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Daniel Thies on the CUSF Prize Patrol

This week Shareholder Daniel Thies delivered souvenir checks on behalf of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) to teachers at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Leal Elementary and Urbana High School. CUSF awarded more than $60,000 to 182 teachers in...

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Daniel Thies Delivers Bagels to Local Schools

As a board member of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF), Shareholder Daniel Thies delivered bagels this morning to Urbana Middle School and Urbana High School to acknowledge teachers who applied for grants. More than 180 teachers in Unit 4 and District 116...

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Shareholder Daniel Thies Recognized by ISBA President

The Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”) honored the recipients of the Board of Governors Award this week, including Webber & Thies Shareholder Daniel Thies. The award recognizes attorneys for exemplary service to the profession or the ISBA and nonlawyers for...

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Richard Thies Remembered by Fellow Senior Lawyers

Among the bar-related accomplishments of past Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) President Richard Thies was co-chairing a committee with another ISBA past President, Leonard Amari, that led to the formation of the ISBA’s Senior Lawyers Section Council. After...

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Richard L. Thies Obituary

Richard L. Thies (Dick Thies) of Urbana, IL died peacefully on April 10, 2021. He was 89 years old. Dick was born in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska on November 7, 1931 to Arnold C. and Wilma P. Thies. He was preceded in death by his parents, including his step-father, David...

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Richard Thies Remembered as a “National Treasure”

The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette honored senior Shareholder Richard Thies with a feature article after his passing. With quotes from attorneys and friends near and far, Dick was remembered as a “lawyer’s lawyer” and “consummate statesman,” as well as a family man,...

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Richard L. Thies Passes Away

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our senior Shareholder Richard L. Thies passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 10, 2021 in the presence of his loving family. Mr. Thies joined the firm as an associate in 1955 before leaving to serve in the...

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