by invitation only, and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standard of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. Lawyers must have fifteen years of trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship. Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state.
Mr. Hagle's peers have awarded him the distinction of being a Leading Lawyer in Illinois. Mr. Hagle has also been named as one of the American Association for JusticeTop 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois and has been selected for inclusion in the Illinois Super Lawyers. Additionally, he has been appointed a member of the Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association.
Mr. Hagle is licensed to practice in all Illinois courts and all Illinois federal district courts. He has also argued cases in the Illinois appellate courts, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the Federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
About James J. Hagle
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Year Joined Firm
- 1988
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1980
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Champaign County Bar Association (Member)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1980
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Rickert Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About James J. Hagle
Included on the 2023 Illinois list
Past Lists
- 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Illinois Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Illinois Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Illinois Super Lawyer, 2010 - 2012
- Illinois Leading Lawyer, 2009 - 2012
- American Trial Lawyers Association - Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois, 2009 - 2011
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Office Information
Address
129 West Main Street Urbana, IL 61801
Phone
Fax
- 217-367-9025
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
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