Keefe & DePauli, P.C.
Workers' Compensation | Serving Fairview Heights, IL
618-537-1478Need representation for your Workers' Compensation issues? Keefe & DePauli, P.C. offers local assistance in Fairview Heights, Illinois.
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Defense Law Firm Specializing Exclusively Workers’ Compensation
Keefe & DePauli, P.C., represents insurance carriers, service organizations, third party administrators and self-insured employers in Illinois and Missouri in all aspects of workers’ compensation and occupational diseases cases. The firm has specialized in the defense of workers’ compensation for 60 years, since 1955, and has generally been recognized as one of the leading workers’ compensation defense firms in Illinois and Missouri.
All members of the firm are experienced in trial and appellate proceedings in Illinois and Missouri before state administrative bodies, trial courts and appellate courts, including state supreme courts. Firm members have served in leadership positions in workers’ compensation organizations and committees, and regularly contribute book chapters, articles and lectures for workers’ compensation publications, meetings and seminars. Members of the firm are regularly consulted by judges, arbitrators and other attorneys as well as claims personnel on all aspects of workers’ compensation law. A number of firm members have also served as expert witnesses for insurers and other attorneys in workers’ compensation-related litigation matters. The firm is available at any time for in-house meetings or presentations to claims staff or insureds.
Call Keefe & DePauli, P.C. today at 618-537-1478 to arrange your consultation.
Attorney James K. Keefe, Sr.
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1980
- Missouri
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1980
- Quincy College, 1977
- B.A.
- Major: English
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
- St. Clair County Bar Association (Member)
- East St. Louis Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois Self-Insureds Association (Member)
- Illinois Character and Fitness Committee for Admission to the Bar (Supreme Court appointee) (Former Member)
Attorney Patrick M. Keefe
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1988
- Missouri, 1988
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987
- J.D.
- University of Notre Dame, 1976
- B.A.
- Major: Modern Language
- University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977
- Masters Degree in Journalism
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Past Co-Chairman, Workers' Compensation Committee for Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- St. Clair County Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
- East St. Louis Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois Self-Insured Association (Member)
Attorney Michael F. Keefe
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois
- Missouri
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998
- J.D.
- St. Louis University, 1994
- B.S.
- Major: History
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Neil A. Giffhorn
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois
- Missouri
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
- J.D.
- Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 1988
- B.S.
- Major: History
- Minor: English and Political Science
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri State Bar Association (Member)
Attorney James K. Keefe Jr.
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois
- Missouri
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008
- J.D.
- University of Illinois, 2005
- B.A.
- Major: Political Science
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
- St. Clair County Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Andrew J. Keefe
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois
- Missouri
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2009
- J.D.
- Loyola University Chicago, 2006
- B.A.
- Major: English and Political Science
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Thomas H. Kuergeleis
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois
- Missouri
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- University of Illinois, 1969
- B.S.
- Major: Agriculture, Economics and Marketing
- Washington University School of Law, 1972
- JD
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Served in U.S. Army as Medical Service Corps Officer, 1973-80 (active and reserve).
Attorney Thomas Q. Keefe Sr. (1915-1999)
Born November 15, 1915, died January 22, 1999. Founder of the firm. Graduated Quincy College; St. Louis University School of Law, 1953. Licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois.
Was engaged exclusively in the practice of workers' compensation/occupational disease defense from 1955 to 1995.