Mike Denning

Shareholder Office Managing Partner @Heyl Royster

A native of Belvidere, Illinois, Mike began his career with Heyl Royster by clerking for the firm\'s Peoria office during law school. At Northern Illinois University, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and was awarded the NIU Scribes award in 2001 for legal scholarship. After graduating, he served as Senior Law Clerk to Justice Tom Lytton of the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District. Mike joined the Rockford office in June 2004 and became a partner in 2012.Mike concentrates his practice in civil defense litigation, including medical malpractice and nursing home litigation, and other civil cases involving catastrophic damages claims necessitating complex trial work. Mike is a certified arbitrator for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court.