Ronald "Doc" Halliday, Partner

Practices:

• Workers Comp
• Personal Injury

Ronald "Doc" Halliday is a life-long resident of Peoria. He attended Richwoods High School where he was an all-conference basketball and baseball player, and National Merit Scholar. He then received a baseball scholarship to Illinois State University, where he played four years of collegiate baseball and was named to the Illinois State University Sports Hall of Fame. He majored in mathematics at Illinois State University with the goal of becoming a high school math teacher and basketball coach. He received his B.S. degree from Illinois State University in education.

After completing his student teaching and receiving his degree in education, he changed gears and decided to attend the University of Tennessee School of Law. He graduated in 1975 and returned to Illinois to practice law.

Doc took the bold step of starting his own law practice directly out of law school. In addition to starting a private practice of law, he also took court appointments defending indigent individuals in criminal cases. He became a part-time Assistant Public Defender for Peoria County while he continued his growing private practice of law. During this time, he met Drew Parker who was also an Assistant Public Defender for Peoria County and they formed the law firm of Parker & Halliday in 1980. They have been partners ever since and the law firm of Parker & Halliday has now been in existence for over 30 years.

He is one of a limited number of Illinois defense attorneys who has actually won a death penalty murder case. Doc diligently defended an individual accused of murder and during his own investigation, he discovered evidence and witnesses which convinced him that his client was innocent. Despite the fact the State's Attorney's Office was seeking the death penalty, he obtained a verdict of not guilty from a Peoria County jury.

Over the years, he has tried over 100 civil and criminal jury trials and has always given a 100% effort in representing his clients.

Doc has also tried many cases in Federal Court and has also appeared in front of the Illinois State Court of Appeals, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals. He has also been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He was a Master in the Clarence Darrow Inns of Court, a select group of attorneys chosen by his peers and judges.

Over the past decade, he has concentrated his practice in the area of personal injury and worker's compensation cases. He has brought the same competitive spirit from his younger years to his current representation of personal injury victims and worker's compensation clients. Doc has successfully represented clients in personal injury cases, including wrongful death claims and serious automobile accidents. He also represents injured workers in their worker's compensation claims, making sure they are fairly treated by their employers.

He has been voted one of Illinois' Law and Leading Attorneys and has been recommended by his peers in a state-wide survey to be among the top 7% of lawyers in Illinois.

He has served on the Bradley University Braves Club Board of Directors. He is a member of the Peoria Sunday Morning Baseball League Hall of Fame, and has also served on the Board of Governors of Mt. Hawley Country Club. He and his wife, Mari, have been active participants supporting the Children's Miracle Network. He has three children; Patrick and Casey, who both live in the Chicago area, and Abby, who is attending Notre Dame High School. His wife, Mari, has been a realtor with Jim Maloof Realtor since 2005. Her first year, she led the Peoria area in sales by new realtors and was named "Rookie of the Year". Since that time, she has gained a reputation as one of the top realtors in the Peoria area.