Unchanged number of active legal licenses in Granite City in May 2026

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

Overall, the city had a total of 15 lawyers with active licenses in May.

According to the ABA's 2025 National Lawyer Population Survey, Illinois had one of the highest concentrations of lawyers in the United States, with 61,945 resident active attorneys statewide.

That total places Illinois among a small group of states accounting for a significant share of the nation's legal workforce, reflecting its importance within the broader U.S. legal system.

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
George H. Albers III	Albers Law, LLC	07/11/2001
Phillip Eugene Baldwin	Scroggins Law Office, Ltd.	11/19/2015
Ellen Riley Burford	Burford Law Office	05/17/2012
Stephen Joseph Doroghazi Jr.	Stephen J. Doroghazi, Jr. Attorney at Law	11/05/1979
Eric William Evans	Eric Evans, LLC d/b/a Evans Blasi	05/05/1994
Derek Lance Filcoff	Derek L. Filcoff, JD/LLM	05/08/2008
Calvin B. Fuller	Calvin B. Fuller Law Office	05/05/1994
Linda Lea Holder	Law Office of Linda Holder	11/06/1997
Brian Edward Konzen	Lueders Robertson Konzen	11/16/1984
Terrence V. O'Leary	Bosslet & O'Leary	11/27/1973
Dennis James Orsey	Dennis J. Orsey, P.C.	10/29/1980
Kellie Leigh Patterson	EVANS| BLASI	07/06/2005
Todd J. Schroader	Becker Schroader & Chapman PC	11/07/1996
Morgan Eugene Scroggins	Scroggins Law Office Ltd	11/09/1989
Bill Thomas Walker	Law Offices of Bill T. Walker	05/19/1978

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