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James Warren Springer
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Biography
James received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois in 1967. He went on to receive a Masters degree in Anthropology in 1972 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Anthropology in 1973 both from Yale University. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois in 1986. James is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of Illinois and United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Before becoming an attorney, James was a Professor of Anthropology for several years, and is presently an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Liberal Studies Program at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He has taught in the OLLI program at Bradley University. He joined the Kavanagh firm as an Associate in 1988 and became a Member of the Firm in 1995. James has published several articles on the topics of Torts, Civil Procedure, and Worker's Compensation. In addition he has co-authored the supplement to Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education's practitioner's handbook on Business Litigation.
James is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Peoria County Bar Association, which awarded him its Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award for 1996. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Peoria Civic Opera (now Opera Illinois) and the Western Avenue Greenway Project, the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, and the eartland Festival Orchestra.
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Licensed in Illinois for 39 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1986
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Location
Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick P.C.
301 SW Adams St., Suite 700, Peoria, IL, 61602-1574
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Experience
Work Experience
1988 - Present
Partner, Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick P.C.
Associations
1988 - Present
Peoria County Bar AssociationMember
1986 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
Education
1986
University of Illinois College of Law
JD/MBA - Juris Doctorate and MBA
1973
Yale University
PhD - Doctorate
1972
Yale University
MA - Masters
1967
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
A.B. - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2010
Workers Compensation Law + Practice Seminar
Workers Compensation Law + Practice
Publications
2010
Illinois Bar Journal, 98: 98-105
Experts Cannot Testify About the Law -- or Can They?
2006
Inter-Business Issues, August 2006, pp. 42-43
Retaliatory Discharge Under Federal Maritime Law
2004
Illinois State Bar Association Vol.31, No.2, pp. 3-7, Human Rights
Some Observations on the Legal Status of American Indians and American Indian Tribes
2004
Illinois State Bar Association Vol.41, No.2, pp. 1-5, Worker's Compensation Law
Reconciling the Heart Attack Cases II
2003
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education pp8S-1 - 8S43. Co-author Charles G. Roth, In Business and Commercial Litigation
Expert Testimony in Commercial Litigation
2002
InterBusiness Issues, October 2002 p-28
Recent Cases on Retaliatory Discharge
2002
Tort Trends Vol. 37, No.4, pp.3-6, Illinois State Bar Association
The Legal Status of Local Public Entities Under Illinois Tort Law
2002
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Quarterly 52:530-544, Federal Rules of Evidence
Admissibility of Evidence of Other Wrongful Acts in Insurance Litigation
2001
What are the Limits? Trial Briefs Vol.46, No.5, pp.3-5, Illinois State Bar Association
The Use of Requests for Admission of Fact in Proving a Litigant's Case
1991
Official Illinois Bar Journal Vol. 79, No. 1, January
Legal Ethics and the Public
1986
The American Journal of Legal History Vol. 30, No. 1, January
American Indians and the Law of Real Property in Colonial New England
Languages
English