Charles (Denne) Knell
Location:
Peoria, IL
Phone:
Fax:
309-655-1535
Email:
Areas Of Practice
- Workers' Compensation Defense
- Trial Litigation for the Defense
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1976
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1976
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- J.D. - 1975
- University of Illinois
- B.A. - 1973
- Honors: High Honors
Representative Cases
- McCuen v. Peoria Park District, 643 NE2d 778, 1994, S.Ct., 1994191784
- Kerker v. Elbert, 634 NE2d 482, 1984, 1994113583
- Wolland v. Industrial Commission, 434 N.E.2d 1132, 1982, Ill., 1982117620
- R.A. Cullinan & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 549 NE2d 805, 1990, 1990014917
- Village of Oreana v. Industrial Commission, 289 Ill. App.3d, 682 NE2d 1158, 1997, 1997139890
- Maskel v. Industrial Commission
- Blake v. Industrial Commission
- Stark v. Industrial Commission, 1990026426
- Cook v. Industrial Commission, 596 NE2d 746, 1992
- R.A. Cullinan & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 575 NE2d 1240, 1991, 1991133209
- Gallianetti v. Industrial Commission, 2000457480
- Maxwell v. Industrial Commission, 2003, 3rd District
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, Peoria County Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Lecturer, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Lecturer, Central Illinois RIMS Association
- Lecturer, Employers Association of Illinois
- Lecturer, Lorman Education Services
- Lecturer, National Business Institute, Inc.
- Lecturer, Workers' Compensation Self-Insured Trust and Illinois School District Agency Property Casualty Programs
- Lecturer, Council on Education in Management
Honors and Awards
- Who's Who in American Lawyers
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Peoria County Bar Association
- Greater Peoria Claims Association
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Illinois Workers' Compensation Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Rules Committee Illinois Industrial Commission
- Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court Master
- St. Jude Midwest Affiliate Board of Directors, 1978 to 1990
- St. Jude Midwest Affiliate, President, 1988 to 1990
- Bradley University NCCA Division I Academic Integrity Committee, 2001 to 2001
- Bradley University Chiefs Club
- Leading Lawyers Network Illinois
- Illinois State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Fraternities/Sororities
- Alpha Tau Omega
