Real Estate
- Landlord/Tenant
- Environmental Issues
- Construction Liens
- Transactions (purchase, sale, exchange, foreclosure)
Responsive and reasonable legal services in Rockford, Belvidere, and Northern Illinois.
Over ninety years of collective experience in Northern Illinois. State and federal courts in Winnebago, Stephenson, Boone, Ogle and McHenry counties.
Call the Rockford office · (815) 963-4895
Write to Donald or Jim
From limited scope representation to full service. Start with the part you need.
Draw the line.
How much of the work
do you need us to take?
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
BOONE AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES
ILLINOIS
BOONE AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES
ILLINOIS
Re: Real Estate
Opinion / guidance
General advice regarding particular topics.
Document / subject matter
- Landlord/Tenant
- Environmental Issues
- Construction Liens
- Transactions (purchase, sale, exchange, foreclosure)
Correspondence / negotiation
Drafting communications. Settlement discussions.
Appearance
Appearing in court for a specific purpose.
The scope is agreed between the client and the firm.
Set the scope. Tap or drag the line.
Advice. You keep the part you can carry. We take the part that needs a lawyer.
Stamped scope: Advice.
Sample scope document - illustrative lines drawn from the firm's own practice areas. Scope and fees are set between you and the firm.
Six files.
A general practice.
A property transaction, a business question, a matter in court. The firm's practice reaches across the work of life in Northern Illinois.
Business Law
- Corporations and Partnerships
- Limited Liability Entities
- Business transactions
Litigation
- Civil Litigation in both Federal and State courts and General Practice
- Business/Commercial
- Collections and Creditor Claims
- Personal Injury / Worker’s Compensation
Wills & Trusts
- Estate Planning
- Probate & Guardianship
- Special Needs Trusts
School Law
- Special Educational Needs (in conjunction with Dr. Glenn)
Dr. Mark Glenn is an educational consultant and advocate with an office in the Rockford building. He works with the firm on clients with legal and educational needs.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Arbitration and Mediation
The client index.
The firm's published client list reads like the businesses and public bodies around it.
Representative clients, as listed by the firm.
Alphabetical index.
- All Paws Pet Wash, LLC
- Benny & Sons Garage and Body, Inc.
- CCSI International, Inc.
- Deere Run Farms, LLC
- Dummer’s Seed Services, LLC
- Evergreen Irrigation, Inc.
- Interstate Pollution Control, Inc.
- J & D Oil, Inc.
- Locust Street Press, Inc.
- Loescher Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
- Miller Engineering Co.
- Murphy Warehouse, LLC
- Olson Well and Pump, Inc.
- Real Estate America, LLC
- RMP fka Mutual Management Services
- Rock River Valley Flooring, Inc.
- Rock River Valley Industrial Park, Inc.
- Sandray Precision Grinding, Inc.
- Stateline Copy Products, Inc.
- Winnebago County Fire Protection District #1
Source: the firm's client list20 entries
Two offices,
two courthouses.
Rockford near the Winnebago County Courthouse. Belvidere, home of the Boone County Courthouse.
Rockford
Winnebago County515 N. Court StreetRockford, Illinois 61103
Fax (815) 963-4904
Belvidere
Boone County930 W. Locust StreetBelvidere, Illinois 61008
Fax (815) 547-5403
In 2006, the Rockford office moved to North Court Street. The firm describes it as “still within walking distance of the courthouses,” with “ample off-street parking” and “no elevator delays.”
The building has also housed other attorneys, a private investigation business and a local political organization. Educational consultant and advocate Dr. Mark Glenn keeps an office here, too.
Since 1967,
and the fourth name on the door.
Donald L. Shriver began practicing law as a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. He brought his practice to Rockford in 1971.
The partnerships changed. A sole practice followed. Shriver, O'Neill & Thompson is the fourth firm name in that history.
Knight & Shriver
Downey, Shriver & Sorensen
Downey, Yalden, Shriver and Yalden
1984 to the
mid-1990sSole practice
mid-1990sSole practice
The present
nameShriver, O'Neill & Thompson
nameShriver, O'Neill & Thompson
The people
behind the names.
Don and Jim practice together in Northern Illinois. Their own biographies have room for handball and a barbershop quartet.
Firm photograph
Donald L.
Shriver
Partner · Don
Don has played handball for over forty years. He also bicycles, canoes and kayaks, fishes and hikes.
Write to DonEducation
Knox College, B.A. History, 1964.
Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1967.
Admissions
Missouri, 1967. Illinois, 1968. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1971 (Trial Bar). U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1979. U.S. Supreme Court, 1979.
Firm photograph
James C.
Thompson
Partner · Jim
Jim sings as a cantor at St. Anthony of Padua. His musical life also includes barbershop quartets and community theater at Pec Playhouse.
Write to JimEducation
Rockford University, B.A. History/English, 1985, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1988, Cum Laude, Harno Fellow.
Admissions
State of Illinois, 1988. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1988.
Around the office
- Lori MackeyLegal Assistant / Office Manager
- Melani RoseReception
- Deb OllmannLegal Assistant, Belvidere office
A line around
the work.
Limited scope representation
From the firm's own explanation
“Do not avoid contacting an attorney because you think your issue cannot be addressed in a manner within your financial constraints.”Shriver, O'Neill & Thompson
The firm explains that a client may hire an attorney on a limited basis in a civil matter when limited consultation is reasonable and the client gives informed consent. The work can fit the client's objectives and available time or financial resources.
Read the firm's limited scope explanationBring the question.
Discuss the scope.
Call either office or write to Don or Jim. The scope of the work and the fees are matters to discuss with the firm.
Call Rockford · (815) 963-4895Limited scope representation to full service.