Glen Carbon saw no change in number of lawyers in May 2026

There was no change in the number of lawyers with active legal licenses in Glen Carbon in May compared to the previous month, according to the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois.

Overall, the city had a total of 11 lawyers with active licenses in May.

Illinois is home to the sixth-largest lawyer population in the U.S., with nearly 62,000 attorneys, according to the ABA's 2025 National Lawyer Population Survey.

As of June 2026, average lawyer salaries in Illinois ranged from $101,987 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $258,374 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy. Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earned on average $191,228 in Illinois, compared to $187,607 nationwide.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm	License Grant Date
Erica Jeannette St. Clair Bash	Weinheimer Opel Law Firm	11/04/2004
John P. Cranley	Jack P. Cranley	05/09/1991
David John Gerber	Law Office of David J. Gerber, Esq.	11/05/1992
Timothy Wayne Kalinowski	Tim Kalinowski, Attorney at Law	04/02/2004
Andrew Richard Kettenbrink	Kettenbrink Legal Services	11/06/2008
John Gerard Kochanski	McCarthy & Allen	11/08/2018
Edward Thomas McCarthy	McCarthy & Allen	10/26/1973
Katherine Lee Opel	Weinheimer Opel Law Firm, PC	05/09/2013
David William Rands	State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor	11/16/1984
John Joseph Rekowski	John J. Rekowski	11/05/1979
Todd K. Taplin	Taplin Defense Firm, P.C.	02/01/1989

Information in this article was obtained from the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois. The source data can be found here.