j.kincaid@silvislaw.com
(309) 755-5096

Education

• May 2003   St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA   B.A. in Finance, Summa Cum Laude

• May 2006   St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO   Juris Doctor

• Member of Phi Eta Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society

• Member of Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society

• Member of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society

• Member Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity SAU and Sullivan Chapter (SLU chapter)

Areas of Practice

• General Practice

• Real Estate

• Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration

• Guardianships

• Special Needs Trusts

• Transactional Law, Corporate Law

• General Civil Litigation

Admitted

• Illinois, 2006

• U.S. District Court, 7th Circuit Central District, 2006

• Iowa, 2007

• United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 2015

Memberships & Designations

• Licensed to practice law in Illinois 2006 and Iowa 2007

• Licensed to practice before U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois and Southern District of Iowa

• Member of Illinois State Bar Association (Assembly Member 2016-2021, Rural Practice Initiative Committee 2022-Present, Special Committee on Serving Lawyers in Rural Practices 2022-Present)

• Member of Iowa State Bar Association

• Member of Rock Island County Bar Association (Women’s Bar Committee Chair 2011-2015, Board of Managers 2017-2019, Vice President 2019 – 2022, President 2022 - 2023, Law Day co-chair 2020-Present, Photo committee chair 2019, Real Estate committee chair 2019, Mentor Committee co-chair 2015 - 2022, Eviction Diversion Program Committee member 2020 – Present)

• Member of Quad City Estate Planning Council (Board member 2019 – Immediate Past President) 

• Member of Scott County Bar Association

• Member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International

• Member of Quad City Estate Planning Council (Board member 2019 - Current President)

• Member of Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys (I.O.W.A.)

• Member of Quad City Planned Giving Council 2023 - Present

Presentations

• Estate Planning Essentials

• Evictions: Iowa v. Illinois

• Illinois Evictions

• Real Estate Basics

• Iowa Wills

• Eviction Diversion Program and Mediation Training

• ISBA Rural Practice Initiative Presentation and Open Forum