Managing Partner
Robert Parker
Personal injury, wrongful-death, and adoption attorney serving Peoria and Central Illinois. Robert leads the active legal work of the firm today.
View Robert Parker's BioA Peoria Law Firm Founded Downtown in 1977
Parker & Parker Attorneys at Law is a downtown Peoria law firm handling plaintiff-side personal injury and wrongful-death cases, along with Illinois adoption matters including foster-care adoptions. Drew Parker founded the practice in downtown Peoria in 1977. Robert Parker joined the firm in 2009 and leads it today from the firm's office at 300 NE Perry Avenue.
The firm remains local by design: one downtown Peoria office, direct attorney responsibility, and practice systems built around Central Illinois courts, hospitals, families, and records.
Attorney profiles
Who Leads Parker & Parker
Clients should be able to see who is responsible for the legal work. Parker & Parker is led today by Peoria attorney Robert Parker, with the firm's history carried through retired attorneys Drew Parker and Theresa Hardesty.
Parker & Parker at a glance
Core Firm Facts About Parker & Parker Attorneys at Law
Founded as Parker & Halliday in 1977
Drew Parker opened the practice in downtown Peoria before the firm became Parker & Parker.
Led Today by Robert Parker
Managing partner and active attorney for the firm today.
300 NE Perry Avenue Since February 2024
The Andrew J. Hodges House is a Certified Historic Structure in approved Part 1 historic tax-credit review through the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office.
Plaintiff-Side Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
The firm does not represent insurance companies in personal-injury cases.
Illinois Adoption and DCFS Panel Matters
Statewide foster-care matters through the Illinois DCFS Statewide Adoption Attorney Panel.
Local Giving in Central Illinois Since 1977
More than $2.25M in support for local charities and community organizations since founding.
Parker & Parker Leadership and History
Drew Parker, Founder of Parker & Parker
Drew Parker opened the practice as Parker & Halliday in downtown Peoria in 1977 and built a plaintiff-side personal-injury practice there. He spent decades preparing and trying civil cases in Central Illinois before retiring in 2025.
Robert Parker, Managing Partner Today
Robert Parker joined the practice in 2009 and is now the firm's managing partner. The plaintiff-only posture Drew established remains the structure of the injury practice: Parker & Parker does not represent insurance companies or corporate defendants in personal-injury cases, and injury matters are prepared with trial in view whether they settle or proceed to court.
Illinois Adoption Work at Parker & Parker
In 2012, attorney Theresa Hardesty's Peoria adoption practice became part of Parker & Parker, bringing decades of foster-care and private-adoption work under the same roof. Today the adoption practice continues through Robert Parker and paralegal Beth Flores, including a statewide caseload under the Illinois DCFS Statewide Adoption Attorney Panel.
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and Adoption Matters in Central Illinois
Parker & Parker runs two practice areas in parallel, with separate intake, staffing, and conflict checks.
Plaintiff-Side Personal Injury and Wrongful-Death Cases
Personal injury and wrongful death. The firm handles auto collisions, truck crashes, nursing-home neglect, premises liability, dog-bite injuries, motorcycle crashes, catastrophic-injury matters, medical malpractice matters, uninsured and underinsured motorist claims, and wrongful-death claims across Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, Stark, Knox, and surrounding Central Illinois counties. Injury and wrongful-death matters are accepted on a contingency-fee basis, with free consultations and no attorney fee unless the firm recovers.
Illinois Adoption Matters, Including DCFS Panel Work
Adoption. The firm handles foster-care adoptions through the Illinois DCFS Statewide Adoption Attorney Panel, stepparent adoptions, private-agency adoptions, independent adoptions, and international finalizations. Foster-care attorney fees are paid under the State of Illinois DCFS fee schedule. Other adoption matters are handled by flat fee, disclosed at intake.
Robert Parker is a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and has authored continuing-legal-education materials on Illinois adoption law.
Who you'll talk to
Who You'll Talk to When You Call Parker & Parker
The goal is simple: understand what happened, route you to the right person, and give you a clear next step.
