Peterson, Marit A.

Emily B. Cour joined Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd. in 2005 upon graduation from law school. She was admitted to practice law in Illinois in November of that year. She concentrates her practice in the areas of health law, estate planning, trust and estate administration, transactions, and real estate.

Ms. Cour graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a degree in Business Administration (B.A. cum laude, 2002) and received her Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law. During her law school career, Ms. Cour served as an Editor on the Saint Louis University Law Journal and interned with Judge Lawrence G. Crahan of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

Ms. Cour's health law practice includes advising health care providers on compliance, STARK, fraud and abuse, contract negotiations and other operational and transactional concerns.

Ms. Cour was a member of the 2005-2006 Leadership Springfield class and was selected to the 2007 Springfield Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" list of central Illinois business leaders. She serves on the board of directors of the Young Springfield Professional's Network, and also serves as the chair of its community service committee. She is a member of the American, Illinois State, Central Illinois Women's and Sangamon County Bar Associations, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys.