Maureen E. Riggs

Practice Areas

Local Government, Education, and School Law
Civil Litigation
Real Estate
Contracts and Business Organizations
Labor and Employment

Admissions

State of Illinois- 1999
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois-1999
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit- 2001
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois- 2003
State of Iowa- 2019

Education

University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1995)
University of Illinois College of Law (J.D.  Cum Laude 1999)

Professional Associations

Illinois State Bar Association
• Local Government Law Section Council, 2005 – 2010
• Co-Presenter, “Ethics on the Part of the Hearing Officer,” ISBA Law Ed Seminar, “Cities, Towns and Villages: Control Your Destiny Through Administrative Adjudication,” November 12, 2007.

Rock Island County Bar Association
• Board of Managers, 2019- Present
• Co-Presenter, “Municipal Ordinance Violations,” Annual Seminar, January 11, 2019.

Moline Kiwanis Club
• Board of Managers 2016 – 2018

14th Judicial Circuit Judicial Vacancy Screening Committee, 2013 – Present

Publications

  • Author, “Indemnification Agreements Enforceable for Municipality’s Own Negligence,” ISBA Local Government Law Section Council Newsletter, May 2008.
  • Author, “Navigating the Election Code: A Highly Technical Course to Follow,” ISBA Local Government Law Section Council Newsletter, March 2007.
  • Co-Author, “Can a Home Rule Municipality Enter into a Project Labor Agreement on Municipal Projects Financed with Only Municipal Funds?” ISBA Local Government Law Section Council Newsletter, February 2006.
  • Author, “Another Blow to Local Governmental Immunity . . . Brooks v. Illinois Central RR,” ISBA Local Government Law Section Council Newsletter, August 2005.  
  • Author, “Be Careful What You Write. . . Defamation in the Age of Technology,” ISBA Corporate Law Department Section Council Newsletter, April 2005.
  • Co-Author, “How a Municipality Should Handle Dangerous/Vicious Dogs in Illinois: Statutes, Ordinances, Insurance and Policies,” ISBA Local Government Law Section Council Newsletter, August 2003.