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Welcoming Joseph Rose . . .

Sharp-Hundley, P.C. is pleased to announce that Joseph Rose, former general counsel and senior legal
adviser to the Illinois Department of Corrections and former assistant general counsel to the Illinois Department
of Central Management Services, has joined the firm.
A Riverside, IL, native, Rose received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from DePaul
University in Chicago in 1998 and his Juris Doctor Degree from Southern Illinois
University School of Law in 2001. He began his legal career with the Cook County
State’s Attorney office and has also served the Illinois Department of Employment
Security.
While in law school, was assistant editor of the Southern Illinois University Law
Journal and assistant editor of the Journal of Legal Medicine, on which SIU
collaborates with the American College of Legal Medicine. His article, To Tell or Not
to Tell, was published at 22 J. Legal Med. 207 (2001), and he was an award winner in
both trial advocacy and advanced torts.
At Sharp-Hundley, Rose is concentrating his practice in administrative law,
litigation, business counseling and real estate law. “Joe rapidly has become an integral part of our practice,”
said firm President John Hundley. “Persons with legal problems in his areas of concentration may consult him
with confidence.”
Rose may be reached at our Mt. Vernon office, 618-242-0200, Joseph@sharp-hundley.com.

. . . And Michael Olson

Sharp-Hundley, P.C. is pleased to announce that Michael Olson, 2016 graduate of the Michigan State
University School of Law, has joined the firm as an associate.
A Mt. Vernon, IL, native, Olson received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. He then studied law at
Michigan State, where he again graduated with honors.
While in law school, Olson was awarded the College of Law Trustee Scholarship
and the Jurisprudence Achievement Award in Constitutional Law. He was a clinical
resident in MSU’s First Amendment Law Clinic and in its Rental Housing Clinic. He is
a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta legal honor society.
“Michael was a summer associate for the firm while in law school and did an
excellent job,” said Sharp-Hundley President John Hundley. “We look forward to his
many contributions to our practice and our clients.”
At Sharp-Hundley, Olson will concentrate his practice in civil litigation, creditors’
rights, equitable remedies and related matters. He may be reached at our Mt. Vernon
office, 618-242-0200, Michael@sharp-hundley.com.

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SHARP-HUNDLEY, P.C.

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www.sharp-hundley.com

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John T. Hundley: John@sharp-hundley.com; Rebecca L. Reinhardt: Rebecca@sharp-hundley.com;
Joseph W. Rose: Joseph@sharp-hundley.com; Michael Olson: Michael@sharp-hundley.com

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