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Shareholders David Thies, John Thies, and Daniel Thies are featured as the cover story in the News-Gazette Central Illinois Business magazine for December 2022-January 2023. They represent two of the four generations of family members who have practiced law at Webber...
After four years of service on the Urbana Free Library Board of Trustees, Shareholder John Thies was formally recognized and thanked through Resolution No. 2022-09 on June 14, 2022. John was appointed by the Mayor of Urbana as a Trustee of the Library Board in 2018...
Last night Shareholder John Thies received an elite recognition from the Champaign County Bar Association. Along with retired Federal District Court Judge Harold A. Baker, retired Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Heidi Ladd and Attorney Wendy S. Bauer, he was named a...
Webber & Thies is thrilled to announce that shareholder John Thies has been named to the eighth class of the Champaign County Bar Association “Pillars of the Bar” – an honor bestowed on Champaign-Urbana attorneys who exemplify excellence in their profession, a...
On May 18, 2022, C-U Kiwanis celebrated 100 years of serving the children of our community at a centennial gala dinner. Cornerstone to this event was the celebration of a $25,000 donation for the Champaign Park District’s Martens Center. In this photo, Webber &...
The Land of Lincoln Legal Aid organization celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Colonnades Club at Memorial Stadium on April 7, 2022. Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman shared, “We celebrate how far we’ve come, and I challenge you all to do even more to serve...
By approval of the Illinois Supreme Court, Shareholder John Thies has been appointed to one of the task forces of the Illinois Judicial Conference charged with implementing the Conference’s Strategic Agenda – a blueprint for the future of the Illinois judicial branch...
Shareholder John Thies (far left) joins other members of Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club and the Circle K club at the University of Illinois to perform trail maintenance at Camp Kiwanis Girl Scout near Lake of the Woods in Mahomet, Illinois. C-U Kiwanis, of which Mr....
Family, friends, and colleagues gathered in Urbana, Illinois and around the world via YouTube on Saturday, November 6, 2021 to remember the life of Richard L. Thies. His favorite Scripture verses were read by his grandchildren, songs he chose were sung by those in...
This morning Shareholder John Thies spoke before an international audience of attorneys at the Legus International Network of Law Firms Fall Meeting in Clearwater, Florida. He discussed the efforts in some US states to make changes in legal ethics rules that would...