LAWYER PROFILES
Theresa A. Phelps
Theresa A. Phelps
Theresa A. Phelps practices in the areas of commercial and employment litigation. She has been involved in a number of cases both at the trial and appellate level. After finishing law school, she was a judicial law clerk for a federal district judge in the Southern District of Illinois, and following that clerkship, she was a litigation lawyer for Lewis, Rice & Fingersh in St. Louis.
Theresa is an active member of and performs volunteer and pro bono work for the Apostolic Church of Belleville and the United Pentecostal Church International, and is a regular supporter of the Metro East Humane Society and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. She has also assisted with the Special Olympics held in Edwardsville, Illinois and Read Across America, an educational program designed to encourage reading in elementary school students.
Education
- Southern Illinois University, J.D. (2002; summa cum laude)
- Valparaiso University, B.A. (1998; summa cum laude)
Admission
- Illinois, 2002
- Missouri, 2003
Honors
- West Group’s Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Recipient 2000, 2001
- Lincoln’s Inn Award 2002
- Order of Barristers 2002
- National Association of Women Lawyers Award 2002
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Other
- Co-author, Survey of Illinois Law: Civil Procedure, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Summer 2001
- Instructor, Paralegal Studies Department, Southwestern Illinois College