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Peoria Workers' Compensation Defense Lawyer
About Charles (Denne) Knell
Practice Areas
- Workers' Compensation Defense
- Trial Litigation for the Defense
Litigation
- 100%
Representative Cases
- McCuen v. Peoria Park District, 643 NE2d 778 (S.Ct. 1994)
- Kerker v. Elbert, 634 NE2d 482 (1984)
- Wolland v. Industrial Commission, 434 N.E.2d 1132 (Ill. 1982)
- R.A. Cullinan & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 549 NE2d 805 (1990)
- Village of Oreana v. Industrial Commission, 289 Ill. App.3d, 682 NE2d 1158 (1997)
- Maskel v. Industrial Commission
- Blake v. Industrial Commission
- Stark v. Industrial Commission
- Cook v. Industrial Commission, 596 NE2d 746 (1992)
- R.A. Cullinan & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 575 NE2d 1240 (1991)
- Gallianetti v. Industrial Commission
- Maxwell v. Industrial Commission ,(3rd District 2003)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1976
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1976
Other Affiliations
- Peoria County Bar Association
- Greater Peoria Claims Association
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Illinois Workers' Compensation Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Rules Committee Illinois Industrial Commission
- Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court Master
- St. Jude Midwest Affiliate Board of Directors, 1978 - 1990
- St. Jude Midwest Affiliate, 1988 - 1990 (President)
- Bradley University NCCA Division I Academic Integrity Committee, 2001
- Bradley University Chiefs Club
- Leading Lawyers Network Illinois
- Illinois State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, Peoria County Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Lecturer, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Lecturer, Central Illinois RIMS Association
- Lecturer, Employers Association of Illinois
- Lecturer, Lorman Education Services
- Lecturer, National Business Institute, Inc.
- Lecturer, Workers' Compensation Self-Insured Trust and Illinois School District Agency Property Casualty Programs
- Lecturer, Council on Education in Management
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1975
J.D. - University of Illinois, 1973
B.A.
Honors: High Honors
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Tau Omega
Office Information
Address
504 Fayette Street Peoria, IL 61603
Fax
- 309-655-1535
Achievements
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Honors
- Who's Who in American Lawyers
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