Val C. Simhauser

Background

Val C. Simhauser was born in 1954 and is associated professionally with Springfield, Illinois. He grew up around his father Walter J. Simhauser’s Springfield law practice and developed a long legal career in central Illinois.

Education

Simhauser earned a Bachelor of Arts from Iowa State University in 1976 and a Master of Arts from Sangamon State University in 1977. He subsequently attended the University of Illinois and completed a Juris Doctor at John Marshall Law School in 1980. During law school he was active in Phi Delta Phi and served as president of its inn in 1979–1980. He later completed Cornell University’s Executive Leadership Certificate program in 2010.

Career

Simhauser was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1980 and also obtained admission to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois that year. His subsequent federal admissions included the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1985, the United States Tax Court in 1986, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 2004. He began his legal career as an associate with Heckenkamp & Simhauser, P.C., in Springfield, later practiced as a solo practitioner through Simhauser Law Office, and spent approximately sixteen years in private practice before joining the Office of the Illinois Attorney General in 1997. During his 1997–2013 tenure with the Attorney General’s office, he served as an Assistant Attorney General and most recently as Assistant Bureau Chief of Revenue Litigation, representing the Illinois Department of Revenue in civil and bankruptcy matters. He joined Delano Law Offices, LLC, in 2013, where he practiced commercial litigation and personal injury law, and subsequently continued in solo practice in Springfield. His broader practice has included civil litigation, business and corporate law, administrative and government law, estate planning, probate, family law, real estate, and debtor-creditor matters. He also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association in 2014.

Achievements

• Served as Assistant Bureau Chief of Revenue Litigation in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

• Served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association in 2014.

Membership

Simhauser has been a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Sangamon County Bar Association since 1980. He was also associated with the American Bar Association through 1995, served on the Illinois State Bar Association’s Local Government Law Section Council in 1988–1989, and participated in Phi Delta Phi during his law-school years, serving as president of its inn in 1979–1980.

• Illinois State Bar Association , United States

  1980 - present

• Sangamon County Bar Association , United States

  1980 - present

• American Bar Association , United States

  1980 - 1995

• Section council member

  Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section , United States

  1988 - 1989

• Inn president

  Phi Delta Phi , United States

  1979 - 1980

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• Clients have described Simhauser as knowledgeable, reassuring, and effective in handling legal matters, including traffic and estate cases.

Connections

Val Simhauser is the son of Walter J. Simhauser, a Springfield and central Illinois lawyer who served as Springfield city attorney and represented several surrounding municipalities. His professional background therefore developed in connection with an established family law practice in Springfield.

Father:

Walter J. Simhauser

Springfield and central Illinois lawyer who served as Springfield city attorney and represented several surrounding municipalities.

References

• Avvo profile of Val C. Simhauser Documents Simhauser’s legal practice, education, professional experience, bar admissions, associations, arbitration work, and 2010 Cornell Executive Leadership Certificate.
• Martindale-Hubbell profile of Val C. Simhauser Documents Simhauser’s education, Illinois and federal court admissions, practice areas, and professional credentials.
• Val Simhauser joins Springfield’s Delano Law Offices Reports Simhauser’s joining Delano Law Offices after more than thirty years of litigation experience, including fifteen years with the Illinois Attorney General’s office, and identifies his work in commercial litigation and personal injury.
  2013
• Long-Branch Energy Partners, L.P. bankruptcy filing Identifies Simhauser as an Assistant Attorney General representing the Illinois Department of Revenue.
  2009
• Walter J. Simhauser 1918–2015 Provides family information identifying Val Simhauser as Walter J. Simhauser’s son and describes Walter Simhauser’s legal career in Springfield and central Illinois.
  2015