Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

John Christian has more than three decades of experience in the areas of product liability, insurance and reinsurance matters, commercial and general tort litigation, construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He has significant experience in general contract litigation, federal securities law litigation, as well as class action litigation.

A key component of John's practice has been counseling manufacturers regarding ways to avoid potential litigation, both in the design and recall of products and the preparation of warnings, labels and operator instruction manuals. He has represented self-insured manufacturers of heavy industrial equipment as their national products liability counsel on cases involving catastrophic personal injuries. John has also defended professional liability claims against lawyers, engineers and surveyors, and has handled numerous mediations and insurance/reinsurance arbitrations. He has won numerous jury trials in Illinois, as well as in California, Florida, Louisiana, Ohio and South Carolina.

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability
• Construction
• Insurance Coverage
• Litigation
• Product Liability: Aviation/Aerospace
• Product Liability: Product Safety
• Product Liability: Recreational Products
• Product Liability: Toxic Tort

West Practice Categories

Products Liability Law, Construction Law, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Aviation, Recreational Products, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association (Chairman, Tort Litigation Committee)
• Chicago Bar Association (Chairman, Special Task Force on Insurance)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Product Liability, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

Education

• The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973
  J.D., With Honors
• Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1970
  A.B., With Honors

Address

131 South Dearborn Street
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60603-5559

Phones

(312) 324-8660

Faxes

(312) 324-9660

Emails

jchristian@perkinscoie.com

Websites

http://www.perkinscoie.com