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November 6, 2026 — The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Assembly Committee on Agenda and Program today unanimously elected Attorney Tim Leighton as its new Chair. The Agenda and Program Committee supports the ISBA President and staff in establishing the agenda for Assembly meetings and otherwise undertaking activities as the President directs. ISBA Assembly is the supreme governing body of the Association and meets twice per year. The Assembly has authority to establish and amend bylaws and policies, approves and reviews legislative and rulemaking efforts, and adopts budgets.

May 8, 2026 — The Washington D.C. Courts, in partnership with the D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, have named Attorney Tim Leighton as a member of the 2025 Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll in recognition of performing 100 hours or more of pro bono service in 2025.

In a letter to the members of the 2025 High Honor Roll and Honor Roll, Chief Judges Anna Blackburne-Rigsby and Milton C. Lee, Jr. write, “As Chief Judges, we see up close the challenges that individuals face when navigating the legal system on their own because they cannot afford a lawyer. While our city is fortunate to have an exemplary cadre of public interest lawyers working every day to serve District residents, their organizations’ resources are limited. Pro bono participation is simply indispensable to the efficient functioning of our civil justice system.”

Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll attorneys performed a total of 475,350 hours of pro bono service in 2025. A record-breaking 6,052 attorneys were recognized for the year 2025.

Attorney Leighton extends his thanks to the D.C. Courts, D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center for the recognition of his service. He continues to serve Clients in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area, Central Illinois and Virginia.

April 28, 2026 — The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) President-Elect Perry Browder has appointed Attorney Tim Leighton to chair the ISBA Standing Committee on Law Office Management & Economics for 2026-2027. Browder also appointed Leighton to serve as a Member of the ISBA Trusts & Estates Section Council for 2026-2027 and to continue serving as a Member of the ISBA Elder Law Section Council for 2026-2027. Leighton also serves as an elected member of ISBA Assembly, the supreme governing body of the state bar organization. Browder has expressed his appreciation for Leighton’s ongoing “unique contribution” to the ISBA, which serves over 27,000 attorneys.

July 3, 2025 — Leighton Legal Group, LLC has relocated offices to the Virtus Financial Group building at 306 East Grove Street in downtown Bloomington, Illinois. Clients meet with us in newly renovated conference rooms. For Clients who prefer to meet remotely, LLG will set up Google Meet conferences.

Client conferences in-person and/or remotely are by appointment during LLG’s customary office hours for Client conferences, generally Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm Central Time. LLG personnel continue to work both in-person and remotely. To assure availability for a Client drop-by, however brief, please contact LLG to set an appointment.

Friendly Virtus staff are usually at the front desk Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 4:00pm and Friday, 8:30am to 12:00 noon. For drop-offs, Clients may place documents and checks in a sealed envelope marked to our attention and leave them with the Virtus receptionist or in the locked mail box at the front door.

June 9, 2025 — The Illinois State Bar Association in early June seated Attorney Tim Leighton as a new member of the Assembly, which is the ISBA’s policy-making body. Tim represents fellow lawyers in the 11^th Judicial Circuit (Ford, Livingston, Logan, McLean and Woodford Counties). During its initial meeting of the 2025-2026 term, the Assembly elected Tim to serve as one of five members of the Assembly Agenda & Program Committee.

Tim has concluded his term as Chair of the Elder Law Section Council and will serve during the year ahead as Immediate Past Chair. He continues to serve as Vice Chair of the Committee on Law Office Management and Economics, and Co-Chair of the Committee’s Continuing Legal Education function.

May 5, 2025 — The Illinois State Bar Association’s President-Elect has announced Tim Leighton’s appointment to serve as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics, for the bar year starting in June 2025. Tim feels honored by this opportunity to continue serving his fellow Illinois lawyers. He appreciates this recognition by state bar leadership of his commitment to furthering the building of the legal profession.

The missions of the Committee are:

– to enhance and develop the professional capabilities of Illinois lawyers in the realization that the practice of law now requires the implementation of sound business practices; and

– to investigate, evaluate, develop and disseminate information and techniques that will make the legal services delivery team more effective, competent, ethical and responsive to the needs of clients and the public.

This appointment follows the conclusion of Tim’s term as Chair of the Elder Law Section Council. The missions of the Council are:

– to inform and advise the members of the bar whose practice involves representing older persons in such areas as estate planning, public benefits, nursing home residents’ rights, elder abuse, age discrimination, real estates issues, senior housing and guardianship;

– to review and make recommendations regarding proposed legislation that may affect older persons;

– to promote the legal rights of older persons to enjoy their communities, families and lives to the fullest extent possible and to inform older persons of these rights; and

– to provide a forum for the exchange of views and information in furtherance of these goals.

June 12, 2024 — The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) President has appointed Attorney Tim Leighton as Chair of ISBA’s Elder Law Section Council for the 2024-2025 bar year. The Elder Law Section Council informs and advises the members of the bar whose practice involves representing older persons in areas such as estate planning, public benefits, nursing home residents’ rights, elder abuse, age discrimination, real estate issues, senior housing and guardianship; reviews and makes recommendations regarding proposed legislation that may affect older persons; promotes the legal rights of older persons to enjoy their communities, families and lives to the fullest extent possible; informs older persons of these rights; and provides a forum for the exchange of views and information in furtherance of these goals. Leighton previously served as Section Council Vice Chair and Secretary. Leighton earlier had chaired ISBA’s Section Council on Business Advice and Financial Planning.

July 12, 2022 — We are now offering a new estate planning arrangement for parents with minor children. The basic plan includes a Last Will and Testament with guardianship provisions and basic testamentary trust provisions for one or more minor children, Property Power of Attorney, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Living Will. Click here for more information.

November 2, 2021 — On October 25, 2021, Prairie State Legal Services selected Attorney Tim Leighton as the 2021 Outstanding Pro Bono Community Honoree for Prairie State’s Bloomington office. Leighton Legal Group, LLC is grateful for the continuing opportunity to help low-income, elderly and vulnerable people in our community with ready access to legal services with personalized estate planning.