Jesse Placher

Jesse A. Placher (Col ’04 L/M) was honored with the Jury Verdict Reporter’s 2018 Trial Lawyer Excellence Award. Placher, an attorney with Hinshaw & Culbertson who practices in the firm’s Peoria, Illinois, office, focuses on the defense of medical malpractice claims. Honorees are selected following the review of hundreds of notable Illinois jury defense verdicts; Placher was recognized for obtaining a defense jury verdict in a case in which the plaintiff was seeking $3.5 million in damages.