The Illinois law firm of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen has announced that Charles E. Timmerwilke has become a partner in its Rockford office. The firm has also hired four new associates.
Prior to joining Heyl Royster in 2005, Timmerwilke was a partner in his own firm in Rockford. He concentrates his practice in a wide range of civil litigation, including product liability, professional liability, construction, and transportation cases
Joining the firm’s Peoria office are Timothy D. Gronewold and J. Matthew Thompson. Gronewold graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2008. Thompson graduated cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2008.
Joining the firm’s Rockford office as an associate is Bhavika D. Amin, who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2008.
Melanie E. Riley, a 2008 graduate of the St. Louis University School of Law, has joined the firm’s Edwardsville office as an associate.
Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen has more than 100 lawyers among its offices in Peoria, Springfield, Urbana, Rockford and Edwardsville.