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Cities within Jefferson County had no change in the number of lawyers with active licenses compared to the previous month, according to the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois.

In total, there were 38 active legal licenses recorded in cities in Jefferson County in September.

All of the licenses were granted in Mount Vernon.

A 2023 study found Illinois had the fourth-highest number of lawyers per capita in the United States, with nearly five lawyers per 1,000 residents.

As of 2024, the average salary for a lawyer in Illinois averages around $104,889 annually, which is fairly close to the national average.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.

Lawyer Name	Date of Admission
Alexis Wiggley	01/25/2021
Brian Thomas McGovern	11/10/1994
Chelbie Alyssa Mitchell	11/09/2017
Cheryl Ann Powell	05/13/1988
Christina Marie O'Connor	11/08/2018
David Lytle Piercy	11/01/1982
Derek A. Baker	10/31/2013
Douglas A. Antonik	11/07/1985
Henry P. Villani	11/09/1995
Jarred Russell Tynes	11/08/2007
Jeffrey Gerald Howard	05/10/1990
Jennifer Gayle Johnson	05/21/2003
Jerome Edward McDonald	10/29/1980
Jeron Renee Merrell	11/04/2004
John H. Gleason	12/31/1991
Julie R. Quinn	11/04/1999
Kelly M. Stacey	05/07/1998
Larry Duane Gibson	11/03/1978
Leslie James Hanson	11/09/1983
Levi Samuel Harris	11/09/2006
Lindsey June Arnold	11/07/2019
Louis E. Costa	11/03/1978
Matthew Bruce Flanigan	11/08/2007
Meleah Helen Walton	05/08/1997
Michael Ricardo Lennix	11/07/2019
Molly Elizabeth Price	11/09/2017
Patrick Daniel Daly	11/04/1993
Paul Ervin Henry Rademacher	11/10/2016
Peter Richard Bahn	05/09/1991
R. Edward Veltman Jr.	10/07/1976
Robert Carter Verhines II	12/11/1989
Robert Emmett Shaw	04/26/1979
Roger Eugene White II	11/10/2011
Scott Russell Quinn	05/10/2001
Sharon Dawn Shanahan	05/02/1995
Sharon Sigwerth Costa	11/01/1977
Tracy L. Martin	11/05/1998
Trent M. Marshall	11/04/1999