By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
MARION — Lawler Brown Law Firm is marking its 17th anniversary this month, a milestone that traces back to founder Adam B. Lawler's 2009 decision to build a firm focused on accessibility and deep local roots, according to the Southern Illinoisan.
Seventeen years is a long run for a law office in a county where plenty of businesses have come and gone with the coal seams and the courthouse dockets that follow them. A firm built on being reachable — on showing up for people who might not otherwise have a lawyer in their corner — is worth noting in a place where "no comment" has too often been the easier answer from people with more power than a working family down the road.
The anniversary is being marked this month; specifics on any public observance weren't detailed in the initial report. This desk wishes the firm well and will keep watching how it serves the county in the years ahead.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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