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 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 significant number of personal injury cases before a jury on behalf of injured victims and holds a record $15.1 million dollar verdict in a railroad collision case in Vermilion County. He has also successfully resolved many cases with results in excess of 1 million dollars for many of his clients, including sever multi-million dollar settlements, allowing him to be a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Club.

Personal injury cases that Mr. Hagle has successfully completed on behalf of his clients involve complex court litigation, including wrongful death cases, bus accidents, auto accidents, products liability actions, construction negligence, and premises liability cases. Mr. Hagle has also successfully defended a number of medical doctors in jury trials throughout Central Illinois.

Mr. Hagle has received several professional honors and distinctions as a trial lawyer. He has been inducted as a Fellow of the prestig0ious American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers is extended by invitation only, and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standard of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. Lawyers must have fifteen years of trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship. Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state.

Mr. Hagle has been recommended by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois. He was also recently invited for membership into the American Association for Justice for 2009-2010 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois. Additionally, Mr. Hagle was also recently selected for inclusion in the 2010 Illinois Super Lawyers.

Mr. Hagle is licensed to practice in all Illinois courts and all Illinois federal district courts. He has also argued cases in the Illinois appellate courts, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the Federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.