About Richard Ian
Richard Ian Conner grew up academically focused on politics and public affairs, earning a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Business from Western Illinois University in 2010. He continued his legal studies at Southern Illinois University School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 2014. His time in law school included practical work that exposed him to client-facing services and public interest matters.
Conner’s early legal work began while he was still a student. In 2010 he served as a law clerk for the McDonough County State’s Lawyer’s Office. In 2012 he held a series of clerkships and student roles, including positions at Anderson and Boback, LLC, the Cook County State’s Lawyer’s Office, the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, and the SIU Self Help Legal Center. Those roles ranged from traditional law clerk duties to direct assistance for people navigating court procedures. In 2014 he served as a Rule 711 intern with the Office of the Public Guardian, gaining experience in matters involving guardianship and the protection of vulnerable adults.
After law school Conner moved into private practice and consumer advocacy work. In 2015 he worked for the Consumer Law Group and also spent time at The Law Office of Tiffany Hughes. By 2017 he was listed as a lawyer at Kollias, P.C., a firm that appears as his office affiliation. These positions reflect a transition from internships and clerking into regular practice, including representation of individual clients in civil matters.
Conner maintains memberships in several bar organizations across the Chicago metropolitan area, including the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Kane County Bar Association. Those memberships place him in professional circles that cover both local court practice and statewide developments in Illinois law.
His background combines public-sector internships and private-practice roles. He has handled matters tied to consumer law and has experience stemming from work at a public guardian’s office and legal aid organization. That mix gives him familiarity with both the procedural side of court work and the substantive issues clients bring to small-firm practitioners.
He is now practicing out of Kollias, P.C., and works on consumer-oriented litigation and related civil matters in Illinois.
