SHELBYVILLE, IL. — Word has been received that Shelbyville attorney Edward C. (Chris) Eberspacher died Friday as the result of a pedestrian/vehicle accident in Ft. Myers, FL
Eberspacher received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois, College of Law, in 1974, and joined the firm of Dove & Dove, Attorneys at Law, as an associate that fall. In 1976, he was elected State's Attorney for Shelby County, Illinois, a position in which he served until 1980, when he became a partner with the firm of Dove & Dove. Thereafter, in addition to his general practice, he served as Special Prosecutor for Fayette County, Illinois, Special State's Attorney for Shelby County, Illinois, by appointment of the Chief Circuit Court Judge, and Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois. In early 1985, he was appointed as one of three at-large Circuit Judges for the nine-county Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois and was elected to that office in 1986. In that capacity, he regularly presided in jury trials and contested bench trials throughout the 4th Circuit Court and in the First Municipal District for Cook County, Illinois. In December of 1992, he returned to the general practice of law as a partner with Dove & Dove, Attorneys at Law, where he was engaged in the general practice of law with emphasis on commercial litigation, personal injury and criminal defense. He was a member of the Shelby County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Shelbyville, Lincoln Trails Council, B. S. A., the Shelbyville Rotary Club and the Shelbyville Free Public Library. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Shelbyville. He was also a member of various Masonic Orders.
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