Giffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes, P.C.

01/19/2026

Springfield, IL - Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C. is pleased to welcome Samantha Bobor as a partner effective January 2026.

Sam joined the firm in March 2020 as an associate attorney. She serves clients across Central Illinois out of the firm’s Springfield and Jacksonville offices.

Sam concentrates her practice on labor and employment law, school law, civil litigation, and landlord-tenant law. She counsels private employers and public sector bodies on labor-management relations, including providing representation throughout collective bargaining and arbitration hearings. She also represents clients on wage and hour complaints, state and federal claims for discrimination, unemployment hearings, contract claims, as well as advising on leave laws, employee discipline and termination, and other employment matters. Additionally, Sam advises public bodies regarding FOIA requests and the Open Meetings Act.

Sam represents landlords in the eviction process and supportive living facilities and nursing homes in involuntary discharges throughout the State.

Sam is a native of Monee, Illinois and moved to Central Illinois in 2016 to begin her legal career in private practice in Jacksonville, where she represented clients throughout the Central Illinois area.

Sam received her Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Oberlin College, along with a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law. While at Chicago-Kent, Sam earned a Certificate in the Program of Labor and Employment Law. She received a CALI Award in her Employment Relationships course and was awarded the Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Award in 2015.

Sam enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, watching the Chicago Cubs, and volunteering throughout her community. She currently serves on the Board for Better Child Care, Inc. and is the Vice President of the Central Illinois Women’s Bar Association. Sam is a Past-President of the Kiwanis Club of Jacksonville. She has been active with the Illinois State Bar Association and is a member of the Sangamon County Bar Association, the Morgan County Bar Association, and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. She is recognized as an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers.

05/29/2025

05/27/2025

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05/07/2024

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Springfield, Illinois Law Firm, Giffin, Winning, Cohen and Bodewes, P.C. practice areas include Personal Injury, Family Law, Estate Planning, Individual Litigation and Business Law. Contact us at 217-525-1571.

04/17/2024

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Springfield, Illinois Law Firm, Giffin, Winning, Cohen and Bodewes, P.C. practice areas include Personal Injury, Family Law, Estate Planning, Individual Litigation and Business Law. Contact us at 217-525-1571.

01/22/2024

Our office will be closed today, Monday, January 22nd.

The safety of our employees and clients are a priority for us.

Be safe and we plan to reopen normal hours on Tuesday.

07/31/2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2023

Historic Springfield Law Firm
Launches Satellite Office in Jacksonville, Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C. has announced the opening of a new office in Jacksonville at 102 N. Westgate Ave., Suite B. Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C. is a full-service law firm with eight attorneys, three of counsel, and a team of experienced staff.

The firm believes that the expansion aligns perfectly with its objective of servicing new and existing clients. The decision to expand into Morgan County aligns perfectly with the firm’s mission – for over 100 years – to provide excellent legal services to new and existing clients throughout Central Illinois.

The new Jacksonville office will be the firm’s third location following the opening of its Hillsboro office in 2016.

The office will be staffed primarily by Attorney Samantha Bobor. Ms. Bobor joined the firm in 2020 after spending over three years in private practice in Jacksonville. Ms. Bobor practices in the areas of general litigation, as well as in education, labor and employment, and local government law. In addition to Ms. Bobor’s practice, clients will be able to take advantage of the full-service ability of the firm as a whole. She explained, “Through our Jacksonville office, residents of Morgan County and the surrounding areas will have access to every attorney of our firm handling a broad spectrum of legal issues. The firm takes a team approach to a client-centered experience. Because we approach legal issues as a team, a client who retains one of our attorneys actually retains all of our attorneys, having at their disposal all of the expertise and resources that the entire firm can bring to bear upon their legal problem.”

Not only does the firm’s legal team offer decades of collective legal experience, but their attorneys are backed by the highest levels of professional recognition. Many of the firm’s attorneys have received the prestigious “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, named to Illinois “Super Lawyers”®, and included in “Leading Lawyers Network” publications. The firm counts among its former members and associates a United States Senator from Illinois, congressmen, judges, and other prominent governmental, community, and business leaders. Additionally, the firm is a member of SCG Legal, an invitation-only group of over 145 preeminent independent law firms.

More information about the firm can be found at http://www.gwcblaw.com.

i. AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® PEER REVIEW RATINGS™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
ii. Member firms practice independently and are not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.

Springfield, Illinois Law Firm, Giffin, Winning, Cohen and Bodewes, P.C. practice areas include Personal Injury, Family Law, Estate Planning, Individual Litigation and Business Law. Contact us at 217-525-1571.

05/13/2022

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