About Mary Christine

Mary Christine Ludwig trained as both a lawyer and a business expert. She holds a J.D. from Drake University Law School (2005), a M.B.A. from Drake University (2005) and a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995). While at Drake Law she completed a certificate in Food and Agricultural Law. Those educational selections set the sample for a career cut up between regulation and agricultural business.

Her early work blended farm management and banking. In 1995 she joined the State Bank of Chrisman as an assistant vice-president. A few years later she labored as a fieldman in farm business and farm management. Those roles gave her realistic experience at the business side of agriculture, experience she later carried into legal practice.

Ludwig moved into law work in the early 2000s. She interned at Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C. in 2004. By 2005 she was indexed as a companion at Dodd Ludwig Maatuka LLC, a role that shows an early shift into personal practice. In 2011 she joined Johnson & Taylor as a lawyer and partner. The series indicates steady motion from hands-on agricultural roles to legal practice and company management.

Her credentials include coursework and a certificate in food and farm law from Drake. That training pairs together with her earlier agricultural economics diploma and farm control experience. It informs how she advises clients on matters where farm operations, agricultural finance and regulatory necessities intersect. She is licensed to practice in Illinois.

Colleagues describe her as methodical and practical in dealing with complex truth styles. Clients have sought her out for matters that integrate technical agricultural problems and corporate law. She has treated transactional and advisory work, drawing on each her banking background and legal training.

Today she is a companion at Johnson & Taylor. Her practice facilities on agricultural and food regulation things and related enterprise problems, handled from the company's Illinois office.

Education

Drake University

MBA (2005) | Business Administration

2003

Drake University Law School

J.D. (2005) | Law

2002

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

B.S. (1995) | Agricultural Economics

1991

Languages

English (Spoken, Written)

Experience

Lawyer/Partner

Johnson & Taylor
2011

Lawyer/Partner

Dodd Ludwig Maatuka LLC
2005

Intern

Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C.
2004

Fieldman

Farm Business Farm Management
1998

Assistant Vice-President

State Bank of Chrisman
1995

Accepted Jurisdictions

Illinois

Certifications & Awards

Food and Agricultural Law

Drake University Law School

Office Locations

Main Office

 P.O. Box 407 109 N. Mill St. Pontiac IL 61764