Robert Parker
Managing Partner
Robert Parker is the attorney responsible for the firm's personal-injury, wrongful-death, and adoption matters. He is recognized by Super Lawyers and Leading Lawyers, is a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, has authored continuing-legal-education materials on Illinois adoption law, and is periodically featured by WEEK 25 News on personal-injury and child-welfare topics.
Beth Flores
Adoption Paralegal
Beth is the heart of the adoption practice. With nearly two decades at Parker & Parker, she helps foster-care, stepparent, and private-agency families feel steady and informed through finalization.
Celina Montgomery
Personal-Injury Paralegal
Celina is often the first caring voice for injury clients. She keeps records, scheduling, lien information, and day-to-day communication moving so clients feel supported from the first call.
Kimberly Parker
3L Law Student
Kimberly is a 3L law student and the firm's creative director. She supports litigation, legal research, trial preparation, and the photography and visual work that shape the firm's public materials.
Eric Steffen
Analyst
Eric brings a background in libraries, HR, education, and emergency medical response to intake and case support. He helps organize information, follow up on records, and keep communication moving.
How Parker & Parker Handles Injury, Wrongful-Death, and Adoption Cases
Plaintiff-side injury
Parker & Parker Represents Injured People and Families
In personal-injury and wrongful-death cases, Parker & Parker represents injured people and families, not insurance companies or corporate defendants.
Trial preparation
Cases Are Built as If Court May Become Necessary
Most injury cases settle. The ones that do not must be ready for court, so records, damages, witnesses, negotiations, and litigation deadlines are organized with trial in view.
Attorney responsibility
Robert Parker Leads the Legal Strategy
Robert Parker leads the legal strategy on the firm's injury, wrongful-death, and adoption matters, with staff support organized around each practice system.
Fees and intake
Fee Structures Are Explained Before the Case Begins
Injury and wrongful-death cases are contingency-fee matters. Foster-care adoption fees are paid under the State of Illinois DCFS panel schedule; other adoption fees are flat and disclosed at intake.
Separate practice systems
Injury and Adoption Matters Move Through Separate Workflows
Personal injury and adoption move through separate intake, staffing, and conflict-check systems so each case is evaluated on its own facts, documents, deadlines, and client needs.
Downtown Peoria office
Parker & Parker's Downtown Peoria Office at 300 NE Perry Avenue
Parker & Parker has practiced in downtown Peoria since 1977. The firm bought the historic building at 300 NE Perry Avenue in February 2024 and has worked there since, near the Peoria County Courthouse, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Carle Methodist, Carle Proctor, and I-74.
The building is the Andrew J. Hodges House, built circa 1885 in the Victorian / Second Empire style. It is a contributing structure within Peoria's North Side Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and approved in Part 1 historic tax-credit review as a Certified Historic Structure after review through the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office.
Common questions
Common Questions About Parker & Parker Attorneys at Law
Who Leads Parker & Parker Today?
Robert Parker is the managing partner and active attorney leading Parker & Parker Attorneys at Law today. Drew Parker founded the firm in 1977 and retired in 2025.
Where Is Parker & Parker Located?
Parker & Parker is located at 300 NE Perry Avenue in downtown Peoria, Illinois, in the historic Andrew J. Hodges House near the Peoria County Courthouse, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Carle Methodist, Carle Proctor, and I-74.
What Does Parker & Parker Handle?
The firm handles plaintiff-side personal-injury and wrongful-death cases, along with Illinois adoption matters including foster-care adoptions through the Illinois DCFS Statewide Adoption Attorney Panel.
What Counties Does the Firm Serve for Injury Cases?
Parker & Parker handles injury and wrongful-death matters across Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, Stark, Knox, and surrounding Central Illinois counties.
Is Drew Parker Still Practicing?
Drew Parker founded Parker & Parker and practiced law for decades in Peoria before retiring in 2025. Robert Parker leads the firm today.