Background
Balsley, Stephen G. was born on January 14, 1947 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States.
Balsley, Stephen G. was born on January 14, 1947 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States.
University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1969). University of Illinois (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1972). Order of the Coif. Member, 1970-1972 and Note and Comment Editor, 1971-1972, University of Illinois Law Forum.
Worked at Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera (Rockford, Illinois) specializing in Insurance Defense Litigation: Products Liability, Environmental Law, Professional Malpractice, Automobile, Construction and Fire, Business Law, Real Estate, Domestic Relations, Probate, Civil Trial in All State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Illinois. Order of the Coif. Member, 1970-1972 and Note and Comment Editor, 1971-1972, University of Illinois Law Forum.
Author: "Standing of Franchisor to Sue on Antitrust Violations First Affecting His Franchisee," 60 Illinois Bar Journal 638, April 1972.
"Attorney-Client Privilege: A Changing Concept in Corporate Reorganization," 90 Commercial Law Journal 109, March, 1985. Contributing Editor, Norton"s Annual Bankruptcy Survey, 1984.
Member of Panel, United States. Interim Bankruptcy Trustees for Northern District of Illinois, 1979.
Member: Winnebago County (Secretary, 1986-1987), Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley, & Van Evera has served Northern Illinois as a general practice law firm for over 50 years. The law firm is result oriented. Various members of the firm focus their practice on insurance defense, banking, bankruptcy, criminal law, commercial law, environmental law, personal injury worker compensation, domestic relations, estate planning and municipal law.
All members of the firm are involved in community activities and continuing legal education.
Winnebago County (Secretary, 1986-1987), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Commercial, Real Estate and