Reed Armstrong - Attorney Bios

Michael C. Hobin

Michael C. Hobin has been associated with Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Mudge & Morrissey, P.C., since graduating from law school in May of 2000.

Michael was born in Peoria, Illinois on August 17, 1970. After attending Catholic elementary and secondary schools in Peoria, he went on to graduate with a B.S. in political science in 1992. He played NCAA Division I soccer while at Bradley. In 1994, he graduated from Illinois State University with a M.S. in history. After teaching government, history and sociology at a college preparatory school from 1994-97, Michael headed to law school. He graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in May 2000. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in November 2000 and admitted to practice generally before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in January 2001.

Since joining the law firm, Michael has worked on a wide range of cases, including automobile, dram shop, subrogation, products liability, workers’ compensation, premise, criminal, traffic and toxic tort related cases. He has tried personal injury cases to verdict in Madison County, St. Clair County, Fayette County, Marion County and Jersey County, Illinois.

In May of 2007, Michael tried a civil rights action to verdict in the Southern District of Illinois before U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon. In June of 2007 a Madison County Jury returned a verdict of $250 in a personal injury action tried before Circuit Court Judge Nicholas J. Byron after plaintiff’s counsel suggested an award of $75,000.

Michael is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association and the legal fraternity of Phi Delta Phi.