Tummelson Bryan & Knox

What Tummelson Bryan & Knox does

Tummelson Bryan & Knox, LLP is a small, privately held partnership law firm headquartered at 115 N. Broadway Ave. in Urbana, Illinois, with a second office in Rantoul. The firm has served individuals and businesses in Champaign County and East Central Illinois for over 100 years and operates across five practice areas: estate planning, probate and guardianship; real estate law; business law; personal injury; and workers' compensation. The bench consists of three named partners — E. Phillips Knox (40+ years), Brian T. Schurter (joined 2006), and Stephen J. LeSueur (35+ years) — each holding multi-state bar admissions and significant civic involvement in the local community.

The firm runs a traditional professional services model with no proprietary technology platform. Revenue is generated through two streams: standard hourly or retainer billing across most practice areas, and contingency fees for personal injury cases, where clients pay attorney fees only if compensation is recovered. Free consultations are offered for personal injury and workers' compensation matters, and most other services are quote-based. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and almost entirely referral-driven, supplemented by community board participation and a basic informational website at tbklaw.com.

Customer segments are diversified across use cases rather than concentrated: individual clients needing estate planning, probate, and guardianship work are the primary segment, with secondary segments in personal injury victims, workers' compensation claimants, local businesses requiring formation and transactional support, and residential/commercial real estate clients. No enterprise anchor clients, no named logos, and no publicly disclosed revenue or headcount beyond the three named partners indicate a long-tail, geographically bounded client base.

Name

Tummelson Bryan & Knox

Legal name

Tummelson Bryan & Knox, LLP

Website

https://tbklaw.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tummelson Bryan & Knox is a privately held partnership law firm in Urbana, Illinois, serving individuals and small businesses in East Central Illinois through five practice areas: estate planning, real estate, business law, personal injury, and workers' compensation. The three-partner firm operates on referrals and traditional billing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Guardianship, Conservatorship & Special Needs Trust Services (FSAEAKAG)

Keywords

• Estate planning law
• Personal injury law
• Workers compensation law
• Real estate law
• Business law services

Headquarters

HQ city

Urbana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly/Retainer: Traditional legal fee arrangement for most practice areas including estate planning, probate, real estate law, business law, guardianship, and civil litigation. Clients are billed for legal services rendered.
2. Contingency Fee - Personal Injury: Personal injury cases handled on contingency fee basis where clients pay attorney fees only if compensation is recovered. Clients will not have to pay attorney's fees unless the firm helps them recover compensation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tummelson Bryan & Knox, LLP is a traditional partnership law firm providing individualized legal representation across five core practice areas: Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship Law; Real Estate Law; Business Law; Personal Injury Law; and Workers' Compensation Law. Services are delivered through direct attorney-client consultations at offices in Urbana and Rantoul, Illinois, targeting individuals and local businesses in East Central Illinois.

Product overview

Tummelson Bryan & Knox is a law firm providing legal services in East Central Illinois through five core practice areas: Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship Law; Real Estate Law; Business Law; Personal Injury Law; and Workers' Compensation Law. The firm has served the Champaign-Urbana community for over 100 years, offering individualized legal representation to individuals and businesses. The practice areas operate as interconnected service offerings, with attorneys often handling matters that span multiple areas—for example, business attorneys assisting with business formation and succession planning, while estate planning attorneys handle wills, trusts, and probate administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship Law

Quantifiable outcome

• Millions of dollars in compensation collected for injured clients

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Thomas, Mamer & Haughey, LLP: Champaign, Illinois-based law firm practicing in similar areas including civil litigation, estate planning, real estate, and business law. Comparable as a small, multi-partner regional firm competing for the same East Central Illinois clients and referral sources.
• Spiros Law, P.C. Illinois-based personal injury and workers' compensation firm operating on contingency fee arrangements with regional offices. Comparable to Tummelson Bryan & Knox's contingency-fee personal injury and workers' compensation practice on pricing model, target client (injured individuals), and case-mix.
• Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP: Springfield, Illinois-based full-service regional law firm with comparable practice area breadth across business, real estate, estate planning, and litigation. Comparable as a similarly sized multi-partner central-Illinois firm serving overlapping institutional and individual client needs.
• Meyer Capel, P.C. Long-established Champaign, Illinois multi-practice law firm with comparable breadth across estate planning, real estate, business, and litigation matters. Highly comparable as a peer-sized, peer-geography professional services firm serving the same Champaign-Urbana client base.

Broad incumbents

• Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. One of Illinois' larger full-service law firms with offices across central Illinois (including Peoria) and a long history in litigation, business, and estate-related work. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering overlapping capabilities across the same practice areas Tummelson Bryan & Knox serves.

Regional players

• Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, LLC: Springfield, Illinois-based regional law firm with overlapping practice areas in business, real estate, estate planning, and litigation. Comparable as a central-Illinois competitor serving a similar mid-market regional client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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