Murphysboro: No change in number of lawyers with active licenses in May 2026

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

Overall, the city had a total of 22 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
Richard L. Blake	Reed Heller & Cannell	11/05/1992
Rex Gordon Burke	Rex G. Burke, Attorney at Law	11/13/1975
Arryn A. Carson	Jackson County State's Attorney's Office	11/06/2014
Joseph Alan Cervantez		05/01/2014
Dana Sue Frazier	Frazier Law Office LLC	11/06/1997
Mary Christine Heins	M. Christine Heins, Attorney At Law	05/04/1993
Edward J. Heller	Reed, Heller & Cannell	11/05/1979
Raymond Neil Holley	Jackson County States Attorney Office	11/06/1997
Courtney Elizabeth Jakobsen	Jackson County Public Defender	10/31/2013
Thomas W. Mansfield	Thomas W. Mansfield, Attorney At Law	11/03/1978
Donna White McCann	McCann & McCann	05/10/2001
Thomas William Moyer	Jackson County Public Defender	11/04/1993
Penny J. Pierson	Jackson County State's Attorney's Office	11/07/1996
Benjamin William Reed	Reed, Heller & Cannell	11/01/2012
Peggy Lynn Reiman	State of Illinois	11/04/1999
Carol McCann Samarah	McCann & McCann	05/01/2014
Diane Marie Speir	Law Office of Diane M. Speir, LLC	11/05/1992
Guice George Strong III	Strong Law Office	11/23/1976
Andrew Wilson Suthard	Jackson County State's Attorney's Office	05/07/2009
Julian Manuel Valdes	Reed, Heller & Cannell	03/25/2021
Michael Louis Wepsiec	The Wepsiec Law Office	11/05/1981
Aaron Thomas Wise	Aaron T. Wise Attorney At Law	05/09/2013

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