News & Announcements

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

Richard L. Thies (Dick Thies) of Urbana, IL died peacefully on April 10, 2021. He was 89 years old. Dick was born in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska on November 7, 1931 to Arnold C. and Wilma P. Thies. He was preceded in death by his parents, including his step-father, David C. Player, and by brother-in-law …Read More

The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette honored senior Shareholder Richard Thies with a feature article after his passing. With quotes from attorneys and friends near and far, Dick was remembered as a “lawyer’s lawyer” and “consummate statesman,” as well as a family man, pilot and musician. He i…Read More

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our senior Shareholder Richard L. Thies passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 10, 2021 in the presence of his loving family. Mr. Thies joined the firm as an associate in 1955 before leaving to serve in the United States Air Force (JAGD) from 1…Read More

A positive story that emerged from 2020 was the initiative to increase access to justice throughout the state of Illinois through the development of the Rural Practice Fellowship Program. Webber & Thies shareholder, Daniel Thies, co-chairs the committee which launched the program. Although many …Read More