Alvin C. Paulson

Alvin C. Paulson graduated cum laude from St. Louis University School of Law in 1986. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

His affiliations include memberships in the St. Clair County Bar Association (Board of Directors 1990-1992), East St. Louis and Illinois State Bar Associations, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Mr. Paulson has served as a member of the Local Government Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Associations and serves as the City Attorney for the City of Fairview Heights and the City of Mascoutah. He also serves as an Assistant State's Attorney for St. Clair County, Illinois, and defends the County in all of its civil cases. In addition, Mr. Paulson is legal counsel for the Illinois County Insurance Trust representing the counties of: Bond, Christian, Clinton, Coles Cumberland, Edwards, Fayette, Jersey, Monroe, Randolph, Shelby and Williamson.

Mr. Paulson concentrates his practice in litigation. He has tried major civil cases in Illinois and Missouri State and Federal Courts in the area of municipal defense and has tried numerous civil rights cases with favorable verdicts for his municipal clients.

Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, P.C.
Attorneys At Law
5111 West Main Street
Belleville, Illinois 62226
Telephone: (618) 235-0020
or (618) 271-1600
Fax: (618) 235-8558