About

our team

about us

Meet the Colman Perkins Team

Colman Perkins Law Group, an AV-rated SIU and litigation firm, is honored to receive this highest of peer ratings, which recognizes professional excellence, legal ability and ethical standards.

“The buck stops here.”
~ Harry S. Truman

Jonathan H. Colman

Founding Partner

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain

James J. Perkins

Partner

“You never quit on a bad day.”
~ Author unknown

Kymberly Threlfall

Director of Business Operations

“Don’t play for the name on the back of your shirt, you play for the name on the front of your shirt.”
~ Tommy Lasorda

Daniel A. Everakes

Partner

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
~ Seneca

Brad A. Byszewski

Partner

“It’s nice to worry about playing golf and not all the other stuff.”
~ John Daly

Francis J. Fleming

Partner

“It don’t take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning, day after day and work for a living. Let’s see him try that, then we’ll see who the real tough guy is. The working man is the tough guy.”
~ Robert De Niro character, A Bronx Tale

Scott M. Koppel

Partner

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Francine B. Kelly

Partner

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”
~ Janis Joplin

Michele L. Levinson

Partner

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”
~ John F. Kennedy

Brittany A. Charboneau

Attorney

"You should never, never, doubt what nobody is sure about.”
~ Willy Wonka

Eduardo Contreras

Attorney

“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.”
~ Wade Boggs