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Maggie Coan Witt is a solo practitioner and owner of Maggie Coan Witt, LLC located in Decatur, Alabama. Originally from Russellville, Alabama and a 2013 graduate of Russellville High School, Maggie is dedicated to serving the people of North Alabama.. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Alabama in 2017 and moved on to receive her law degree, cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in May of 2020. While a law student, Maggie acted as the Online Managing Editor for the Cumberland Law Review and served as the President of Cumberland Women in Law society. She also earned a Scholar of Merit for Products Liability in Spring of 2019.. She focuses her practice on a variety of different areas including family law, probate law, estate planning and personal injury all throughout the North Alabama area. She is passionate about using her knowledge of numerous areas of the law to help counsel clients through extremely emotional and sometimes confusing situations. She strives to make her clients feel heard and appreciated while also advising them on what might be best for them moving forward.. Outside of the office, Maggie enjoys antique shopping, spending time with her friends and family, and using her creative and artistic talents. She is a new mother to a baby girl, who is the joy of her and her husband's lives!

Jon Erickson, known formally as Jonathan Parker Erickson, is a Decatur native and attended Decatur public schools through 12th grade.  He graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1991 and completed his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University in 1995. He received his Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University in 1999. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois in 2000.. Jon worked as an Assistant State's Attorney for Macon County from Spring 2000 until December 2000 at which time he joined the law firm of Erickson, Davis, Murphy, Johnson, Griffith & Walsh, LTD.  He soon became a partner of the firm and practiced alongside his father, Fred, for nearly 17 years.  Jon is married and has one son, Fred.. On August 1, 2017, Jon started his own practice as a sole practitioner.  Unlike any other law firm or attorney in the Decatur area, Jon's practice is concentrated exclusively in the areas of divorce law and family law (including juvenile law, Orders of Protection, guardianship cases involving children, DCFS cases, Civil No-Contact Orders, adoption cases and criminal defense for domestic-related offenses).  Jon is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Decatur Bar Association.  Although his office is located in Decatur in Macon County, Jon routinely accepts cases and travels to virtually all neighboring counties as well.

I began my practice in the law department for Exxon Company, USA in New Orleans.  After five years of corporate practice, I moved back to my hometown, Decatur, Alabama, to enter private practice in 1979.  I have an active civil litigation practice, which includes personal injury, family law and insurance defense litigation.  I have handled almost every conceivable civil action, including wrongful death, auto accidents, fraud, construction defect cases, trucking accidents, slip and fall, work injuries  and product liability.. No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

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