Current Employment Position(s)

Founding Partner

Lawyer Overview

John F. Winters, Jr. is a founding partner of the firm Winters Enright Salzetta & O’Brien, L.L.C. The firm was formed in 1997 and Mr. Winters concentrates in representing clients who are injured through medical negligence, personal injury, including airline, automobile and trucking cases, premises liability, and products liability. Before becoming a partner at Winters Enright Salzetta & O’Brien, Mr. Winters spent six years at a firm where he tried and settled numerous cases on behalf of injured clients.

John has been the lead attorney in numerous trials involving complex medical and personal injuries, including several high profile cases including controversial subject matters that resulted in verdicts or settlements in favor of his clients.

John has also argued before the Illinois Appellate Court on cases involving such topical issues as the civil responsibility of the Catholic Church for the tortious conduct of its priest in the commission of sexual misconduct ranging from molestation to rape.

John has also argued before the United States Appellate Court, Fifth District (New Orleans, LA), on a highly controversial case involving the death of a volunteer nurse in Vietnam who contracted cancer through exposure to the chemical defoliant known as “Agent Orange” that was knowingly manufactured with carcinogenics by the major chemical companies in the United States and sold to the United States government to be used by the military during the Vietnam War.

Mr. Winters has been a lecturer at Chicago Bar Association, continuing legal education classes and an invited speaker before the Illinois House of Representatives on numerous issues involving the protections of injured individuals’ rights.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Negligence
• Personal Injury
• Automobile Accidents
• Trucking Accidents
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Defamation

West Practice Categories

Motor Vehicle, Personal Injury -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• National Football League Players Association (Contract Advisor)

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Classes, Chicago Bar Association
• Speaker, Numerous Issues Involving the Protections of Injured Individuals' Rights, Illinois House of Representatives
• Speaker, "How the Take an Effective Deposition in Three Hours or Less" NBC Today Show with Katie Couric, Chicago Bar Association

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Address

111 West Washington Street
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60602

Phones

(312) 236-6324

Faxes

(312) 236-6426

Emails

jwinters@wesolaw.com

Websites

http://www.wesolaw.com