Chief Justice Rita B. Garman appointed Schmiedeskamp Robertson Neu & Mitchell’s James Hansen as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee. The 15 member Rules Committee studies and recommends new Supreme Court rules or modifications to existing rules.

The committee receives rule proposals from the Supreme Court, Supreme Court or Judicial Conference committees, the bench, the bar and the public. If the proposal does not fall under the jurisdiction of another committee, the Rules committee is tasked with reviewing and deciding which proposals merit a public hearing. The public hearing is held annually on the fourth Monday in January. After the hearing, the committee makes their recommendations in an annual report to the Supreme Court.

About Jim Hansen:

Jim joined the firm in 2001 after spending 4 years at a litigation firm in Saint Louis and became a partner at Schmiedeskamp in 2004. He focuses his practice on litigation, primarily medical malpractice defense, commercial litigation, construction litigation and personal injury/wrongful death claims. Jim has lectured at numerous CLE programs, served on the Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”) Insurance Law Section Council (past chairman), the Standing Committee on Mentoring (past chairman) and currently serves as the ISBA Assembly representative for the 8th Judicial Circuit.