Brian D. Eck
Partner since 2014
Decatur, Illinois
Year Joined Firm
- 2011
Areas of Practice
- 25% Civil Litigation
- 25% Business Litigation – Commercial Disputes
- 25% Family Law
- 5% Intellectual Property
- 10% Collection
- 10% Estate Planning and Contested Estates
Litigation Percentage
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2008
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2012
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2012
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis Law School, St. Louis, Missouri
- LL.M. – 2010
- Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- J.D., cum laude – 2008
- Editorial Board, Ave Maria Law Review
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
- B.S. (Biological Sciences), with Honors – 2005
Representative Clients
- Available Upon Request
Publications
- Holding the High Ground: The Operational Calculus of Torture and Coercive Interrogation, 32 Campbell L.Rev. 561 (2010) (with Col. Joseph L. Falvey, Jr.)
- Whom Do You Trust? Lying, Truth-Telling, and the Question of Enforcement, 27 Quinnipiac L.Rev. 425 (2009) (with Bruce P. Frohnen)
- Rebel Without a Clause: The Right “Rights of Students” in Nixon v. Board of Education and the Shadow of Freedom under Harper v. Poway, 6 Ave Maria L. Rev. 197 (2008)