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Brian Ruddell heads the Corporate Practice Group in the Peoria, Illinois office of Husch & Eppenberger, LLC and he is a member of the firm's Management Committee.
Brian is primarily responsible for qualified retirement plans and employee benefits, health law, and corporations and tax-exempt organizations.
Prior to joining Husch, Brian was a partner in another Peoria, Illinois, law firm. From July 1976 through October 1977, he served as a staff attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense for which he received the Department of Defense Commendation Medal. Before that, he was an administrative law attorney in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy for which he received the Navy Achievement Medal.
Brian was voted as a 2007 Illinois "Super Lawyer®" in the area of Employee Benefits/ERISA.
Practice Areas:
Corporate, Employee Benefits, Health Law, Tax & Estate Planning
Education:
J.D., Notre Dame Law School (1974, magna cum laude).
B.S., Economics, University of Illinois (1971, High Honors); Bronze Tablet.
Admissions:
Illinois (1974); U.S. Supreme Court.
Legal Associations:
American Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Peoria County Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association.
Civic Organizations:
Central Illinois Chapter of the American Red Cross (Member, Board of Directors); Kiwanis Club of Peoria (Past-President, Trustee Charitable Endowment Trust); Klystron Society of WTVP Channel 47 (Member); Peoria Public Library (Member, Board of Trustees); Pillars Society of the Heart of Illinois United Way (Member); Tower Society of WCBU Public Radio (Member).
Publications:
Author, Case comment, "S & E Contractors, Inc. v. United States," 48 Notre Dame Lawyer, 1972;
Chapter: "Arbitration," volume on "Construction Litigation," published by Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983.
Speaking Engagements:
Frequent presentations on employee benefits and tax-exempt organizations and related topics at seminars sponsored by Husch, accounting firms, and Lorman Business Seminars. | 