Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in Illinois since: 1992
Education: Saint Louis University School of Law
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Joel E. Brown, P.C.
416 Main StreetSuite 1300
Peoria, IL 61602 Visit website
Details
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 28 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 motor vehicle accidents, defective products and other preventable tragedies. He also has extensive experience with workers' compensation, and he devotes a significant portion of his practice to criminal defense.
Whether working to help his clients recover the full amount of compensation they need or defending the rights and liberties of those accused of white collar crimes and other serious criminal offenses, 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 Million Dollar Advocates Forum along with a Lawyers of Distinction 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 the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Highly active in his legal community, Mr. Brown is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Association for Justice, among his other professional affiliations.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: PlaintiffFocus areas
Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
First Admitted: 1992, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://www.joelebrown.com/joel-e-brown/
- 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
- $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
- Boy Scouts of America, Adult Volunteer, 2003-present, Positions held: Assistant Cubmaster, Cubmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, District Committee Chairman, WD Boyce Council Vice-President, WD Boyce Council Executive Board, WD Boyce Council Board of Directors, 2018
- 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
- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri: A.B.; 1987; Major: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1983-1987
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