Friday, February 20, 2026

Meet Alan E. Stumpf - Attorney in Columbia, IL at Stumpf and Gutknecht, P.C.

 


Alan is a graduate of the University Of Illinois College Of Agriculture and the Southern Illinois University School of Law.  Alan has over 40 years of law practice experience helping clients.

Alan’s general practice includes real estate, agricultural law, wills, trusts, estates, elder law, business transactions, taxation, family law, municipal law and criminal law. He is a trained mediator/reconciler for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. 

Alan has articles published in the ISBA Agricultural Law, Real Estate Law and Trusts and Estates Newsletters. Alan is a member of the Illinois State Bar Assn., and the Monroe County Bar Assn.


Stumpf and Gutknecht, P.C.
222 S Main St
Columbia, IL 62236


Friday, February 13, 2026

Meet Timothy A. Gutknecht, Attorney in Columbia, IL at Stumpf and Gutknecht, P.C.

 


-Briefed and argued the case of Hawes v. Luhr Bros., Inc., in the Illinois Supreme Court

-Briefed and argued four cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

-Briefed and argued approximately 30 cases in the appellate courts of Illinois and Missouri

-Lead counsel in the following cases tried to a jury verdict: Wilde v. Grindel, in the St. Louis County Circuit Court. Melching v. Dashner, in the Circuit Court for Randolph County, IL. Kitchens v. Garcia, in the Circuit Court for St. Clair County, IL. Spectrum Resources, Inc. v. Monroe County 9-1-1 Board, in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, IL. Stumpf v. Vogt, in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, IL. In the Matter of Joedicke, in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, IL. Steibel v. Sutter, in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, IL.

-Lead counsel in more than 35 cases tried to a bench verdict.

Practice Areas:

-Business Law
-Estate Planning
-Estate Settlement
-Real Estate Law
-Corporate Law
-Commercial Litigation
-General Civil Litigation
-Criminal Law
-Appellate Practice

Bar Admissions:

-Illinois, 1993
-Missouri, 1994
-U.S. Supreme Court, 1998
-U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1998
-U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1996


Stumpf and Gutknecht, P.C.
222 S Main St
Columbia, IL 62236