Jim Hansen heads the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group while focusing his practice on medical malpractice/health care and commercial litigation matters. His practice focuses on representing physicians, hospitals and nurses in medical malpractice cases and licensing matters. He also serves as general counsel to a large multi-state physician group dealing with all related health care matters. Jim has represented both publicly traded and privately held companies, agribusinesses and construction companies in all aspects of commercial litigation from contract disputes to product liability matters and everything in between.
He has tried numerous cases to jury verdict throughout Illinois and Missouri. In addition to having successfully defended large catastrophic cases on behalf of many clients, he has also held the record personal injury settlement in Adams County, Illinois and been reported more than once as having a yearly top 50 plaintiff’s settlement in the state of Missouri.
Jim serves as the Chairperson of the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee and will continue through December 2025.
St. Louis University, J.D.
Western Illinois University, M.B.A.
Western Illinois University, B.A.
State
Illinois
Missouri
Bar
Illinois Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association
Adams County Bar Association
Courts
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Professional
Chairperson, Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee (2021-2025)
Former Member, Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee (2015-2020)
Former Chairman, ISBA Standing Committee of Mentoring (2010-2012)
ISBA Assembly (June 2013 - June 2015)
Member, ISBA Insurance Law Section Council (2008-2014)
Former President, ISBA Insurance Law Section Council (2012-2013)
Civic
Adams County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission, President
Chairman, Quincy Area Project
Board Member, Community Foundation of the Quincy Area
Former Board President, Chaddock Children's Foundation
Former Board President, YMCA of West Central Illinois
Former Board President, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Former Board President, Cheerful Home
Publications
Author, "The Attorney-Client privilege and the Common-Interest Doctrine", Illinois Bar Journal, Volume 96, Number 4 (April 2008)
Author, "Jury Selection: Selling Your Case", ISBA Trial Briefs, Volume 51, Number 8 (June 2006)
Presentations
Teacher, State of Illinois Trauma Nurse Specialist Program, Legalities, Blessing Hospital (2007-2010)
Recognitions
Designated Super Lawyer (2020-2023)
Designated Leading Lawyer (2017-2021)
Medical Malpractice Defense Law (2019-2021)
Commercial Litigation Law (2019-2021)
Personal Injury Defense Law (2019-2021)