Education:

Bachelor of Science–Political Science (With Honors)
Illinois State University, 1984

Juris Doctorate
Southern Illinois University, 1987

bpeterson@hrva.com

Practice Experience:

Born in Chadron, Nebraska, Brad has spent his entire legal career with Heyl Royster, beginning in 1987 in the Urbana office. He became a partner with the firm in 1997.

Practice Emphasis:

Brad concentrates his practice in the defense of workers’ compensation, construction litigation, professional liability and products liability claims.

He has authored the “Survey of Illinois Law - Workers’ Compensation,” Southern Illinois Law Journal (1991), and “Medicare, Workers’ Compensation and Set Aside Trusts,” Southern Illinois Law Journal (2002).

Brad is a member of the Champaign County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations. He currently serves on the Illinois State Bar Association Assembly and the Workers’ Compensation Section Counsel. He is a past chairman of the ISBA Bench and Bar Section Counsel and a past newsletter editor of its Workers’ Compensation Section.

Admitted to Practice:

State Courts of Illinois
United States District Court,
Central District of Illinois
United States Court of Appeals,
Seventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court