Contact Information
- Practice Groups:
Workers’ Compensation - Office Location(s):
Springfield, IL - Phone:
217.522.8822
Gary Borah
- Office Managing Partner
Gary has spent his entire legal career with Heyl Royster beginning in 1975 in the Springfield office. Born in Mt. Erie, Illinois, Gary became a partner with the firm in 1981. He is the Managing Partner of the Springfield office.
He has handled a wide range of cases, including workers' compensation, medical malpractice, products liability, automobile, construction accidents, and coverage issues.
Gary concentrates his practice in the area of workers' compensation and employment law. He has made presentations for the Law Ed Seminars of the Illinois State Bar Association, and has frequently spoken to management and insurance audiences on workers' compensation and risk management. He regularly counsels self-insureds on their unique problems, offering experience and insight for implementing successful programs. He currently supervises the workers' compensation practice group in Heyl Royster's Springfield office.
Gary has been designated one of the "Leading Lawyers" in Illinois as a result of a survey of Illinois attorneys conducted by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, a designation awarded to only the top five percent of lawyers in the state.
Public Speaking
- “Repetitive Trauma - The Defenses are in the Details”
Heyl Royster 2008 - “Dollars and Cents: Top Ten Things Everyone Should Know Regarding Workers' Compensation”
SafeWorks Work Injury Conference 2006 - “Investigating and Resolving the Death Case”
Heyl Royster 2007 - “Cumulative Trauma Disorders and Job Site Analysis: Minimizing Risk in the Workplace and the Courts”
Midwest Rehabilitation 2008 - “Hot Topics in Illinois Workers' Compensation”
Midwest Rehabilitation 2006 - “Penalties, Penalties, and More Penalties: The Changes to Section 19 and Strategies for Minimizing Penalty Exposure”
Heyl Royster 2006 - “The Illinois Workers' Compensation Reform Act 2005”
CorVel Corporation 2005 - “Top Ten Things Every Employer Should Know About Workers' Compensation”
Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association 2006 - “Trade-Offs in Claims Management”
Hortica Insurance 2006 - “Top Ten Things Every Employer Should Know About Workers' Compensation”
Gateway Rehabiltiation Workers' Compensation Spring Conference 2007
Professional Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated.
- Selected as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois. Only five percent of lawyers in the state are named as Leading Lawyers.
Professional Associations
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers' Association
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association (past member Workers' Compensation Section Council)
- Sangamon County Bar Association
Court Admissions
- State Courts of Illinois
- United States District Court, Central District of Illinois
- United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Toledo, 1975
- Bachelor of Science-Agricultural Science, University of Illinois, 1971
Year Joined Firm
- 1975