Background
Knapp, William J. was born on June 20, 1960 in Xenia, Illinois, United States.
Knapp, William J. was born on June 20, 1960 in Xenia, Illinois, United States.
Graceland College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1982). Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Worked at Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank (Edwardsville, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice. Personal Injury, Negligence, Products Liability, Structural Work Acting, Admiralty, Professional Malpractice, Insurance, Employment Law, Environmental, Asbestos and Toxic Tort, School, Municipal, Corporate, Tax, Real Estate and Probate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Illinois.
1986, Missouri; 1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1997, United States. Supreme Court. Member, Order of Barristers.
Recipient, Hiram H. Lesar and Rosalee Lesar Scholarship.
Member, 1983-1985 and Captain, 1984-1985, Jessup International Moot Court Team. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
The law firm of Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank has a history spanning nearly One Hundred Years.
Today, a primarily Trial Practice Firm with an emphasis on Defensive Civil Litigation, the firm serves a practice area extending throughout Central and Southern Illinois as well as Saint Louis County in Eastern Missouri.
Member, Order of Barristers. Recipient, Hiram H. Lesar and Rosalee Lesar Scholarship. Member, 1983-1985 and Captain, 1984-1985, Jessup International Moot Court Team.
Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.