Joel E. Brown

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Peoria, Illinois

Joel E. Brown, P.C.
Joel E. Brown
Joel E. Brown, P.C.

Practice areas: Personal Injury; view more

Licensed in Illinois since: 1992

Education: Saint Louis University School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2026
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Joel E. Brown, P.C.

416 Main Street
Suite 927
Peoria, IL 61602 Visit website
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Attorney Joel E. Brown is the founder and owner of Joel E. Brown, P.C., in Peoria, Illinois. A top-ranked trial lawyer with more than 34 years of total legal experience, Mr. Brown provides unmatched advocacy and support to clients throughout Illinois as well as Missouri who have suffered injuries or loss as a result of someone else's negligence or wrongdoing.

Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Brown has achieved remarkable success fighting for the rights and interests of his plaintiff injury clients, and he has secured millions of dollars in total compensation for those adversely affected by trucking accidents, motor vehicle accidents, defective products and other preventable tragedies. 

While working to help his clients recover the full amount of compensation they need, Mr. Brown maintains an unwavering focus on his clients' needs and on helping them achieve the favorable outcomes they expect and deserve as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

Honored for his success as well as his outstanding professionalism and service, Mr. Brown has earned a membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum along with a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 designation. He has also received many other top rankings and endorsements from his peers as well as numerous testimonials and referrals from his satisfied clients.

A 1987 graduate of Washington University, Mr. Brown obtained his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1992. He holds his license to practice in Illinois and Missouri, and he is admitted to practice before state and federal courts therein.

Highly active in his legal community, Mr. Brown is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the American Association for Justice, among his other professional affiliations.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 100% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 1992, Illinois

Professional Webpage: https://www.joelebrown.com/joel-e-brown/

Bar / Professional Activity

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
  • Peoria County Bar Association
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • Missouri
  • Illinois
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • American Association for Justice

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

  • $1,000,000 wrongful death settlement automobile crash, 2024
  • $4,350,000 wrongful death settlement for family of man electrocuted while on the job, 2023
  • 4,200,000 wrongful death settlement for railroad crossing collision case, 2024
  • 4,500,000 wrongful death settlement for negligent hiring resulting in an attack by employee, 2024
  • $20,900,000 settlement for a young man who was severely injured and whose family was killed after a head-on collision with an overloaded dum truck , 2020
  • $1,200,000 settlement for my client who was injured, and her husband tragically killed, in an intersection collision, 2018

Pro bono / Community Service

  • Boy Scouts of America, Adult Volunteer, 2003-present, Positions held: Assistant Cubmaster, Cubmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, District Committee Chairman, WD Boyce Council Executive Vice-President, WD Boyce Council Executive Board, WD Boyce Council Board of Directors, 2018

Educational Background

  • Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri: A.B.; 1987; Major: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1983-1987

Honors

  • America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys - Illinois, Member, National Trial Lawyers, 2020
  • Life Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2024
  • Life Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2018
  • National Trial Lawyers Top 100 - Personal Injury, Member, National Trial Lawyers, 2020

Office location for Joel E. Brown

416 Main Street
Suite 927
Peoria, IL 61602

Phone: 309-271-6600

Selections

6 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2026

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