Chris Spanos

About Chris Spanos

Direct, administer, and coordinate the activities of the City\'s Legal department in support of policies, goals, and objectives established with the City Manager and City Council. Advises City officials and staff concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges. Provides professional legal services to the City personally and through subordinate legal professionals and clerical staff. Previously, a key member of the McLean County Administrative team, Chris worked closely with the County Administrator, the Board, and all County department heads while leading the Civil Division of the State’s Attorney’s office. He served as the County\'s Risk Manager, Ethics Officer, and Parliamentarian. He serves as lead negotiator for the County’s collective bargaining team, and manages all civil litigation. Chris has worked closely with Human Resources on benefit and disciplinary matters, and in managed the County’s self-insured worker’s compensation program. He has experience in matters before state and federal agencies including EEOC, IDPH, IDHS and IDES. He provided legal support for enforcement of the regulations of the Liquor Commission, Animal Control, Zoning, and the County Health Department. His duties also include matters involving elections, assessment and taxation, budgeting, vendor contracts, and inter-governmental agreements. Chris is a seasoned civil trial attorney with 28 years of complex litigation experience. He has successfully tried nearly 100 civil jury trials and has also appeared in front of the Appellate Court, the Court of Claims, and various administrative agencies.

Experience

1. Corporation Counsel

   City of Bloomington, IL

   Jun 2023 — Present · Bloomington, IL, US

Education

• Illinois State University

  B.S. in Finance

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Illinois Valley Community College

  Associate of Science - AS

• Valparaiso University School of Law

  Juris Doctorate - Magna Cum Laude