Background
Zerkle, James Karl was born on September 6, 1954 in Macomb, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert W. and Mary L. Zerkle.
Zerkle, James Karl was born on September 6, 1954 in Macomb, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert W. and Mary L. Zerkle.
Western Illinois University (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Heckenkamp, Simhauser, Ward & Zerkle (Springfield, Illinois) specializing in General and Trial Practice in all Courts. Negligence, Personal Injury, Malpractice, Commercial and Insurance. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Illinois.
1987, Ohio.
United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Author: "Plea Agreements and the Remedy of Specific Performance," Illinois Bar Journal, May, 1983.
"Management of a Municipal Workers" Compensation Program," City Management in Illinois, 1982. "An Inequity in Illinois Sentencing Law," Illinois Issues, October, 1981.
Speaker: Litigation Management for Self-Insurers, American Trucking Association.
Litigation Management, University of Wisconsin Management Institute. Managing Attorney, Real Estate Environmental Law, Roadway Services, Incorporated. Industrial Relations Counsel and Division Attorney, Roadway Express, Incorporated., 1982-1987.
Corporation Counsel, City of Springfield, 1987-1995.
Assistant Appellate Defender, Illinois Appellate Court, 1979-1981. Member, Board of Trustees, Lincoln Land Community College.
Member: Sangamon County and Illinois State Bar Associations. The firm deals primarily in litigation, with particular emphasis on personal injury, malpractice and commercial litigation, both plaintiff and defense.
Member, Board of Trustees, Lincoln Land Community College. Member: Sangamon County and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Married Carol M. Tvrdy, July 1, 1979. Children: Adam James, John Robert.