David R. Fines

211 West Main Cross Street, Taylorville, Illinois 62568

Attorney at Law

The reason I chose Mr. Fines is because he is a very prominent lawyer in my hometown. Although I never have personally met him all I hear is about his great success he has brought to himself. Mr. Fines heads a very nice law firm, and is one of the most successful lawyers in the area.

Dear Mr. Fines;

My name is Adam Sims and I am a freshman at SIUe. I plan to get a finance degree in four years and then attend law school. I was wondering if you could take a few minutes to answer a couple of questions. First, I was wondering the degree you received before you went to law school? Second, I was wondering if you were satisfied with the degree you received or if you wished you would have got a different one that would benefit yourself more today? Lastly, what type of law are you most interested in? These are a few questions that could benefit me if you could please respond. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Adam Sims

October 31, 2007

Dear Adam:

I wanted to reply to your request for information you sent to me. First of all, I attended the University of Illinois College of Law to obtain my law degree. I graduated and came back to Taylorville to practice law with Hershey, Beavers & Graham. I always had a desire to practice law in my hometown and help people that I have known all my life. I wouldn’t trade my law degree for any other. I have thoroughly enjoyed the practice of law and continue to enjoy it every day.

My law practice consists of a variety of things. I represent the City of Taylorville and their City Council. I handle a lot of municipal questions from City Council Members and also the general public. I also help maintain and enforce City ordinance violations. My second biggest area of law that I practice in is civil law. I handle divorce proceedings, child custody and all different aspects of family law. I try to steer clear of criminal cases but sometimes have to take those for people I know or have represented in the past. I also do some malpractice work and worker’s compensation cases. I now have an associate in my office who is taking over a lot of my family law work.

I enjoy working in a small town and with people I have known all my life. I guess the part of law that I enjoy most is helping people who have been injured or treated wrongly get justice.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Sincerely,

David R. Fines

Attorney at Law