Located in Mattoon and Mt. Vernon Illinois
Craig & Craig practices law throughout Central and Southern Illinois.
Firm News
R. Sean Hocking successfully defended The City of Charleston in a three day jury trial ending January 11, 2012, resulting in a zero verdict in favor of the Defendant. The litigation concerned a property damage claim with regard to a building owner that alleged some property damage with regard to some real estate adjacent to where the City had removed and installed a sidewalk. The evidence in the case featured testimony from two structural engineers and a third witness offered as an expert by the Plaintiff whose testimony was successfully stricken during the trial. A settlement offer was made by the Defendant prior to the trial. The Plaintiff never made any response to the settlement offer and never made a demand before the trial.
R. Sean Hocking has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Illinois Defense Counsel (IDC) Events Committee for the 2011-2012 term. The Events Committee is responsible for planning and presenting IDC events which include the Fall and Spring seminars that are a mainstay of continuing legal education for Illinois defense attorneys. This appointment follows Mr. Hockings involvement with the Events Committee as a member since 2009.
John F. Watson, Partner in the Mattoon office of Craig & Craig, and J. Matthew Anderson, an attorney with Webber & Thies in Champaign, Illinois, published an article on the Medical Peer Review Privilege in the ABA Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal for the Fall of 2010. The article is located at J. Watson & J. M. Anderson, The Medical Peer Review Privilege: Illustrative Cases of the Public Policy Supporting the Privilege and a Practical Approach to Presenting the Case for Protection, 46 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L. J. 95 (2011).
John L. Barger, Partner in the Mattoon office, has been recognized as a 2010 Member of the Leading Lawyers Network. Mr. Barger was recommended as a Leading Lawyer in a state wide survey of more than 50,000 lawyers. Fewer than 5% of the lawyers in Illinois receive the distinction as being the Leading Lawyer.
Julie A. Webb, partner in the Mt. Vernon office, has been recognized as a 2009-2010 Member of the Leading Lawyers Network. Ms. Webb was recommended as a Leading Lawyer in a statewide survey of more than 50,000 lawyers. Fewer than 5% of the lawyers in Illinois receive the distinction of being a Leading Lawyer.
Paul R. Lynch has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. The induction ceremony at which Mr. Lynch became a Fellow took place on Saturday, October 10, 2009, before an audience of approximately 974 persons, during the 59th Annual Meeting of the College in Boston. Mr. Lynch is a partner in the firm of Craig & Craig, where he has been employed since 1977, first at Mattoon, and, since 1986, in Mt. Vernon. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. Mr. Lynch serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC), and is a member of the Jefferson County Bar Association.