The Waggoner Law Firm

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The Waggoner Law Firm, P.C. is an Illinois Professional Corporation, organized in 1989 and incorporated in 1990. In 1994, the firm constructed and moved into a new office building at the present location. Prior to that time, the principals of The Waggoner Law Firm, P.C., David L. Waggoner, Gregory L. Waggoner, and Lisa M. Waggoner were partners in Covey, Waggoner, and Waggoner, an Illinois General Partnership. Robert O. Covey, a former member of the McHenry County Board, was of counsel to Covey, Waggoner and Waggoner. The predecessor firm to Covey, Waggoner and Waggoner was the law firm of Covey, Covey & Waggoner which was established in 1976 in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

David L. Waggoner, the founding partner of the firm, graduated from Iowa State University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial administration. He received his Juris Doctor with honors in 1976 from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. David's principal areas of practice are corporate, real estate and estate planning. His clients include numerous domestic and foreign corporations. David served on Memorial Hospital for McHenry County's Board of Directors for eleven years. He has also served on the Board of Directors and as President of the Crystal Lake Country Club and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the McHenry County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Gregory L. Waggoner attended the University of Iowa and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974, majoring in political science. Gregory then attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where he achieved the degree of Juris Doctor in 1977. Gregory's practice is concentrated in litigation with an emphasis on personal injury, contract disputes, domestic relations and other civil and criminal litigation. He is a member of the trial bar of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. He has also served as an executive member of the McHenry County Defenders and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, McHenry County Chapter.

Another principal of the firm, Lisa M. Waggoner graduated from Roosevelt University with honors and obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in public administration in 1983. Lisa received her Juris Doctor with high honors in 1986 from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she served as Editor-In-Chief of the Chicago-Kent Law Review in her last year of law school. Lisa's principal areas of practice are zoning and municipal law, real estate, general corporate and employment law. In connection with her zoning practice, Lisa has presented zoning and annexation petitions before many local municipalities, including Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Lakewood, Woodstock, Lakemoor, McHenry, Elgin, Lake Zurich, Cary, and the County of McHenry. Lisa is currently the Village attorney for the Village of Lakemoor and has served in that capacity since her appointment in 1993. Lisa is a former trustee of the Village of Lakewood, Illinois and has served on the Lake Safety and Enforcement Committee in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Lisa has served on the Board of Directors of First Colonial Bank for McHenry County, Crystal Lake, Illinois.

*The primary focus of all of the members of the firm is to provide quality service to all of the firm's clients. We believe providing quality legal service requires each member of the firm to combine both their legal skills and their common sense to achieve a favorable result for each client. The attorneys regularly consult each other to obtain new and different insights into unique legal situations as they arise. In addition, the firm's legal internal educational policy requires the members to attend legal seminars in their respective areas of expertise, in an effort to keep up with the ever-changing legal environment. All of the attorneys strive for effective and complete client communication and, of course, a timely resolution of any situation which is most favorable for the firm's clients.