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With more than 45 years as an attorney, Richard Coffee has extensive family law advocacy experience, including representation on behalf of clients who are current or retired military personnel, clients with matters involving state jurisdictional issues when families relocate, clients with government or private retirement valuation and division issues, and cases involving public education issues.. Prior to engaging in private practice in the MetroEast since 1997, he served as counsel to the Illinois State Board of Education and legal counsel to Illinois public universities.  Richard Coffee is licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois and Missouri and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.. Mr. Coffee received his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law, holds a degree in broadcasting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association, former President of the Monroe County Bar Association, former chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Education Law Section Counsel, has served as a judge for the National Health Law Moot Court Competition sponsored by Southern Illinois University School of Law.

Sarah E. Ward is a Partner with Coffee Ward & Bower, LLP.   Sarah Ward has practiced over 15 years in Belleville, Illinois, primarily in the area of family law and has represented families in St. Clair County, Madison County, Monroe County, Clinton County and counties throughout Central and Southern Illinois.  Sarah Ward has extensive family law advocacy experience, including representation on behalf of clients in contested custody and removal matters, as well as those who are current or retired military personnel.. Sarah Ward has presented at legal education seminars in St. Louis on family law topics, represented family law clients in the appellate court, and clerked for the SIU General Counsel’s Office researching and drafting memoranda on labor matters, bankruptcy and housing issues for the University.. Sarah Ward received her Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law, her Bachelor of Arts from St. Louis University, is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the St. Clair County Bar Association, was selected as a member of the National Order of Barristers, a member of the SIU Law Moot Court Board Appellate Division, and was a student member of the Southern Illinois American Inn of Court.

Ryan Wallis Law Firm, which opened in 2016, is currently seeking new clients.  All potential clients will be offered free consultation.. Those who put the most value on open communication about their legal issues, reasonable rates, and determined representation will be most satisfied with retaining this firm to represent them.. Ryan Wallis Law Firm operates out of Peer151 business incubator in Belleville, Illinois, and welcomes all potential clients as visitors, including entrepreneurs who wish to consult on the legal issues that they face.. Mr. Wallis has over 13 years of experience practicing as an attorney.  He has represented individuals and Fortune 500 companies in litigation.  He has worked on cases involving injuries in traffic accidents, workplace accidents, and other injury-causing accidents.  He is also experienced in litigation involving business disputes and contractual breach.  Interested parties and potential clients should contact Ryan Wallis Law Firm using the contact information below to determine whether this firm would be a good match for you.

Recipient of AVVO’s “2019 CLIENT’S CHOICE AWARD”. Attorney Cheryl R. Whitley has over ten years of law enforcement experience. She has served as a police officer; special operations officer; police detective and narcotics investigator. This professional experience from “the other side” has given her a thorough understanding of how crimes are prosecuted and gives her THE EDGE in aggressively defending your case.The Scales of Justice is not always balanced and Cheryl has witnessed many forms of injustice in a system supposedly designed to protect the innocent. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere.” Witnessing injustice first hand struck a burning desire within Cheryl to obtain her law degree so that she might be that voice to fight for the rights of the oppressed.Cheryl’s unwavering desire to fight for justice led her to the infamous Johnnie Cochran Law Firm where she did her internship. Upon graduation Cheryl was hired by the Cochran Firm-St. Louis as a Law Clerk. For almost three years Cheryl offered her expertise in proper police procedure and in civil rights cases. During that period Cheryl made many successful arguments in civil rights cases on behalf of the clients.Attorney Cheryl R. Whitley is “NOW ON YOUR SIDE” ready to vigorously defend your case.

NATHAN P. LINKS, born in Carlyle, Illinois .. License: Illinois, 2012. Education: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (B.S. in Biological Sciences, 2009); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 2012). Member: Illinois State Bar Association, St. Clair County Bar Association.. Areas of Practice:. Mr. Links practices in the following areas of law: Estates and Trusts, Family Law, Real Estate, and Guardianships, as well as General Practice.

