Attorney David Benckendorf, Benckendorf & Benckendorf, P.C., Peoria, Illinois

David A. Benckendorf
Peoria, Illinois

Partner
phone	(309) 673-0797 (Peoria) (309) 266-6121 (Morton)
fax	(309) 673-8759
email	DBenckendorf@Benckendorf.com

A native of the Peoria area, David received his Bachelor's Degree cum laude from Bradley University in 1977, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1981. He was admitted to the Illinois and U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois bars in 1981, and also co- founded Benckendorf & Benckendorf, P.C. in that year.

David is a member of the Illinois State and Peoria County Bar Associations and is an Emeritus member of the Abraham Lincoln Civil Inns of Court, a group of attorneys modeled on the English Inns of Court system that promotes continuing legal education and high ethical standards among its members. He has also written articles published in the Illinois State Bar Association Trial Briefs newsletter and Illinois State Medical Journal.

David is married to Sandra, and they have three children. Their daughter, Rynell; his older son, Alex, is in college and with the Illinois Air National Guard; and his younger son, Spencer, is in high school. David's hobbies include karate and kobudo (traditional Okinawan weapons), bicycling and reading.

Year Joined Organization:: 1981

Areas of Practice:: Contract Law; Corporations Law; Family Law; Personal Injury; Torts Law; Commercial Litigation

Litigation Percentage:: 60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1981; U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1981

Education:: University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois, 1981
J.D.; Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1977
B.S.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Political Science

Published Works:: Child Restraints, Illinois Medical Journal Vol. 162 #5, November, 1982; An Update on the Common Fund Doctrine and ERISA, Illinois State Bar Association Trial Briefs Vol. 43 #2, January, 1998

Representative Cases:: Machinery Transports of Illinois: Dennis LaHood, Anthony T. LaHood, Jr., Martha Lahood v. Morton Community Bank and Gordon D. Honegger, individually, 293 Ill.App.3d 207, 227Ill.Dec. 283, 687 NE2d 533 (3d Dist. 1997); In the Matter of the Estate of Jess H. Wagler, Deceased, 217 Ill.App.3d 526, 160 Ill.Dec.553, 577 NE2d 878 (3d Dist. 1991); The League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria, an unincorporated association, Frances Kepler and Shirley Belke v. Mary Harkrader, County Clerk of the County of Peoria, IL and James E. Bartell, Intervenor, 127 Ill.App.3d 438, 82 Ill.Dec.721, 469 NE2d 255 (3d Dist. 1984); In the Matter of the Estate of Donald N. Graff, Deased, Morton Community Bank v. Margaret K. Graff, Executor, 117 Ill.App.3d 900, 73 Ill.Dec.161, 453 NE2d 1150 (3d Dist. 1983); Sterner v. Arnold, (Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District. No. 3-94-0393 1995)

Representative Clients:: Morton Community Bank; Village of Mapleton, IL; Century 21 - Lincoln National Realty; Burger Barge, Inc.

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Abraham Lincoln Civil Inns of Court - 1993; Appellate and Supreme Court Opinions of Interest in 2007, Peoria County Bar Association - January 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Illinois State Bar Association; Peoria County Bar Association; Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court; Master Emeritus Member; Tazewell County Board, District 2; Member, 1986 - 1992; Peoria Civic Opera (now Opera Illinois); Former Member of the Board of Directors; Peoria League of Women Voters; Former Member of the Board of Directors; Pastoral Counseling Services; Former Member of the Board of Directors; Tri-County Planning Commission; Former Member; Tri-County Planning Commission, Land Use Advisory Committee; Former Member

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