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This is a decrease from the previous month, when there were 256 lawyers with active licenses.
Countywide, Champaign recorded 134 lawyers with active licenses in April, the highest number within a city in Champaign County during that period.
According to the ABA’s 2024 Profile of the Legal Profession, Illinois had the fourth-highest number of lawyers per capita in the United States, with nearly five lawyers per 1,000 residents.
Illinois is home to the fifth-largest lawyer population in the U.S., with over 62,000 attorneys, according to the ABA’s 2024 Profile of the Legal Profession.
As of March 2025, average lawyer salaries in Illinois ranged from $107,027 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $224,163 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy. Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earned on average $178,994 in Illinois, compared to $174,969 nationwide.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.
Lawyers with Active Licenses in Cities Located Within Champaign County in April
| Lawyer Name | Date of Admission |
|---|---|
| Aaron David Lauter | 10/11/2011 |
| Aaron Lee Wiener | 05/11/2015 |
| Abigail Grace Causer | 05/11/2015 |
| Alan Robert Singleton | 07/11/1991 |
| Allison Marie Slocum | 10/11/2016 |
| Alyson Dean Cloyd | 10/11/2021 |
| Andrea I. Bergstrom | 09/11/2006 |
| Andrea R. Schneider | 06/11/2014 |
| Andrew D. Leipold | 04/01/1994 |
| Andrew Gunn Harrington | 04/11/2010 |
| Andrew James Muller | 09/05/2019 |
| Angela L. Tucker | 10/11/2011 |
| Anna Kaluzny | 04/11/2010 |
| Anthony Leonard Allegretti | 01/11/2012 |
| Anthony Michael Ortega | 09/11/2000 |
| Arthur B. Endres | 03/12/2003 |
| Austin John Hill | 31/10/2013 |
| Baku N. Patel | 10/02/1998 |
| Barbara Joan Mann | 10/05/1990 |
| Benjamin Charles Ford | 31/10/2013 |
| Brett Alan Kepley | 06/11/1986 |
| Brett David Schnepper | 31/10/2013 |
| Brian Edward King | 09/11/2000 |
| Brian Michael Smith | 08/11/2007 |
| Brian Todd Schurter | 07/11/1996 |
| Brittany Parks McKnight | 25/05/2018 |
| Bruce Lindley Bonds | 01/11/1982 |
| Bryan David Freres | 02/06/2008 |
| Bryan Vayr | 09/11/2017 |
| C. K. Gunsalus | 10/05/1984 |
| Cari Brett Rincker | 23/12/2014 |
| Carol I. Diener | 06/11/1997 |
| Carrie Louise Kmoch | 07/05/1987 |
| Carter T. Billingsley | 10/11/2021 |
| Catherine Helen Barbercheck | 03/11/1978 |
| Chad S. Beckett | 05/11/1998 |
| Chae Min Lee | 05/05/2011 |
| Charles Bartholow Holder | 10/11/2011 |
| Charles Wallace Sprague | 14/01/2021 |
| Christina Gilbert-Manuel | 06/11/2003 |
| Christopher Gavin McCallum | 31/01/2006 |
| Christopher L. Tichenor | 07/11/2002 |
| Colleen McNichols Ramais | 04/11/2010 |
| Collin Frederick Richmond | 08/05/2008 |
| Connor D. Christie | 14/01/2021 |
| Courtney E. Brady | 05/11/2015 |
| Cristina Marie Manuel | 08/11/2001 |
| Cynthia Therese Morgan | 03/12/1991 |
| Damian Conforti Hanson | 10/11/2021 |
| Daniel G. Harrington | 01/11/1982 |
| Daniel Jordan Reynolds | 06/11/2014 |
| Daniel Joseph Walsh Jr. | 05/11/1979 |
| David B. Wilcoxen | 09/11/2000 |
| David Barber Appleman | 09/11/1983 |
| David Bennett Sholem | 03/11/1978 |
| David Brian Wesner | 04/11/1993 |
| David Charles Thies | 01/05/1980 |
| David Christopher Steigmann | 04/05/2000 |
| David Hilton Hoff | 27/10/1975 |
| David Martin Sinow | 21/05/1974 |
| Deborah Frank Feinen | 05/11/1992 |
| Deborah Secor Kurz | 10/11/1988 |
| Denise A. Knipp Bates | 06/11/2003 |
| Diana Catherine Bauerle | 09/11/2000 |
| Donald Louis Uchtmann | 20/05/1975 |
