Kevin Stine, who has been a shareholder at Mathis, Marifian & Richter (MM&R) since 1994, focuses his practice in banking law, bankruptcy, real estate law, commercial litigation and civil litigation. Currently, Kevin is the chairman of MM&R’s Finance Committee.

Kevin Stine

Kevin has more than 20 years experience handling litigation matters for financial institutions and commercial enterprises. He has represented clients in cases involving breach of contracts, bank collections, foreclosures, real estate disputes, probate litigation, bankruptcy and corporate matters. He has also been the primary attorney on many of MM&R’s largest civil cases.

Kevin is an AV© Preeminent rated attorney, which is the highest certification awarded by Martindale-Hubbell and only given to a small percentage of all lawyers nationally. Martindale-Hubbell is an independent rating service of lawyers throughout the United States. Periodically, it sends letters to lawyers and asks for a confidential assessment of specific lawyers. These ratings then allow Martindale-Hubbell to “rate” lawyers. Kevin has also been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by his peers, a distinction given to less than 5% of Illinois lawyers.

Besides practicing law in MM&R’s Belleville office, Kevin also actively practices in Nashville, Illinois, and throughout Southern Illinois.

Professional Affiliations

Kevin is a popular speaker for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, an associate member of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois and the Illinois Bankers Association, and he serves as chairperson and arbitrator for the St. Clair County Mandatory Arbitration Center. He also is a member of the Washington County, East St. Louis and St. Clair County Bar Associations. He previously served as chairman of the Banking and Bankruptcy Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), and he was recently a member of the Bench and Bar Section Council of the ISBA.

Kevin is also a professor at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he teaches Secured Transactions and Advanced Secured Transactions, and at McKendree University’s MBA program, where he teaches Legal Issues for Managers.

Education

Kevin received a BS in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1983, and he received his JD from Washington University in St. Louis in 1986.

Legal Services

Education

  • Washington University in St. Louis
    JD 1986
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    BS in Business Administration 1983

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Missouri

Court Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • United States Bankruptcy Court
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