
Kathleen L. Pine
Commissioner
Kathleen has over 35 years of experience representing hospitals and physicians in medical malpractice cases in Illinois and Missouri. She was a shareholder at Sandberg Phoenix & vin Gontard P.C., retiring in 2022, opening the firm’s first satellite office in Carbondale in 2003.
Kathy is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Jackson County Bar Association, and past president of the Southern Illinois Inn of Court. She is also a board or committee member for several community organizations including The Survivors Empowerment Center and Artspace 304.
Kathy holds a J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law and a B.A. from Illinois State University. She was appointed to the Commission on Professionalism in 2021.