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You may be concerned about recent guidance from the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) regarding your eligibility to access loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The guidance expands on the requirement that borrowers certify that “[c]urrent economic...
Shareholder Daniel Thies participated as a panelist in the “Hope & Help” online forum discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on local businesses on April 18, 2020. This series brings together panels of individuals from different segments of the Champaign-Urbana...
During the extraordinary times following from the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the lawyers and staff of Webber & Thies, P.C. want our clients and friends to know that we remain open and available to meet the wide-range of client legal needs. Of course, we all...
Shareholder John Thies represented the Illinois State Bar Association at the American Bar Association House of Delegates during the ABA Midyear Meeting, which was held February 12-17 in Austin, Texas. In the picture above from left to right are delegates Thies (past...
Shareholder Richard Thies was recently interviewed in our offices by the Big Ten Network concerning his knowledge of the student environment at the University of Illinois from 1949 to 1955 and during the Cold War. Mr. Thies’s interview will be used in an upcoming...
In order to represent a wide range of clients throughout Illinois and beyond, Webber & Thies is a member firm of the LEGUS International Network of Law Firms. On October 24 and 25, Shareholders David Thies and John Thies attended the LEGUS mid-year conference in...
Shareholder David C. Thies was appointed for his third term of service on the Champaign County Board of Health. The Board, which consists of eight members who serve for three-year staggered terms, directs the Champaign County Public Health Department, and is...
Judge David Bernthal, Counsel at Webber & Thies, spoke on a panel to share his insights with Illinois bar members about successfully mediating disputes. The presentation was the final session for the Illinois State Bar Association’s September 6th program in...
David Bernthal, Counsel at Webber & Thies, shares with readers how he viewed his judicial power during his career in the state and federal courts. In his July 14th op-ed in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette Bernthal writes, “judicial power . . . must be applied...
At the Annual board/staff lunch of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid (LOL), John Thies, President of LOL and WT shareholder presented honors to Ethel Sylvester and Felicia Voelkel. Sylvester was recognized for her service as a client representative to the LOL Board, which she...