About Terry - Illinois Personal Injury Attorney
The Dodds Law Office represents
Illinois personal injury,
Illinois workers compensation and
Illinois auto accident claimants
and counsels clients in the areas of criminal, family, and estate law.
Terry is a native of the Bloomington-Normal area, having attended grade school and junior high in the Unit 5 School District. His mother, Maggie
Thompson, also has strong ties to the Bloomington-Normal community, having grown up in what is now the Olympia School District. She retired from
Country Insurance after eighteen years of service. Maggie is now married to the Reverend James Thompson, who is a retired United Methodist
Minister. Terry's father, Ronald Dodds, grew up in Schuyler County, Illinois, but has also lived in Bloomington-Normal periodically since graduating
from Illinois State University in 1971.
After graduating from Clinton Community High School in 1992, Terry obtained an Associates Degree from Sauk Valley Community College where he was on
a basketball scholarship. He then went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Illinois State University and his Juris
Doctor degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
After completing his studies at
SIU School of Law, he began his legal career working for the
Missouri State Public Defender's Office in Buffalo,
Missouri. During the two year period, he worked for the State of Missouri, he defended both misdemeanor and felony defendants and tried his first
cases. He then entered private practice in Springfield, Missouri working for a successful civil litigation law firm which primarily represented
personal injury, workers compensation, and medical malpractice claimants. There he did trial and appellate work, including arguing his first
case before the
Southern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals.
Terry represents indigent clients in the courts of McLean County under a contract with the
McLean County Public Defender's Office. He also serves on
the board of the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal.
Terry is excited to be closer to friends and family and is also excited about being
an
Illinois personal injury attorney,
Illinois workers compensation attorney and
Illinois auto accident attorney in the Bloomington-Normal area.
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