| Donna Marie Davis | 07/05/2015 |
| Douglas Scott Slayton | 10/11/1988 |
| Dustin Richard Jensen | 10/11/2011 |
| Edward Michael Wagner | 29/10/1980 |
| Elisabeth Regine Pollock | 09/11/2006 |
| Elizabeth V. Kurt | 25/03/2013 |
| Ellen M. Beattie | 04/05/1993 |
| Ellen Mary Byron | 06/11/2008 |
| Emily Christine Vock | 31/10/2013 |
| Emily Susan Seifert | 10/11/2005 |
| En-Chi Lin | 05/11/2015 |
| Enos Phillips Knox | 18/10/1971 |
| Eric Lawrence Schacht | 09/11/2006 |
| Erika Natali Louise Harold | 08/11/2007 |
| Eugene Lester Miller | 05/11/1992 |
| Evan Stanley Bruno | 01/11/2012 |
| Faruq R. A. Nelson | 09/11/2006 |
| Francis Jerome Jahn | 14/04/1967 |
| Frank Gerard Johnston | 06/11/2008 |
| G. Michael Sprinkle | 10/11/2021 |
| Garrett Von Schaumburg | 10/11/2016 |
| Gregory Douglas Morris | 04/11/2004 |
| Gregory Eugene Pelini | 18/10/1976 |
| Gregory John Miely | 05/11/1981 |
| Gregory Lynn Ryan | 10/05/1984 |
| Guy Charles Hall | 09/11/1983 |
| Heriberto Antonio Martinez | 08/11/2007 |
| Jacob Andrew Croegaert | 10/11/2011 |
| Jacob R. Ferguson | 10/11/2021 |
| Jacqueline Ross | 09/11/1989 |
| James Cannon Kearns | 13/11/1975 |
| James Joseph Schmidt | 09/05/2019 |
| James Lawrence Dobrovolny | 28/04/1975 |
| Jamie Alyssa Propps | 10/11/2005 |
| Jamie Ann Rollins | 14/01/2021 |
| Jane Pearse Kerber | 29/10/1980 |
| Jeffrey Brian Friedman | 14/01/2021 |
| Jeffrey Dale Frederick | 01/11/1982 |
| Jeffrey Michael Davis | 07/11/1996 |
| Jennifer Lee Eldridge | 06/01/2012 |
| Jennifer Lynn Gover Bannon | 10/11/2011 |
| Jennifer M. Carroll | 05/11/2009 |
| Jenny He Park | 09/05/2002 |
| Jessica Heath Breitbarth | 08/11/1990 |
| John Jeremiah Hanlon | 09/11/1983 |
| John Joseph Powers | 16/11/1984 |
| John Kent Gerrity | 04/11/2010 |
| John Michael Dodd | 08/11/2007 |
| John Roska | 09/11/1983 |
| John Steven Beckett | 07/11/1973 |
| John Victor Malkovich | 05/11/1981 |
| John Zearing Hecker | 01/05/1980 |
| Jonathan Allen Thompson | 05/11/2009 |
| Joseph Andrew Souligne | 08/11/2018 |
| Joseph Dwyer Murphy | 08/05/1986 |
| Joseph Kenneth Guyette | 04/11/2004 |
| Joseph Patrick Chamley | 10/11/1994 |
| Julia Rosenbaum Rietz | 04/11/1993 |
| Julie Christine King | 08/11/2001 |
| Karen Graham Thimke | 06/11/2014 |
| Kari Ellen Gibson | 07/05/2020 |
| Karla A. Westjohn | 09/05/1991 |
| Katherine Connolly Galvin | 20/06/2007 |
| Kathryn Elena Cataldo | 05/05/2016 |
| Katie Lyn Jessup | 04/11/2010 |
| Katty Heiple Sievers | 22/05/2013 |
| Keith Edward Emmons | 31/10/1974 |
| Kelly Elaine Ford | 10/11/1988 |
| Kelly Jean Salefski | 10/11/2005 |
| Kenneth D. Reifsteck | 07/11/1991 |
| Kevin Edward Markes | 05/11/2009 |
| Kevin Michael Toth | 10/11/2011 |
| Kheana Pollard | 07/11/2019 |
| Kip Randolph Pope | 23/10/1974 |
| Kristin Ruth Solberg | 07/11/1991 |
| Kurt August Leifheit | 12/06/2007 |
| Lauren Ann Anaya | 07/05/2015 |
| Lauren B. McQueen | 09/05/2019 |
| Ligeia J. Marseille | 10/11/2011 |
| Linda Kay Lee | 06/11/2008 |
| Linda L. Laugges | 05/11/1987 |
| Lindsay Blake Kearns | 10/05/2007 |
| Lindsay Rose Vanfleet | 05/05/2011 |
| Lisa Cicero Wilson | 07/11/1991 |
| Lora Ann Keller | 09/11/1995 |
| Lorna Kathleen Geiler | 06/11/1986 |
| Lynne Elizabeth Callaghan | 24/03/2011 |
| Maggie Huisinga | 09/05/2013 |
| Marc Richard Miller | 05/11/1987 |
| Margaret Rosso Grossman | 05/11/1979 |
| Marie Judith Casteel | 05/11/2015 |
| Marilyn Kunza Lee | 19/05/1978 |
| Mary E. Tiefenbrunn | 05/11/1998 |
| Mary Grace Gorski | 05/11/1979 |
| Matthew Goldman | 09/11/2017 |
