Jo Anna Pollock
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Work in Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Intellectual Property, Environment, Personal Injury, Health Care Law, Sex Crimes
One Court Street, Alton, IL 62002
About Jo Anna Pollock
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Environment
- Personal Injury
- Health Care Law
- Sex Crimes
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2000Honors: Partial Scholarship
- Honors: Moot Court Board
- Honors: Certificate in Health Law Studies
- Honors: Dean's List
- Law Journal: The Journal of Health Law, Editor
- Lindenwood University, 1997B.A.
- Major: Psychology
- Honors: magna cum laude
Representative Cases
- Intellectual Property
- Water Contamination
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Litigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2000
- Missouri, 2001
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Madison County Bar Association (Member)
- American Association of Justice
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Guardian Ad Litem (Volunteer)
- Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
- Third Judicial Circuit of Illinois (Pro Bono Committee member)
- Edwardsville Community Unit School District (Appointed Member of Citizens Advisory Council)
Past Positions
- Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
- Judge Richard B. Teitelman, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District and Missouri Supreme Court, Law Clerk Intern
Articles
Published Works
- Article (Co-Author), The Journal of Health Law
- “What’s “plausible” in the post-Twombly and Iqbal world? A review of recent Seventh Circuit decisions, Federal Civil Practice”, Illinois State Bar Association, March, 2013
- “Go Pro Bono,” Trial, American Association for Justice, July, 2012
- “What’s in a Copyright? Protect the Fruits of Your Labor”, St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts, April 9, 2012
- “Protecting Your Work Through Copyright”, Jacoby Arts Center seminar, January 29, 2012
- “Evaluating Protective Orders for Discovery Materials”, Illinois Bar Journal, November, 2011
- "Discovering Facts from Third Parties: When the Best Evidence is in the Hands of Someone Else", American Association for Justice, July , 2011
- "A Cure for the Blues: Resolving Nonprofit Blue Cross Conversions", Journal of Health Law, Winter, 1999
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