Top Business Lawyers in Bloomington | 3 available

Firm: Charles N. Erickson Law Office

202 South Eldorado Road, Suite B2 , Bloomington , Illinois 61704

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Family , Personal Injury, Probate , Real Estate , Business

Firm: Allison & Mosby-Scott Law Office

210 1/2 North Williamsburg Drive , Bloomington , Illinois 61704

Practice Areas: Business

Derek J. Luster is an attorney at Allison & Mosby-Scott where he practices business law, as well as providing risk management consulting for the firm’s risk management consulting practice, Allison & Mosby-Scott Risk Management. Derek’s practice areas include business and commercial litigation; business organization and transactions; mergers and acquisitions; ERISA; agreements and contracts; captive insurance company taxation, formation, and regulation; real estate; and wills, trusts, and probate. Derek leverages his 10-plus years of legal experience and his broad knowledge-base to assist clients in resolving complex legal and business issues so they may reach their goals.. Prior to joining the firm, Derek was Senior Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions at Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), a publicly-traded, Fortune 50 company. While in this role, Derek was entrusted with handling extraordinary large and complex cross-border transactions, including a $3 billion acquisition of a European flavorings business, the $1.3 billion sale of ADM’s cocoa processing business to a sovereign wealth fund, the $400 million sale of ADM’s chocolate business to a direct competitor of ADM, in addition to the $120 million sale of ADM’s Crop Risk Services to a private buyer. Before taking on the role of Senior Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Derek served as Senior Counsel – Business Law at ADM, handling multiple sensitive and complex transactional and commercial issues.. A native of Central Illinois, Derek grew up in a small farming community prior to attending college at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. When enrolled there, he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance, with specializations in both Investments and Banking, and a minor in Accounting. Derek then attended Southern Illinois University School of Law while also working for ADM’s Insurance and Risk Management Department.. Derek and his fiancée, Alexandra Lakshmanan, have two dogs and he has been a life-long resident of Illinois. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, hunting, outdoor activities, and travel.

Firm: Leighton Legal Group, LLC

306 East Grove Street , Bloomington , Illinois 61701

Practice Areas: Business

Tim Leighton serves Clients in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois area by assisting with trusts, wills, power of attorney, estates, probate, business formation and planning, mediation & arbitration, uncontested guardianship, and tax matters.. Most of Tim's business clients are small business entrepreneurs and tax-exempt organizations. They rely on Tim for forming the organization, planning succession of the business, and business transactions.. Through the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Illinois, the National Arbitration Forum, and privately, Tim helps resolve business, financial, and family disputes as mediator and arbitrator.. Through trust and estate planning, Tim helps Clients find better ways to secure peace of mind and to preserve, protect, and grow assets. Tim serves families with meaningful net worths and others with dependency and guardianship concerns, such as school-aged children and people with disabilities. Tim also serves as trustee, implementing Client priorities while managing substantial assets.. Clients also rely on the firm for trust administration and probate.