Harold B. (Hal) Oakley, the immediate past Chair of the law firm, focuses his practice on corporate and other business law, including transactional health care law and the acquisition and disposition of businesses and business segments. As an outgrowth of his business practice, which began with a large St. Louis law firm in 1993, Hal is also engaged in estate planning and administration, including business and wealth succession planning, for many individual clients with significant business and personal assets. He is pursuing a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from Washington University in St. Louis to deepen his knowledge and understanding of tax law for the firm’s clients.
Washington University in St.Louis, LL.M. candidate
University of Missouri, J.D. (Order of the Coif)
Westminster College, B.A. (cum laude, Alpha Chi)
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
State
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Colorado
Bar
Illinois State Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Professional
American Health Lawyers Association
Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys
Member, ISBA Health Care Section Council (2008-2009)
Assistant Editor, ISBA Health Care Section Council (2010-2011)
Former President, Adams County Bar Association
Civic
Board of Trustees, The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Board of Directors, Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
Secretary/Treasurer, The Moorman Foundation (fka The CFM Foundation)
Fellow and Governor, America's National Churchill Museum
Board of Directors, International Churchill Society
Board of Trustees, Quincy University
Emeritus Trustee and former Board Chair, Westminster College, Fulton, MO
Board of Directors, The Blessing Foundation, Inc.
Campaign Chairman, United Way of Adams County (2018-2019)
Former Chairman, Great River Economic Development Foundation
Former President, Quincy Society of Fine Arts
Former President, The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County
Former President, Transitions of Western Illinois
Former Vice President, Quincy Public Schools Foundation
Publications
Author, “Covenants Not to Compete in Illinois – The Muddle of the Legitimate Business Interest Test”, ISBA Intellectual Property Newsletter, Volume 51, Number 1 (September 2011)
Author, “Covenants Not to Compete in Illinois – The Assault on the Legitimate Business Interest Test”, ISBA Health Care Lawyers, Volume 27, Number 4 (May 2011)
Author, “So You want to Buy a Business? Tips to Avoid Buying a Pig in a Poke”, St. Louis Small Business Monthly, Volume 20, Issue X (November 2007)
Edited and published Alishar Remembered: Disappearing Ways of Life in a Turkish Anatolian Village (2003)
Compiled, edited, and published Selected Recollections of Allen Miller Oakley (2000)
Lead Articles Editor, Missouri Law Review (1992-1993)
Author, Note, “Promises of Confidentiality: Do Reporters Really Have to Keep Their Word?”, 57, Missouri Law Review, 955 (1992)
Recognitions
Inductee, 20 UNDER 40 SHOWCASE, Quincy Herald-Whig (2007)
Designated Leading Lawyer (2017-2023)
Designated Leading Lawyer Top Laywers In Illinois (2023)
Designated Leading Lawyer Top 100 Downstate Consumer (Illinois 2019)