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Shareholder John Thies (far left) joins other members of Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club and the Circle K club at the University of Illinois to perform trail maintenance at Camp Kiwanis Girl Scout near Lake of the Woods in Mahomet, Illinois.  C-U Kiwanis, of which Mr. Thies is president, is celebrati…Read More

Family, friends, and colleagues gathered in Urbana, Illinois and around the world via YouTube on Saturday, November 6, 2021 to remember the life of Richard L. Thies. His favorite Scripture verses were read by his grandchildren, songs he chose were sung by those in attendance, and poignant memories w…Read More

This morning Shareholder John Thies spoke before an international audience of attorneys at the Legus International Network of Law Firms Fall Meeting in Clearwater, Florida. He discussed the efforts in some US states to make changes in legal ethics rules that would conflict with the Model Rules of Pr…Read More

This week Shareholder Daniel Thies delivered souvenir checks on behalf of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) to teachers at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Leal Elementary and Urbana High School. CUSF awarded more than $60,000 to 182 teachers in Champaign Unit 4 and Urbana School …Read More

On October 7, 2021, Shareholder John Thies was installed as President of the Kiwanis Club of Champaign-Urbana. This is the second presidency role in which John follows in his father’s footsteps. Richard Thies was president of the local Kiwanis Club in 1967. John and Dick also served as president o…Read More

As a board member of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF), Shareholder Daniel Thies delivered bagels this morning to Urbana Middle School and Urbana High School to acknowledge teachers who applied for grants. More than 180 teachers in Unit 4 and District 116 applied for funding to support …Read More

We are fortunate to hear the recorded voice of beloved Richard Thies in the Big Ten Network documentary, Cold War: Illinois Stories, which was created by the Big Ten Network Campus Programming unit at the University of Illinois. The documentary tells four stories of individuals/programs affected by …Read More

Shareholder John Thies has been appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court’s Judicial Redistricting Task Force Subcommittee for the Private Bar, Legal Aid, and Self-Represented Litigants. This subcommittee will focus on the impact on these stakeholders of the recent legislative redistricting plan sig…Read More

The Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”) honored the recipients of the Board of Governors Award this week, including Webber & Thies Shareholder Daniel Thies. The award recognizes attorneys for exemplary service to the profession or the ISBA and nonlawyers for especially meritorious deeds …Read More

Among the bar-related accomplishments of past Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) President Richard Thies was co-chairing a committee with another ISBA past President, Leonard Amari, that led to the formation of the ISBA’s Senior Lawyers Section Council. After Richard Thies’s passing in April,…Read More