Firm: Todd Sivia
Practice Areas: Business
Founder, Todd W. Sivia, is an attorney at Sivia Law. Todd maintains a significant asset protection practice. He assists his clients in their estate planning and general business needs, including drafting wills and trusts, representing clients in matters such as entity formation and structuring (partnerships, LLC and Corporations, contracts, asset purchases, sales agreements, and probating estates. Learn more about Todd.
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Firm: Delano Law Offices LLC
Practice Areas: Business
Val C. Simhauser is admitted to practice law in the Illinois courts and in the U.S. district and bankruptcy courts in the central and southern districts of Illinois. A Springfield native, he grew up around his father’s law practice. After earning a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and then his law degree, he joined his father’s firm, Heckenkamp & Simhauser, P.C., in Springfield, in 1980. From 1989 until late 1997, he operated a solo practice, Simhauser Law Office, in Springfield, where he focused on serving five small municipalities, together with business and commercial work, estate planning and administration, real estate matters, personal injury, and divorce and post-divorce cases. In late 1997, Mr. Simhauser joined the Office of the Illinois Attorney General in Springfield, where he served as an Assistant Attorney General with that office’s Revenue Litigation Bureau until mid-2013. He handled cases for various State of Illinois agencies, including the Departments of Revenue, Transportation, Public Health, Human Services, Central Management Services, Natural Resources, Healthcare & Family Services, Commerce & Economic Opportunity, State Police, Corrections, and others, and for constitutional officers, such as the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Treasurer. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Simhauser is available to handle (1) issues of business organization, operations, and commercial litigation, (2) plaintiff's personal injury litigation, (3) real estate and other transactions, (4) elder law matters, and (5) estate planning and administration.Education: Springfield Catholic and public schools. B.A., Iowa State University, Ames, IA (1976) Majors in economics and political science, minor in English M.A. in history, University of Illinois at Springfield (1977) J.D., The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL (1980) Executive leadership certificate, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2010). Admitted to practice law before: All Illinois courts, 1980 U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1980 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2004 U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1985 U.S. Tax Court, 1986Certifications: Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association Diplomate, Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn. College of AdvocacyProfessional associations / organizations: Sangamon County Bar Association, 1980-present Illinois State Bar Association, 1980-present Member, ISBA Local Govt. Section Council, 1988-1989 Elected member, ISBA Assembly, 1988-1994 & 1998-2002 American Bar Association, 1980-1995 Shareholder, Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (Agent, 1983-1997)
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Firm: Stumpf & Gutknecht, P.C.
Practice Areas: Business
Columbia Rotary Club (Program Chair) (President, 2009-2011). Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. President/Chairman, Rotary District 6510 WCS Committee, Belize Children’s Program. Columbia Main Street Business Association (Treasurer). Board of Directors of Lutheran Family & Children’s Services of Missouri (2002-2008). Area 3 Assistant Governor for Rotary District 6510
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