Decatur, Illinois
Phone: (217)425-5900
Fax: (217) 425-5901
E-mail: TimothyShay@shayandassociates.com
Year Joined Organization: 1992
Areas of Practice:
- Personal Injury
- Workers Compensation
- Family Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Products Liability
Litigation Percentage: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:- Illinois, 1986
- Missouri, 1987
- U.S. Federal Court, 1987
- University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1986
Doctor of Jurisprudence - University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1983
Bachelor of Science
Honors: Honors
- Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Union
- I.B.E.W.
Classes and Seminars Taught
- Teaching Assistant, Business Law, University of Missouri
- 2001 Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Use of Supreme Court Rule 213 As A Sword. - 2002 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Evaluating Medical Evidence. - 2003 and 2010 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Workers' Compensation - Taking the Deposition of a Doctor - Petitioner's Perspective. - 2003 Safeworks
Petitioner's Perspective in Workers' Compensation. - 2004 - 2007 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Wokers' Compensation. - 2007 and 2009 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Starting Points: First Doctor's Deposition. - 2008 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Filing and Responding to a Workers' Compensation Claim. - 2008 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Medical Deposition Preparation. - 2009 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Advance Issues in Workers' Compensation - 2010 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Workers' Compensation - Statue of Limitations in Repetitive Trauma Cases.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1984 - 1986
- Illinois State Bar Association, 1987 - Present
Member - Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 - Present
Member - Missouri Bar Association, 1987 - Present
Member - Decatur Bar Association, 1992 - Present
Member - Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Faculty Since 1992 Teaching Yearly Worker's Compensation Seminar, 1992 - Present
Member
Pro Bono Activities:
Decatur Bar Association, Land of Lincoln Pro Bono Program, 1996 - Present
Phi Delta Phi
The Illinois law firm of Shay & Associates represents injured people and accident victims throughout the central Illinois region including people from Macon County, Sangamon County, DeWitt County, Piatt County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Christian County, Logan County, Mason County, Menard County, Morgan County, and Cass County, and from cities such as Decatur, Springfield, Champaign, Bloomington, Peoria, Danville, Litchfield, Lincoln, Quincy, Jacksonville, Mattoon, Charleston, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Mt. Zion, and Clinton.