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Brian W. Ruddell

Partner

Brian is the Managing Partner of the Peoria office. He is primarily responsible for qualified retirement plans and employee benefits, health law and corporations and tax-exempt organizations.

He is a frequent presenter on employee benefits, tax-exempt issues and related topics at local seminars.

As an officer in the United States Navy from October 1974 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, and as an administrative law attorney in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, for which he received the Navy Achievement Medal.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Illinois Super Lawyers, Employee Benefits/ERISA, 2007

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • American Bar Association 
  • American Health Lawyers Association 
  • Illinois State Bar Association 
  • Peoria County Bar Association

Civic Involvement

  • American Red Cross, Central Illinois Chapter 
  • Clara Barton Society 
  • Heart of Illinois United Way, Pillars Society 
  • Kiwanis Club of Peoria, Past-President; Trustee, Charitable Endowment Trust 
  • Peoria Public Library, President, Board of Trustees 
  • WCBU Public Radio, Tower Society 
  • WTVP Public Television, Klystron Society