The Midwestern corporate law firm of Heyl Royster, which represents insurance carriers, health care companies, universities, businesses and other large institutions, has named Kevin Luther the managing partner of its Rockford, Illinois, office, the Rockford Register Star newspaper reported.

A former chair of Heyl Royster’s workers’ compensation practice area, Luther primarily represents clients in workers’ compensation, employment, labor law and employer liability matters.   

He supervises all Rockford and Chicago-based Heyl Royster attorneys who practice in the fields of employment, labor practices and workers’ compensation.

Luther holds a bachelor’s degree from Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, and a law degree from Washington University School of Law.

He was admitted to the Illinois State Bar Association in 1984, according to the bar’s website.