Keith B. Hill

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen Professional Corporation
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Cases
  Successfully obtained summary judgment for a municipality in litigation brought by a former employee alleging wrongful discharge, violation of his rights under the Uniformed Services Employment
  Reemployment Rights Act
  the Illinois Service Men's Employment Tenure Act,
  asserting claims under Section 1983 for deprivation of his property
  liberty interests. Successfully obtained summary judgment for an Assistant State's Attorney in litigation brought by the accused in a state criminal proceeding alleging violation of First Amendment rights. Successfully obtained summary judgment for the University of Illinois in litigation brought by unsuccessful tenure applicant
  included vacating a default judgment against defendants for failure to comply with discovery while represented by prior counsel. Successfully obtained summary judgment for a municipality
  a police officer in litigation brought by an employee of an independent contractor who was struck by a vehicle while painting a crosswalk
  included the successful defense of an appeal to the Fifth District Appellate Court. Successfully defended a municipality in a jury trial in Franklin County, Illinois. The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for damages alleged to have been caused by the plaintiff's fall into a water meter pit owned
  maintained by the defendant. The jury found for the defendant.