Barry Hines

Barry O. Hines graduated in 1969 from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and received his Juris Doctor in 1972 from the University of Illinois School of Law. He is a sole proprietor in Springfield, Illinois concentrating his law practice in the areas of estate planning, commercial real estate, agricultural law and related litigation. Mr. Hines has authored numerous legal publications including “Land Trusts, Succession Planning, & Other Estate Planning Issues Involving Farmland” (2013) for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; “Hot Topics in Agricultural Law”: Cash, Variable Cash, Production & Share Leases: Issues & Forms, Donald L. Uchtmann & Barry O. Hines (2008), “Illinois Boundary Law” (2016) and “Private Rail Crossings” (2019) for the Illinois State Bar Association and taped for the ISBA Quick Take Video Series a segment on Illinois Boundary Law (2017) and with Andrew White a segment on “Illinois Farm Leases” (2019); and “Planning for a Full or Partial Outright Sale or Gift of Farmland” (2013), “Agricultural Use Valuation,”(2013) and “Probate Litigation” (2015) for the National Business Institute. In 2014 through 2020 Mr. Hines’s legal peers recommended him as the number one of the Top 10 Leading Agricultural Lawyers in Illinois and in 2015, 2019 and 2020, Mr. Hines’s legal peers recommended him as the number one of the Top 10 Leading Downstate: Real Estate-Related Lawyers in Illinois, all as published by Leading Lawyer Magazine. He is recipient of the ISBA Board of Governors Award in 2018. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Barry Hines included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governor’s Award for exemplary service to the Association and the Illinois Bar, 2018 No. 1 in the Top Ten Agricultural Leading Lawyers in Illinois, 2014-2019 No. 1 in the Top Ten down-State Real Estate-Related Leading Lawyers in Illinois, 2015 and 2019 No. 5 in the Top Ten Down-State Trust, Will, and Estate Planning Attorneys-Leading Lawyers in Illinois, 2019 Top One Hundred Leading Down-State Business Lawyers in Illinois Top One Hundred Leading Down-State Commerce Lawyers in Illinois Other Sources of Feedback About Barry Hines Included on the 2007Illinois Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2006 Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Sole Practitioner

• Barger, Segatto, Hoffee & Hines, 36 years, Senior Partner

• Board of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, Member - 2012, 2015 and 2018
• Board of Directors of Vision for Hope

• Illinois State Bar Association Ag Law Section Council (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association Ag Law Section Council, Vice Chair and Continuing Legal Education Committee (Chair)
• Sangamon County Bar Association
• Sangamon Valley Estate Planning Council