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R. Michael Henderson 
Peoria, Illinois
Partner
phone (309) 674-1133
fax (309) 674-6503
email Email Me

Areas of Practice:
Product Liability (automotive, aviation, agricultural, consumer and industrial)
Professional Negligence (Including physician and attorney malpractice)
Appellate Practice in State and Federal Court Systems
Libel and Slander/Defamation
Commercial and Business Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1969
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
Education:
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
J.D.


University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1966
B.S.


Representative Cases:
Strotman v. K.C. Summers Buick, Inc., 489 N.E.2d 1148 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1986)
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Frankart, 370 N.E.2d 1058 (Ill. 1977)
Illinois Traffic Court Driver Imp. Educational Foundation v. Peoria Journal Star, Inc., 494 N.E.2d 939 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1986)
Horowitz v. Baker, 523 N.E.2d 179 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1988)
Fryman v. JMK/Skewer, Inc., 484 N.E.2d 909 (Ill.App. 3 Dist. 1985)
Representative Clients:
General Motors Corporation
Nissan Motors/United States of America
ISBA Mutual Insurance
CNA Insurance
Par-a-Dice Gaming Corporation
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Illinois Defense Counsel Seminars, ISBA Law Ed Series, Peoria County, Continuing Legal Education, International Association of Defense Counsel


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Peoria County Bar Association
( past president )


Illinois State Bar Association
( past member Board of Governor's, Secretary )


Defense Research Institute


Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel


Illinois Bar Foundation
( past member Board of Director's )


Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund Board of Directors, 1994 - 1999
( past president )


American Bar Foundation


Master-Emeritus, Abraham Lincoln Inn, American Inns of Court


International Association of Defense Counsel


Greater Peoria Claims Association


American College of Trial Lawyers


Society of Trial Lawyers


American College of Barristers


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Alpha Delta
Pi Kappa Alpha
Birth Information:
August 9, 1944, Gillespie, Illinois, United States of America


Peoria Office

227 NE Jefferson
Peoria, IL 61602
Phone 309-674-1133
Fax 309-674-6503
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Springfield Office

205 S. Fifth Street, Suite 900
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone 217-753-1133
Fax 217-753-1180
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