HeplerBroom News

Environmental law attorney Brian J.D. Dodds has joined HeplerBroom in its Chicago office as an associate.

HeplerBroom attorney Charles Insler recently won an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit involving issues of qualified immunity on behalf of a pro bono client

HeplerBroom attorneys Lance Jones and Kyle Westbrook will be among the featured speakers at the annual convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois

HeplerBroom attorney Jennifer Martin is scheduled to be one of the featured speakers at the 26th Annual Conference of FETTI’s National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues

HeplerBroom attorneys Gregg Kinney and Kyle Westbrook were featured speakers at a recent cannabis law forum held at the firm’s Edwardsville office.

HeplerBroom attorneys Glenn Davis and Charles Insler recently secured a FINRA arbitration award against a major national brokerage firm and its registered representative on behalf of the heirs of an elderly client who had suffered from dementia.

HeplerBroom attorney Anne Oldenburg will discuss cutting-edge strategies to combatting claims in the assisted living industry at DRI’s upcoming Nursing Home/ALF Litigation seminar.

Three of HeplerBroom’s asbestos litigation partners will play key roles at HarrisMartin’s 2019 Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference

HeplerBroom selected to host the Insuralex U.S. Seminar on Cutting Edge Insurance Issues

HeplerBroom LLC is proud to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

HeplerBroom attorney Jennifer Martin was a featured speaker at the 47th Annual Missouri Waste Control Coalition Conference

HeplerBroom attorney Steve Kaufmann will be one of the featured speakers at an upcoming Tips of the Trade seminar, which is being presented by the ISBA Federal Civil Practice Section and co-sponsored by the Federal Bar Association Central District of Illinois.

At an upcoming Chemical Industry Council of Illinois seminar, HeplerBroom attorney Alec Messina will discuss environmental issues and concerns of which businesses should be aware.

Midwest litigation firm HeplerBroom and the Chicagoland chapters of CPCU recently donated nearly $1,400 to the Ronald McDonald House

HeplerBroom has added Jesse J. Gray as an associate in its St. Louis office. Gray focuses his practice on employment & labor law, insurance, personal injury, and trucking & transportation matters.

HeplerBroom partner Linda Hay recently presented a webinar for insurance and long-term care facility executives. The webinar covered the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act, the legal record and its importance during litigation, and the law governing the retention of facility records and the production of electronic medical records.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri recently granted HeplerBroom’s clients a dismissal of an international premise liability case under the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens.

HeplerBroom's Edwardsville office employees recently donated nearly $1,500 to Equipping the Called Foster & Crisis Closet, a non-profit group that provides basic necessities such as clothing and toiletries to children when they are initially placed in foster care.

HeplerBroom attorneys Linda Hay and Tammera Banasek will talk with dentists at Armitage Oral Surgery in Chicago on August 7 about how to be legally confident in their daily practice

Midwest Litigation firm HeplerBroom has celebrated its 125 years of continuous existence

HeplerBroom’s client was recently exonerated of any wrongdoing in an insurance coverage matter in a trial verdict in Toledo, Ohio.

HeplerBroom attorneys James DuChateau and Katie Jacobi were honored recently at the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s (IDC) annual meeting

HeplerBroom partner Rick Hammond’s most recent Law Update column for SIU Today (the quarterly magazine of the International Association of Special Investigators) traces the history of a case where an insurer was not allowed to present evidence that their insured refused to submit to a polygraph case.

HeplerBroom partner Gordon Walton has been named to Lawyers of Color’s inaugural Nation’s Best list.

Midwest litigation firm HeplerBroom adds additional insurance attorneys

HeplerBroom partner Susan Wagener has been selected by the Risk Manager of the Aon Affinity Healthcare Division to present a continuing education webinar on behalf of NSO (Nurses Service Organization). The webinar is for Registered Nurses and Advance Practice Nurses and will cover professional license disciplinary defense.

Missouri Court of Appeals has reversed and vacated a multi- million dollar judgment in the Giannecchini talc case against Johnson & Johnson. HeplerBroom partner Beth Bauer was involved in the personal jurisdiction briefing and argument at trial court and on the appeal

HeplerBroom has added Stanley W. Fronczak and LaDonna L. Boeckman as associates in the firm’s Chicago office

HeplerBroom hosted the 2019 Law Day celebration. This year’s theme was “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society.”

HeplerBroom partners Bharat Varadachari and Dan Lytle received a favorable jury verdict in a lawsuit filed under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act.

HeplerBroom has added asbestos attorney Maritza Rodriguez as an associate in its Chicago office.

HeplerBroom partner Glenn Davis discussed biometrics technologies at a recent Infragard symposium in Springfield, Illinois.

HeplerBroom partner Katie Jacobi will be among the featured speakers at the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance’s 2019 Midwest Conference.

HeplerBroom partner Beth Bauer will be one of the featured speakers at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel’s 2nd Annual Regional Corporate Counsel Symposium.

HeplerBroom partner Rick Hammond was one of the featured speakers at the annual meeting of the American College of Coverage Counsel.

HeplerBroom law firm welcomes second-year law students Berta Brazdeikyte, Hayley Dorfman, Nicholas Scholz, and Paige Thielen to its 2019 Class of Summer Associates.

HeplerBroom partner Rick Hammond will be one of the featured speakers at the 2019 DRI Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar.

HeplerBroom law firm has 33 attorneys named to the 2019 list of Leading Lawyers and 11 named to the list of Emerging Lawyers.

HeplerBroom attorneys Kathleen Hamilton and Bradley Zaffiri have secured a summary judgment in a recent Cole County Case

HeplerBroom attorney Chad Richter has been appointed to the Young Friends board of the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation.

HeplerBroom attorneys Alec Messina, Eric Moch, and Kyle Westbrook spoke at forum sponsored by Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and Illinois Manufacturers' Association

HeplerBroom attorneys Anne Oldenburg and Tammera Banasek recently obtained a defense verdict in a two-week Cook County medical malpractice trial.

Emily D. Roman has joined HeplerBroom’s St. Louis office. She focuses her practice on the defense of civil litigation matters involving insurance law, personal injury, automobile accidents, and property damage.

The U.S.District Court for Central District of Illinois has decertified a gender discrimination collective action against a medical school. Lead defense attorney in the case was HeplerBroom partner Thomas Wilson, who was assisted by partner Michael Murphy and associate attorney Christopher Clasby.

HeplerBroom attorney Chad Richter has been selected to teach two sections of the Estate Administration Boot Camp seminar being offered by the National Business Institute on May 15.

HeplerBroom attorneys Rick Hammond and Eric Moch will discuss current trends in bodily injury and property claims fraud at the annual conference of the Illinois chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units.

HeplerBroom attorney Glenn Davis, Committee Chair of the Missouri Bar’s Antitrust Committee, will serve as moderator for the committee’s upcoming Spring Meeting. In addition, Davis will be one of the featured speakers at a session on Poaching, Wage-Fixing, and Other Employment Antitrust Problems.

HeplerBroom attorneys Michael Murphy, Daniel Siegfried, and Melissa Brown will be among the featured speakers at the Illinois State Bar Association’s 18th Annual Environmental Law Conference

HeplerBroom atattorney Jennifer Martin will be one of the featured speakers at the May 9 Gateway Society of Hazardous Materials Managers’ Spring Compliance Seminar.

HeplerBroom attorney Amy Johnson was a featured speaker at the 2019 Property & Liability Resource Bureau’s Claims Conference, held recently in Indianapolis.

HeplerBroom attorney Bharat Varadachari recently obtained a defense verdict from a St. Clair County, Illinois, jury in a disputed liability case arising out of an automobile accident.

In his latest column for SIU Today (the quarterly magazine of the International Association of Special Investigators), HeplerBroom attorney Rick Hammond discusses an Illinois Appellate Court’s ruling on the effects of a policyholder’s recanting of a lie before a coverage decision is made.

Sara Schwartz is a new associate in HeplerBroom’s Chicago office. Schwartz focuses her practice on insurance law and the defense of personal injury.

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District affirmed a 2018 summary judgement opinion obtained by HeplerBroom partner Kathleen Hamilton and associate attorney Bradley Zaffiri regarding breach of contract.

HeplerBroom attorney Linda Hay will be the featured speaker at the McHenry County Medical Society’s meeting, where she will discuss the anatomy of a malpractice claim.

Jennifer Martin will discuss Vapor Intrusion regulations and their impact on remediation and property redevelopment at the Midwest Environmental Compliance Conference on April 23-24.

Linda Hay and Anne Oldenburg are presenting a continuing education seminar on Legalities in the Dental Practice on April 4. at the Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

HeplerBroom’s Chad Richter is one of six attorneys named to St. Louis Small Business Monthly’s list of Top Estate Planning Attorneys in the St. Louis area.

HeplerBroom is one of the sponsors of the upcoming Midwest LGBTQIA Rights Conference in St. Louis March 21 and 22

Alec Messina, immediate past Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, has joined HeplerBroom law firm as a partner in its Springfield office.

HeplerBroom is co-sponsoring a legislative roundtable that will bring together Missouri lawmakers and Missouri attorneys to discuss proposed 2019 legislation that would impact diverse communities. Specific topics of discussion include criminal justice reform, public safety, and economic development.

HeplerBroom's Tammera Banasek and Wasif Khanfeatured will be featured speakers at healthcare management seminar. They will discuss the risk social media poses on claims, the use of social media as an investigative tool, and the effects of social media on litigation.

Bharat Varadachari, a partner at HeplerBroom, will be among the featured speakers at the 2019 Claims and Litigation Management Alliance conference.

Gerard (Jerry) Noce, a partner at HeplerBroom, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Award of Honor presented by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis.

Wasif Khan will speak to the Decatur Dental Society about how to best structure sales/acquisitions of dental practices and the myriad legal considerations involved in such transactions.

Eric Moch has been appointed to Aurora's (IL) newly formed Advisory Commission on Disabilities.

Aleen Tiffany and Stephanie Weiner recently presented information about risk transfer in premises liability to the executive board of a Chicago hospital.

Susan Wagener is presenting a continuing education webinar for American Nurses Association of Illinois to educate nursing professionals about advocating on their own behalf to protect and defend their nursing licenses.

HeplerBroom is proud to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been listed as 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers and an additional 9 have been named 2019 Illinois Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine.

Anne Oldenburg and Linda Hay will discuss legalities in dental practices at a Dental Solutions continuing education event, which is being held in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb. 1.

HeplerBroom LLC has elected these 5 new partners: Kevin Birkenmeier, Pamela Gamble, Charles Insler, Katie Jacobi, and Christian Willenborg, M.D.

Bharat Varadachari has been elected to serve on the Executive Board of the St. Louis County Bar Association. This is his third year on the board.

Rebecca Nickelson and Amy Johnson will be among the speakers at DRI’s Women in the Law Conference, which is being held in Coronado, California, on January 23-29. HeplerBroom is a sponsor of the conference.

Eric Hall, a partner in the firm’s Edwardsville office, was featured in a recent issue of the Illinois Business Journal.

Kathleen Hamilton and Bradley Zaffiri recently obtained summary judgment for a client in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (Timothy Farkas v. Overton Industries, Inc., et al; No. 4:17-CV-761 RLW).

In his most recent “Law Update” column for SIU Today, Rick Hammond explores the issue of when is an appropriate time for an insurer to demand appraisal and when might it be too late.

Joseph T. Tripoli has joined HeplerBroom in its Chicago office as an associate attorney. Tripoli concentrates his practice in the area of civil defense litigation, with a focus on the defense of injury claims involving third-party liability and insurance/medical fraud. He is also experienced in general liability defense.

Thomas Magee, a partner in HeplerBroom’s St. Louis office, has been chosen as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in St. Louis by Thomas Reuters’ Super Lawyers.

Charles Insler has published an article in The Computer & Internet Lawyer on handling litigation under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

HeplerBroom is pleased to announce that Kelley Rhine and Kaitlin Salisbury have joined the firm as associate attorneys.

Six HeplerBroom attorneys have been named 2018 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, and four have been named Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars.

What happens when a plaintiff dies during litigation? Tammera Banasek and Matthew Brandabur have published an article in the IDC Quarterly that examines the potential impact of such an occurrence.

Michael Young and Bharat Varadachari will speak to St. Louis Chapter of CPCUs about new MO insurance statutes and their effect on liability coverage and bad faith claims.

Hepler Broomhas been ranked nationally as a 2019 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.

Leslie Odom will be one of three featured speakers at a Nov. 10 workshop on legal, professional, and crisis response issues for mental health professionals whose clients have had suicidal thoughts. The workshop is sponsored by Creve Coeur Counseling Associates.

HelperBroom represented Lone Star Industries Inc. in its sale of nearly 2700 acres from a former mining operation near Oglesby to the IL Dept of Natural Resources.

Being a member of ASCAP and a voting member of the Grammys gives Eric Hall an interesting perspective on the intersection of asbestos defense and music.

Susan Wagener will be one of the featured speakers at the American Nurses Association’s Illinois Professional Issues Conference, which is being held in Lisle, Illinois, on November 3. Wagener will encourage nursing professionals to advocate on their own behalf to protect and defend their nursing licenses.

At its recent annual meeting, the Missouri Bar honored HeplerBroom partner Larry Hepler for his 50 years of membership. Later the same day, the firm’s Edwardsville office held a congratulations party in his honor.

Three HeplerBroom partners—Jeff Hebrank, Troy Bozarth, and Kathy Hodge—were named to Leading Lawyers’ list of Top 10 business lawyers in downstate Illinois. HeplerBroom was the only law firm to have more than one attorney make the list.

On November 9, HeplerBroom is co-sponsoring an environmental seminar in Springfield IL on Illinois Water Laws and Regulations. Topics: Illinois water regulatory and enforcement updates, water issues affecting utilities and agriculture. Professional engineers can earn 6.5 PDHs; Illinois attorneys can earn 6.5 CLEs (1.0 Illinois Professionalism hour).

Glenn Davis has published an article for the League of Healthcare Experts that tackles the issue of healthcare information vulnerability.

A federal court recently denied class action certification to a former medical school faculty member of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. HeplerBroom partner Thomas Wilson is the lead defense attorney on the case.

Bharat Varadachari has co-authored an article for Claims Management Magazine stressing the importance of defense counsel preparing commercial truck drivers for deposition and trial testimony.