Vandalia, IL

Attorney Keith C. Jacob is the sole owner of Lawinger & Jacob, LLC. Mr. Jacob has gained valuable experience in his now 13+ years of practicing law across Southern Illinois. He has tried countless cases to both Judges and juries securing successful outcomes in both. Additionally, he has a proven track record of securing favorable outcomes in many personal injury cases. Mr. Jacob has previously been appointed and acted as conflict public defender for both Fayette and Clinton counties where he handled hundreds of felonies, misdemeanors and juvenile cases of all sorts. His expertise includes Divorces, Parental responsibilities and allocation, Parenting time, Child support, Adoptions, Guardianships, Personal injury, Car accidents, Criminal law, Juvenile law, Small claims and collections.

Jane M. Lawinger founded Lawinger & Jacob, LLC in 1997. The firm's areas of practice focuses on family law, including divorce, child custody matters, child support issues, paternity actions, and orders of protection, wills, personal injury, including automobile accidents, collections, criminal defense, traffic ticket defense, DUI, and civil litigation.

Madison Gray (formerly Mullady-Winter) is an Associate at Lawinger & Jacob, LLC. She is a 2006 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a 2011 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law. She practiced law in Coles and Effingham County prior to joining Lawinger & Jacob, LLC. She is an approved guardian ad litem in the Second, Fourth and Fifth Judicial Circuits. Her practice includes: criminal Law, family law, estate planning, probate and creditor’s rights (including collections and evictions).