Thomas was born and raised in Cherry Valley, Illinois. He attended Western Illinois University where he received his Bachelor’s in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration. Thomas went on to attend law school at Southern Illinois University School of Law where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. During law school, Thomas was on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Legal Medicine and the President of the Healthcare Transactions Team. After graduating law school, Thomas began his legal career as an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office. Thomas joined the firm in 2017. He is currently a member of the Winnebago County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Attorney Keith S. Morse has more than 45 years of experience representing clients in a diverse range of practice areas. Drawing on his various experiences, today he concentrates his practice on helping clients involved in complex divorce and family law matters. His background includes experience as a Special Assistant Attorney General for Illinois, handling complex child/spousal support issues and paternity claims, as well as extensive experience working with situations where substance abuse has been a factor in family problems. Determining child custody and parenting time, dividing marital property fairly, and negotiating child support or spousal support obligations can become highly complex, and the decisions made in a divorce proceeding can have a lasting impact on the future of both spouses.

Louis F. Pignatelli currently practices law in several areas, focusing primarily on trial practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, and wrongful death. Soon after being sworn-in, Attorney Pignatelli began to practice with his father, then Mayor Louis J. Pignatelli. He maintained the family practice while simultaneously serving as the youngest State’s Attorney in the history of Whiteside County. He rededicated exclusively to private practice in the late-1970s. Over the years, his practice has focused on obtaining compensation for injured people and their families. He has selected a handful of cases to follow this biography for your consideration. In addition to obtaining justice for injured people, Attorney Pignatelli has extensive experience in finance and financial litigation in competitive market sectors. Pignatelli secured the financing for his first residential development project with the title to his late-model Datsun. To date, he continues development of residential properties — both single-family and multi-unit — as well as commercial and industrial real estate in northwestern Illinois. Pignatelli worked with the Chicago-based Gamel Broadcasting Group. Over time he acquired a minority stake and later purchased a controlling interest in the group’s five-tower, 1,000-watt Fox Valley-area station under the call letters WFXW, serving news, talk and nightly music to Geneva, St. Charles and Batavia. Pignatelli served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skolniks, a publicly-traded company on the NASDAQ. Then a director, Pignatelli stepped-up to captain the corporation — which produced the baked goods including the Olive Garden’s beloved breadsticks, as well as bagels and other bakery products — following the ousting of several members of management who were found to be complicit in corporate scandal. Under Pignatelli’s leadership, the national brand, franchise and wholesale divisions navigated toward an outcome in the best interests of its shareholders. Pignatelli serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Community State Bank of Illinois.

Attorney Robert (Bob) Canfield was born and raised in Rockford, IL. He graduated from Guilford High School in 1965. After joining the Army in February of 1968, he went on to Army flight school and graduated 2nd in his flight class. He spent a year in Vietnam flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters for the 101st Airborne Division and then returned to Fort Rucker, Alabama, as an Instrument Flight Instructor. Following active Duty, he attended the University of Minnesota where he received his BA in psychology in 1976 and his Law degree in 1978. After taking and passing both the Illinois and Minnesota bar exam in the fall of 1978, he settled back in Rockford to practice law. Professionally, he started his law career working with an insurance defense firm. After a couple of years, he started his own practice and has spent decades practicing law on his own or in partnership with others. He currently is the owner and senior attorney with his firm, Canfield & McKenna. He maintains a general practice with an emphasis in the areas of Family Law, Real Estate Law, Probate Law, Wills and Trusts and Business/Corporation Law. He is also a Court Certified Mediator for the Family Court. In addition to his legal training and experience, he has enjoyed giving back to his community, both in military and civic service. After leaving active duty, he joined the Minnesota National Guard and, later, the Wisconsin National Guard, where he flew Helicopters until he retired after almost 30 years of military service. He retired with over 4000 flight hours and as an Army Master Aviator. While in the military, he had the privilege of flying Bob Hope, H. Ross Perot, Vice President Hubert Humphry and Vice President Walter Mondale, among others. Bob is very active in his community. He is past president of Riverfront Museum Park, Rockford Dance Company, and Rockford Rotary; past chair of the Rockford Fair Housing Board; and past commander of Rockford Sail and Power Squadron and District 20 of the United States Power Squadrons (America’s Boating Club). He is active in his church, Second/First and formerly Second Congregational Church, where he is former Chair of the Board of Deacons and Board of Trustees, and is currently the chair of the Discernment and Vision team. He has also taught Law and Economics at Rock Valley College. He has served and still serves on many other boards and committees. He is currently President of Rockford Day Nursery, and teaches the public boating class at Rock Valley College. An avid boater, he has sailed and boated in many countries, including Greece, Thailand, France, Canada and has boated all the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. He is a graduate of The Nautical School of Maritime Licensing and has earned multiple certificates from the American Sailing Association, and he currently boats out of his home port of Racine, Wisconsin. As a retired military officer, he emphasizes integrity, compassion, preparation and honesty when dealing with clients. He is a highly experienced lawyer and is well qualified to handle your case.