Joseph B. Bleyer

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Joseph Bleyer is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice areas

• Insurance defense
• Government tort liability
• Civil rights defense
• Worker’s compensation defense

Admitted

• Illinois, 1986
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 1986

Education

• Southern Illinois University, J.D., 1986
• Southern Illinois University, B.S., 1983

Associations and memberships

• Williamson County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Council

Representative cases

• Vaughn v. West Frankfort, 166 Ill.2d 155, 651 N.E.2d 1115
• Brown v. Baker, 284 Ill.App.3d 401, 672 N.E.2d 69
• Maxton v. Garegnani, 255 Ill.App.3d 291, 627 N.E.2d 723
• Smith v. Donna, 243 Ill.App.3d 961, 612 N.E.2d 1045

Biographical details

• Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 1985)
• Beta Alpha Psi

Bleyer & Bleyer represents clients in U.S. District Courts for all the southern districts of Illinois.