Nick Rochford

Jim graduated from Loras College with a double major Bachelor’s degree in Business and Communications, where he served as student body president. Jim would go on to graduate from John Marshal Law School in downtown Chicago in 1983. Jim served as the president of the student senate and received honors for graduating near the top of his class. While in law school as president of the student senate, He also worked at the Cook County State’s Attorney office during law school in the felony division, where he prosecuted rape and armed batter cases under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Upon graduation from law school, Jim worked at an insurance defense law firm in Chicago, where he handled a wide variety of cases including worker’s compensation, personal injury defense, plaintiff personal injury cases, malpractice defense, criminal and municipality cases. Jim then moved to Peoria where he worked for a local Peoria law firm for nearly two years. Then, in March of 1986, Jim opened his own law firm: Jim Rochford and Associates.