Natalie Bower is a Partner with Coffee Ward & Bower, LLP and has devoted her practice for over 15 years exclusively to the area of family law.  Natalie Bower’s experience includes advocating for clients in contested and non-contested divorces, establishing parentage (paternity) and parenting rights and responsibilities for non-married parties, litigating initial determinations and modifications of parenting responsibilities, decision-making (custody) and parenting time (visitation, child support and spousal support (maintenance/alimony) matters, as well as handling Orders of Protection, military divorces, jurisdictional disputes, and asset/property and retirement divisions.. Natalie Bower has represented families in St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, Clinton and Macoupin Counties as well as other surrounding counties.. Natalie Bower is published in and served on The John Marshall Law Review, assisted indigent clients faced with federal criminal charges as part of the Federal Defender Program in Chicago, and clerked for a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of Illinois researching and drafting court opinions while in law school.. Natalie Bower received her Juris Doctorate degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and received her Bachelors of Arts degrees in Psychology and French from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  Natalie Bower is a recipient of the Federal Defender Program Board of Trustees Award and was a student member of the Public Interest Law Council.. Natalie Bower is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, and the St. Clair County, Monroe County and Madison County Bar Associations.

My top priority as a family law attorney is my client's goals.  At our initial meeting we discuss your goals and priorities for the case.  I will then work to achieve those goals.

Ms. Spector is a Managing Partner of Hicks & Spector, LLC.  She is licensed to practice law in the States of Illinois and Missouri (inactive).. Ms. Spector received a B.S. in Business Administration from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she majored in Marketing and minored in Psychology.  During her time at The University of Illinois, Ms. Spector was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, the National Society for Collegiate Scholars and served as a student facilitator for the First Year Impact freshman orientation program.. Ms. Spector then received her Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinois.  Throughout law school, Ms. Spector was an active member of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, as well as the student divisions of the Illinois State Bar Association and American Bar Association.. Ms. Spector went on to receive a Master’s of Business Administration from the Southern Illinois University Graduate School in Carbondale, Illinois.  While attending business school, Ms. Spector worked as a Graduate Assistant with the Southern Illinois University Center for Innovation and became a Certified Small Business Consultant.  In 2010, as a result of her studies and involvement with the Business Graduate School, Ms. Spector received the Asthagiri Chandra Sekaran Award and was named the Most Outstanding Woman M.B.A. Graduating Student.. Since graduating from law and business schools, Ms. Spector has represented clients in the St. Louis Metro and Metro East areas in not only family law cases, but in a variety of other civil litigation settings,  Ms. Spector also established Hicks & Spector, LLC, with her colleague and friend, Kelly Garrett-Hicks.. Ms. Spector is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the St. Clair County Bar Association and the Madison County Bar Association.. She lives in Edwardsville, Illinois with her husband, daughter and pets.

Megan M. Nolan, born in 1983 in Belleville, Illinois, is an experienced attorney admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2009 and the Illinois Bar in 2010. She earned her J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2009, focusing on Civil Litigation. Ms. Nolan's practice encompasses various areas, including Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Adoption, Paternity, Probate Estates and Guardianship, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Contract Disputes, and Litigation. She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from Murray State University in 2006. Megan Nolan is an active member of professional associations such as the Illinois State Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division Section Member), St. Clair County Bar Association, and Missouri Bar Association. Her past employment includes roles at Stange Law Firm, P.C, Blake Law Group, P.C, Klar, Izsak & Stenger, LLC, and Goldenhersh & Goldenhersh, PC.

Jerry F. Costello is devoted to handling personal injury litigation cases, concentrating on individuals who suffer injuries due to the negligence of others and those injured in workplace incidents. He is dedicated to adeptly safeguarding the rights of his clients, diligently striving to secure their deserved compensation.

Jarrod Beasley was recently named as a Rising Star by SuperLawyer. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. No more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in Illinois are named to Rising Stars. Jarrod was also named as an Emerging Lawyer in the area of Personal Injury Law by LeadingLawyers.com. The distinction of being an Emerging Lawyer has been earned by fewer than 2 percent of lawyers licensed to practice in Illinois. Jarrod Beasley received his B.A. degree from the University of Illinois. Mr. Beasley graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2001. Following law school, Jarrod concentrated his practice in civil litigation while working for the largest civil defense firm in downstate Illinois. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois State Court and all federal jurisdictions within Illinois. While litigating in almost every forum in the state, his practice is focused in St. Clair and Madison Counties. Mr. Beasley joined Kuehn, Beasley & Young in 2007 and presently devotes his time to a diverse practice including civil litigation, specifically personal injury and products liability, corporate law and appellate work. He is a member of the Illinois State, St. Clair County and East St. Louis Bar Associations. Mr. Beasley lives in Belleville with his wife and two children.

I began my career in 1994 at the St. Clair State's Attorney Office while in Law School, then worked at the St. Clair County Public Defender's office until 1999.  I branched out into Family Law while continuing to practice Criminal Law.  I have participated in many high profile cases including Death Penalty trials. I practice in all the counties below Chicago, Illinois.  My staff and I take pride in atttention to detail and our relationship with our clients.  My office is results-oriented and we know how to get you the outcome you desire. We would like to help you resolve any Family Law and Criminal Law issues you may have.  Call me to discuss your case and let me help you solve your problems.

