Ted Niemann
Ted Niemann
Illinois State Bar Association
Candidate for ISBA 3rd Vice President

Ted Niemann practices primarily real estate, commercial, banking, corporate, estate planning and administration, agriculture, and debt collection law. Among other clients, he represents a family-owned chain of grocery stores and other retail businesses located in four states and having over 100 locations, several regional banks, and a publicly-held wheel and tire manufacturer. Also, he represented for many years a livestock feed and nutrition manufacturer, as well as a lender and borrowers in “New Markets Tax Credit Program” transactions, a client in its purchase of ten grocery stores and a client as a borrower regarding a $99 million dollar asset-based loan.
Education:
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DePaul University, J.D.
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University of Illinois, B.A.
Memberships & Affiliations:
Admissions State
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Illinois
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Missouri
Bar
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Adams County Bar Association
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Advocates Society
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American Bar Association
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Illinois Bar Foundation
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Kane County Bar Association
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North Suburban Bar Association
Professional
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Treasurer, Illinois State Bar Association
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Board Member for Area VI (Circuits 7,8,9), Illinois State Bar Association
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Scope & Correlation Committee Member, Illinois State Bar Association
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Assembly Member, Illinois State Bar Association
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Board Liaison to ISBA Section Councils on Rural Practice, Real Estate Law, Agricultural Law, Elder Law, & Food Law
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Chairman, Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Law Section Council
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Former President, Adams County Bar Association
Civic
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Board of Directors & Secretary-Treasurer, Chaddock Children’s Foundation
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Board of Directors, Niemann Foods, Inc.
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Former President, Cornerstone Foundation for Families
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Member and former President, Quincy Park Foundation
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Member and former President, Rotary Club of Quincy
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Board of Directors and former President, Rotary Foundation of Quincy
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Former Board of Directors, Two Rivers Council of Girls Scouts, Inc.
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Former President, Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers
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Volunteer, YMCA Fund Drive
Publications
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Featured in ISBA Rural Practice Section Council Member Profile: Ted M. Niemann (2026)
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Featured in Leading Lawyers Magazine (2013)
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Author, Chapter 19S: Insurance, Residential Real Estate (IICLE, Supp. 2005)
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Author, Chapter 20: Insurance, Residential Real Estate (IICLE, 2003)
Presentations
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Presenter, ISBA Real Estate Law Section Council CLE Seminars
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Presenter, Illinois Continuing Legal Education CLE Seminars
Recognition
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Recipient of the ISBA Matthew Maloney Tradition of Excellence Award (2022-2023)
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Illinois Leading Lawyer for Commercial Real Estate Law (2004 - 2019)
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Illinois Leading Lawyer for Closely Held & Privately Held Business Law (2018, 2019)
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Designated Top 100 Downstate Real Estate Lawyers in Illinois by Leading Lawyers (2018, 2019)


