186 Years at The Bar

186 Years at The Bar

The photo was taken by Robert V. Bonjean III.

Fortuitously, these three lawyers and a local judge were recently on the second floor of the Morgan County Courthouse at the same time. From left to right are Eddie Carpenter, Chuck McNeely, Ed Parkinson and the Honorable David R. Cherry.

Mr. Carpenter was sworn into the bar in 1980 and was in private practice in Jacksonville until his retirement in 2018. Chuck McNeely was admitted to the bar in 1974 and has been in private practice in Jacksonville since that time. Mr. Parkinson was admitted to the bar in 1971 and was the Morgan County State’s Attorney from 1971 through 1981. He was in private practice for a time. He now works for the Illinois Appellate Prosecutor’s Office. Judge Cherry was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1973 and the Illinois Bar in 1974. He served as the Scott County State’s Attorney from 1989 through 2008. He was elected Circuit Judge in December, 2012, and is currently the Scott County Circuit Judge.

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