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Traditional Values - Innovative
ServiceG. F. Taylor began practicing law in Effingham,
Illinois in the late 1880's. He began his legal career by reading
the law under Mr. Benson Wood, one of the first graduates of the
University of Chicago Law School. Benson Wood was a former mayor
of the City of Effingham, a United States Congressman, and a veteran
of the American Civil War. His diploma from the University of Chicago
School of Law dated June 30, 1864 hangs in the Benson Wood conference
room in our Effingham office.
G.F. Taylor's son, Harold J. Taylor graduated from the University
of Illinois School of Law in 1925 and joined his father in the practice
of law in Effingham, Illinois under the firm name of Taylor &
Taylor. Harold J. Taylor and G.F. Taylor purchased Worman Title
Company in 1927, the predecessor of what is now Effingham Title
Company. G.F. Taylor died in 1945. Under the leadership of Harold
J. Taylor, the law firm of Taylor & Taylor grew to a four lawyer
firm, which included A. Leonard Anderson, George Dehn, and Carl
Becker, who later became circuit judge in the Twentieth Judicial
Circuit, Chester, Illinois.
In 1961, Harold J. Taylor's son, Thomas F. Taylor, a graduate of
the University of Illinois School of Law, joined the firm. In 1974,
Michael R. Weber joined the firm of Taylor & Taylor. Harold
J. Taylor died in 1975. In 1983 Mr. Weber was appointed Judge of
the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
Dale F. Wolff, Bruce A. Burkey and James J. Eder practicing under
the firm name of Dale F. Wolff & Associates, P.C. merged with
Taylor & Taylor in 1983 following the untimely death of Thomas
Taylor at the age of 48 years. The new firm was incorporated as
Taylor and Wolf P.C. and later changed its name to Taylor, Wolff,
Burkey & Eder P.C. The firm added Lou J. Viverito in 1985 and
Henry J. Stephens in 1987. Thereafter, the firm has been known as
Taylor Law Offices, P.C.
The firm has since added attorneys, David A. McDevitt in 1991, Matthew R. Hortenstine in 1995, Christopher A. Koester in 2001 , and Tracy A. Berberich in 2003 . The firm has departmentalized into three practice groups focusing on specific areas of law. Its three practice groups are staffed with attorneys who focus their practice in the areas of Estate and Business Planning; Litigation and Trial; and Governmental Law.
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