| Matthew John Clegg | 22/01/2010 |
| Matthew John Schweighart | 09/11/2006 |
| Matthew Joshua Miner | 14/01/2021 |
| Matthew P. Banach | 09/11/2006 |
| Matthew Philip Kuenning | 06/11/2003 |
| Matthew Ryan Roeschley | 09/11/2006 |
| Megan A. Pickens | 09/11/2006 |
| Megan Elizabeth Murphy | 05/11/2009 |
| Melissa Ann Thomas | 10/11/1994 |
| Mia Ottilia Hernandez | 28/07/2014 |
| Michael Blane McClellan | 23/04/1974 |
| Michael S. Bantz | 01/11/2012 |
| Michael Thomas Anderson | 10/11/2016 |
| Michael Wilkie John | 06/11/1986 |
| Michelle Edith Brooks | 07/05/1998 |
| Miles D. Bardell | 10/11/2011 |
| Nancy L. Rabel | 06/11/1997 |
| Nathan Sigurd Henderson | 10/11/2021 |
| Nathan Todd Kolb | 07/06/2016 |
| Nicole Massey | 09/11/2017 |
| Nisar S. Qureshi | 04/05/2017 |
| Patrick Earl Harrington | 08/05/2008 |
| Patrick J. Hanlon | 10/11/1994 |
| Patrick Terrence Fitzgerald | 09/11/1989 |
| Paul Richard Wilson Jr. | 23/04/1974 |
| Paul Robert Cole | 01/11/1977 |
| Peter M. Ladwein | 05/11/2009 |
| Peter Todd Borich | 05/11/1992 |
| Philip William Peak | 07/11/2002 |
| Phillip Raymond Van Ness | 13/11/1975 |
| Quazi Rummana Alam | 04/11/2010 |
| Rachael Katharine Hoffman Smith | 10/05/2012 |
| Rachelle Marguerite Norton | 06/11/2014 |
| Raymon Michael Brown | 29/10/1980 |
| Rebecca D. Yeh | 10/11/2021 |
| Rebecca Ellen Perrine Wade | 05/11/1998 |
| Rebecca Lynn Myhr | 07/11/2002 |
| Renato M. Cosimini | 05/11/1992 |
| Renee Louise Monfort | 15/05/1991 |
| Robert George Frederick | 27/11/1972 |
| Robert Harold Rhode | 09/11/1989 |
| Robert M. Finch | 23/04/1974 |
| Robert W. Mulcahey | 05/11/1987 |
| Rochelle Funderburg | 05/11/1981 |
| Roger L. Prillaman | 29/10/1980 |
| Ronald Scott Langacker | 08/05/1997 |
| Rowan Edward Themer | 05/11/2009 |
| S. Byron Balbach Jr. | 06/04/1977 |
| Sally K. Kolb | 04/11/1999 |
| Sami Lynn Anderson | 08/11/2007 |
| Sandra Lee Kopels | 05/11/1981 |
| Scott Alan Larson | 08/11/2007 |
| Scott Alan Lerner | 05/11/1992 |
| Scott Anderson Jr. | 22/05/1973 |
| Scott Edward Perkins | 04/11/2004 |
| Scott Edward Rice | 08/11/2001 |
| Scott M. Bennett | 07/11/2002 |
| Shannon Marie Delamar | 08/05/1997 |
| Shannon Michelle Moritz | 07/11/1996 |
| Shayla Louise Maatuka | 04/11/2004 |
| Shig William Yasunaga | 09/11/2000 |
| Sophie Kabbes | 08/11/2018 |
| Stanley Blake Weaver | 27/10/1975 |
| Stephanie Alane Weber | 08/11/2001 |
| Stephanie Anne Matt | 08/11/2007 |
| Stephen John Lesueur | 29/10/1980 |
| Stuart George Walker | 07/11/2019 |
| Susan Elizabeth Nicholas | 07/11/2002 |
| Susan L. Zielke | 06/11/1997 |
| Tamra R. Torres | 04/05/2010 |
| Thomas Anthony Bruno | 01/05/1980 |
| Thomas Chapin Rose II | 09/11/2000 |
| Thomas Edward Bucher | 08/05/2008 |
| Thomas Frederick Koester | 03/05/1982 |
| Thomas Putnam Kelly | 10/11/2005 |
| Thomas Sung Yu | 09/11/2000 |
| Thorpe Alan Facer | 13/05/1988 |
| Tiffany Jade Byrne | 10/11/2021 |
| Timothy D. Stark | 04/11/2004 |
| Timothy John Sullivan | 01/11/2012 |
| Titus M. Spitsbergen | 07/11/2019 |
| Todd Andrew Labinsky | 09/11/2000 |
| Toney J. Tomaso | 09/11/1995 |
| Trevor A. Wiles | 08/11/2018 |
| Troy D. Lozar | 14/05/2002 |
| Warren Gary Lavey | 05/11/1979 |
| William Edward Frederick Cole | 07/11/2019 |
| William H. Cawley | 28/12/1981 |
| William James Brinkmann | 23/10/1974 |
| William Layne Roberts | 05/11/2015 |
| William M. Goldstein | 28/10/1969 |
| William Roy Scott | 27/10/1975 |
| William Van Hagey | 01/11/1972 |
| Yu Lee Kim | 29/03/2021 |
| Yulanda Curtis | 28/02/2020 |
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