Unchanged number of lawyers with active licenses within Benton in May 2026

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

Overall, the city had a total of 13 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
Shannon Appleton	Law Office of Shannon Appleton	11/04/2010
Jonathan Ryan Cantrell	Hart Cantrell LLC	11/06/2008
John Lee Chullen	John L. Chullen Law Offices	11/06/1986
Ron Dale Coffel	Ron D Coffel Attorney at Law	11/09/1989
Abigail Dawn Dinn	Franklin County State's Attorney's Office	11/06/2014
Judith Ann Kuenneke	Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Illinois	11/10/1994
William Bryce Levanti	Levanti Law, LLC	11/07/2002
Tricia Jo Martin-Dick		11/04/2004
Paula McKemie Newcomb	Newcomb Law Office	11/09/1989
Kathryn Anne Renik	Franklin County States Attorney's Office	11/08/2018
William Keith Richardson		11/09/1989
Jennifer Lela Thompson	Hart Cantrell, LLC	05/10/2012
Jeffery Dale Williams	Franklin County State's Attorney Office	05/10/2001

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