Thomas P Higgins
Municipal Hearings, Legal Consulting, Mediation-Arbitrations in Central IllinoisA 1990 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, I practiced law privately before leaving to teach Criminal Justice and Paralegal courses at Illinois Central College in Peoria, Illinois. Since 1996 I have been retained primarily working for Municipalities as a Hearing Officer. I continue to fill this role in various communities, hearing cases related to building code ordinances, vehicle use and a wide range of municipal tickets written by the police department. In addition, I have many years experience consulting municipal government drafting, facilitating and implementing various ordinances. In addition to this work, I have been many years of as a Mediator, Arbitrator and Fact-Finder in various Civil law matters.
- Municipal Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Illinois
- 7th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Administrative Hearing Officer
- Illinois Municipalities
- - Current
- Appointed to preside over Municipal Ordinance cases in various Central Illinois municipalities.
- Professor
- Illinois Central College
- - Current
- Professor of Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies
- Associate and then Member of the Firm
- Prusak & Winne, Ltd.
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- Senior Law Student-711
- Illinois Attorney General Neil F. Hartigan's Office
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- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Master of Online Teaching (2001)
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- The John Marshall Law School
- J.D. (1990)
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- Bradley University
- B.S. (1987) | Administration of Criminal Justice
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- Illinois Central College
- A.A.S. (1985) | Law Enforcement
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- 40 Leaders Under 40
- 40 Leaders Under 40
- Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
- Peoria County Bar Association
- State Bar of Illinois  # 6204280
- Member
- Current
- Peoria County Bar Association
- member
- - Current
- Website
- Thomas P. Higgins, Esq.