Partner at Herzog Crebs LLP Elected President of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
 

ST. LOUIS (June 2004) - Ann Hatch, a partner at Herzog Crebs LLP, has been elected president of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, an organization that provides funding to 34 not-for-profit legal aid organizations that serve low-income Illinois families and individuals in civil matters. Her responsibilities in this role include overseeing the board of directors and grant-making operations, including managing the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois' investments to best serve the legal aid organizations and their clients.

Hatch, a Belleville, Ill. resident, practices principally in Southern Illinois, including

St. Clair and Madison counties. Her primary focuses are litigation, insurance coverage and defense, negligence, product liability and toxic torts, including asbestos.

Hatch also has served as chair of The Fellows of the Illinois State Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association; and president of the St. Clair County Bar Association. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Illinois State Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and American Board of Trial Advocates.

Herzog Crebs LLP

Founded in 1987, Herzog Crebs LLP is a mid-size law firm that provides its clients individualized, quality legal service. The firm, which has offices in St. Louis and Belleville, Ill., offers experience in multiple practice areas to a wide array of clients, ranging from individuals and family businesses to major corporations and insurers. Areas routinely handled include litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate law, real estate, franchising, tax and real estate planning and municipal and administrative law. For more information, visit www.herzogcrebs.com.

The Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois

The Lawyers Trust Fund, Illinois' Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program, distributes funds to about 34 not-for-profit legal aid agencies in Illinois. The largest are the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, which operates in some 65 counties south of Springfield; Prairie State Legal Services, which serves the rest of the state outside of Cook County; and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago. For more information, visit www.ltf.org.