Partner Broom, Gordon R. Office: Edwardsville Phone: 618-307-1112 Email: grb@heplerbroom.com Licenses: IL vCard: Download Recognized by: Leading Lawyers Network, Super Lawyers Practice Description: Mr. Broom focuses his practice on trials involving practically every area of personal and bodily injury litigation, including lawsuits involving the Structural Work Act, medical malpractice, products liability, maritime law, as well as general negligence. Mr. Broom has represented clients in Illinois, including Ameren, Allstate, Sprint, Cincinnati Insurance Company, Cassens Corporation and Piasa Motor Fuels. Bar Admissions: Illinois Federal District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of Illinois United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit United States Supreme Court Law School: University of Illinois, J.D., 1969 He served as Assistant Dean of the College of Law at the University of Illinois from 1969 through 1971 Law School Honors/Involvement: Omikron Delta Kappa Undergraduate School: University of Illinois, 1966 Bar/Professional Association Involvement: American Bar Association Illinois State Bar Association Madison County Bar Association Bar Association of the Central and Southern Federal Districts of Illinois Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Board of Directors, elected 1986; president, 1995-96 American Board of Trial Advocates President of the Missouri/Southern Illinois ABOTA Chapter, 2001 American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow International Academy of Trial Lawyers Member American Bar Foundation Member Board of Governors of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, representing the Southern District of Illinois Awards, Honors, Distinctions: In June 2004, Mr. Broom received the John E. Guy Award from the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel for his dedication and contribution to the trial and defense bar. He received the DRI Exceptional Performance Citation in 1996. He has been an Illinois Super Lawyer since 2005. He was named in top 100 Leading Lawyers of Illinois; top ten leading lawyers in Downstate Illinois in 2007. He has been named in The Best Lawyers in America since 2007. He is a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness for the Fifth District of Illinois. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Community Involvement: He serves as a member of the board of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Foundation and of the Edwardsville YMCA Foundation. In 1990, he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Published Legal Writing: “The Evolution of Employment Practices Liability Insurance: What started out wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on and what has developed may be too good to last,” Declarations, winter 2003-04 “What’s Good for the Goose: An Argument for the Symmetrical Application of the Petrillo Doctrine,” IDC Quarterly, Vol 14, No. 4, 2004 “Suing Your Pet Iguana: Equitable Apportionment v. Indivisible Injury,” Illinois Bar Journal, Vol 87, January 1999 Legal Lectures: Mr. Broom has lectured on topics having to do with trial practice, usually representing the defense perspective. Programs in which he has been a participant in recent years include presentations for the IICLE Trial Evidence Seminar, the IICLE Civil Discovery Practice Seminar, the IICLE Third Party Practice Seminar, the ISBA Law Ed Series: Tort Reform Day to Day Issues; the ISBA Law Ed Series: Selecting and Preparing an Expert Witness; the ISBA Mutual Seminar: “Conflicts of Interest that Can Lead to Malpractice Claims: Multiple Representations; Unrepresented Parties; Outside Business Interests with Clients,” and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys’ Annual Meeting, Bermuda, 1997, “The Tri-Partite Relationship in Defending Insureds: Ethical Problems in Discovery and Client Communications.” He has made presentations to the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s spring and fall seminars on closing arguments in comparative fault cases; use of rehabilitation expert witnesses to mitigate damages; trial strategies associated with contribution and apportionment; instructing juries in multiple party lawsuits; and on catastrophic injury and punitive damage cases. He presented “The Court’s Wild Ride Through the Magic Kingdom of UM/UIM Coverage” presentation to ABA TIPS Section on Insurance at ABA Annual Meeting, 1996. He was a presenter at the DRI Joint International Conference, Barcelona, Spain in May 2004: “Class Actions in the United States: Lawsuit du Jour.” He was a panelist for the ABOTA/FDCC Jury Trial Summit Program in April 2005 and a panelist for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Insurance Symposium “Who is the Client? The Tripartite Relationship.” He has served as a member of the faculty for the IDC Trial Academy. Printable Version Click here to return to the employee profiles front page.