Christopher, Milena

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.