I am a Past President of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Panel Representative of the Federal C.J.A. Criminal Defense Panel in the Southern District of Illinois, a founding member of the SDIL's Federal Bar Association chapter, a past board member and current passive member of the St. Clair County Bar Association, and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  On several occasions, I've served as a lecturer at criminal defense seminars in Chicago and in downstate Illinois, where I have taught trial skills and 4th Amendment search and seizure laws to fellow attorneys.  I've been identified by my peers in statewide surveys as a 'Leading Lawyer' in the area of criminal defense.  I handle state and federal cases.. In 2001, my career as a criminal defense lawyer began as a St. Clair County Public Defender, where I won numerous consecutive criminal trials during a six months tenure. Thereafter, I spent a little over a year working as a federal law clerk in the Southern District of Illinois, serving two former Chief Judges, namely G. Patrick Murphy and Michael J. Reagan.  In June of 2003, I entered private practice as an associate working under two prominent criminal defense attorneys, namely the Honorable John O'Gara and the current St. Clair County State's attorney, James Gomric, Jr.  In 2005, I started my own law firm, which still operates today under the name Kuehn, Beasley & Young.. I have obtained several favorable trial verdicts over my years of practice.  Within the past few years, in three separate first degree murder cases, I earned outright acquittals.  In two other first degree murder prosecutions that proceeded to trial, my clients were acquitted of first degree murder and second degree murder, but convicted of manslaughter.  One client received a probationary term and the other recieved a 5-year term to be served at 50% .  Additionally, I recently represented a client at a jury trial on charges of attempted first degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.  He was acquitted on all charges.  My reputation in the legal community as a successful criminal defense lawyer and as a successful trial lawyer is perhaps best evidenced by the fact that several lawyers and police officers have retained my services.. I live in Belleville with his wife, Ashlie, and my three children, Jack, Brooke, and Caroline.

Erin specializes in state-level criminal defense at the law firm of Kuehn, Beasley & Young, P.C. Erin started her career as a St. Clair County Assistant Public Defender, where she secured numerous "not guilty" verdicts in felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile cases. She then became an Assistant State’s Attorney, where she secured numerous "guilty" verdicts in cases assigned to the Violent Crimes Unit; she was also the Chief of the Criminal Bureau and taught at the Southern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. While she was a prosecutor, Erin also taught American Politics at McKendree University. Erin graduated summa cum laude from McKendree University, with a B.A. in Biology and Political Science. She served as captain of the Speech & Debate Team, where she won four Pi Kappa Delta National Championships. She graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law, with a concentration in Criminal Litigation and a certificate in International and Comparative Law. She competed on the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. Erin lives in Belleville with her fiance, Chris, and their three cats - Scout, Stevie, and Sophia.

EDWARD J. BLAKE, JR. was born in East St. Louis, Illinois in 1952.  He has been engaged in the private practice of law for more than 40 years.. Education: St. Louis University (B.S.B.A., 1975); Southern Illinois University (M.B.A., 1977); St. Louis University (J.D., 1978); Washington University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1982).Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; St. Clair County, Illinois State (Member: Section on Estate Planning, 1987 – 1988; Federal Taxation, 1988 – 1989; Business Advice & Financial Planning, 1995-1996) and American Bar Association. Madison County Bar Association, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, American Agricultural Law Association, Illinois State Trial Lawyers Association, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys and Top 100 Family Lawyers in the State of Illinois.    Illinois State Bar Association Section Member:  (1) Trusts & Estates; (2) Family Law; (3) Agricultural Law; and (4) Civil Practice & Procedure.. Auto Accident, Bankruptcy, Business, Child Custody, Child Support, Collaborative Divorce, Commercial Real Estate, Consumer Protection, Criminal Defense, DUI and DWI, Debt Settlement, Divorce, Divorce Mediation, Employment, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Breaches of Fiduciary Duty, Family, Foreclosure, Immigration Law, Landlord/Tenant, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Civil Lawsuits, Military Divorce, Nursing Home, Personal Injury, Probate, Estate Settlement, Real Estate, Securities, Sex Crimes, DCFS, Sexual Harassment, Tax, Internal Revenue Service, Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Traffic Tickets, Unemployment, White Collar Crime, Workman’s Compensation, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination.