JAMES J. HAGLE is one of the partners of the law firm. Mr. Hagle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois , College of Law in 1980, where he achieved awards for academic excellence, including the Order of the Coif and the Rickert Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement.

Mr. Hagle became a member of the firm in 1988. He currently limits his practice to bringing personal injury cases on behalf of injured persons and to defending medical doctors in medical malpractice cases.

Mr. Hagle has tried a great number of personal injury cases before a jury on behalf of injured victims and holds a record $15.1 million dollar verdict in Vermillion County . He has also successfully resolved many cases with results in excess of a million dollars for each of his clients, allowing him to be a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Club. Personal injury cases that he has successfully completed on behalf of his clients involve complex court litigation, including railroad crossing collisions, bus accidents, product liability actions, construction negligence and wrongful death cases.

Mr. Hagle is approved by the Illinois State Medical Insurance Services (ISMIS), for whom he has successfully defended a number of doctors in jury trials in central Illinois . He is also a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Champaign County Bar Association.

Mr. Hagle is licensed to practice in all Illinois Courts, all Illinois Federal District Courts, admitted to appellate practice in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and has argued cases in the Illinois Appellate Courts and Illinois Supreme Court.