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Education:
Bachelor of Science–Finance (Magna Cum Laude) Juris Doctorate (With Honors) |
| Practice Experience:
Nick began his legal career with Heyl Royster in the Peoria office in 1981. A native of Peoria, he became a partner at Heyl Royster in 1990. He has achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating of AV. Practice Emphasis: Nick’s practice focuses on defense of complex personal injury and wrongful death cases, including healthcare malpractice, product liability, construction and liquor liability cases. In the healthcare field, Nick has defended physicians, dentists, hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. Medical issues involved in his cases have included obstetrics, anesthesiology, internal medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, family practice, emergency medicine, pathology, neonatology, psychiatry, psychology, neuropsychological testing and assessment, plastic surgery, epidemiology, oral surgery and TMJ. Issues of complicated or unique medical causation and/or catastrophic loss are often involved in his cases. Nick is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), where he has served on the Tort Law Section Counsel. He is the first Pillar of the Profession of the Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the ISBA, and served on its Board of Directors from 1996-2005. He is also a member of the Peoria County, Wisconsin State, and American Bar Associations. He is a member of The Bar Association of the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC), and is an Emeritus of the Abraham Lincoln American Inn of Court. Nick has also been a leader of the firm’s Technology Committee. Admitted to Practice: State Courts of Illinois |