About Theodore J.
Theodore J. Harvatin has practiced law in Illinois for more than four decades. He built his career in Springfield and has run his own firm since the early 1980s. Colleagues describe him as steady and practical. Clients have turned to him for representation in matters brought in state and federal courts.
He took a conventional academic path into law. Harvatin earned a B.A. in economics and business from Knox College in 1974. He continued his studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receiving his J.D. in 1978. Those years set the stage for a practice rooted in courtroom work and local legal institutions.
Within a few years of finishing law school he established Harvatin Law Offices PC. He is listed as owner beginning in 1981. The firm has operated from Springfield, handling cases filed in Illinois courts and in the U.S. Federal Court where he is also authorized to appear. Running a small firm has kept him involved in both client-facing work and the administrative side of practice.
Harvatin’s professional memberships reflect longstanding ties to the bar in his region. He has been a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Sangamon County Bar Association since 1981. He joined the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association in 1986 and has maintained that membership into the present. Those affiliations have provided a network of peers and continuing legal education over the years.
Over time his docket has been shaped by the demands of local litigants and the patterns of practice in central Illinois. He has litigated in state-court venues across Sangamon County and in federal court when matters required it. His courtroom work has involved trials and hearings; he has also been responsible for counseling clients through various procedural stages.
Now based at Harvatin Law Offices PC, Harvatin remains active in practice. He continues to accept cases that require an experienced courtroom presence in Illinois and in federal court. His current practice focuses on litigation in those courts.
