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Born South Holland, Illinois, October 26, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, 1989; 1997, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2001, Northern District of Indiana; 2004, Southern District of Indiana. Federal Trial Bar; Education: St. Norbert College (B.B.A., 1985); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1988). Member: Defense Research Institute; and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Board of Directors, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, 2003 - present.
Mr. Lynch’s practice is concentrated in the defense of transportation, product liability, construction and commercial cases in the state and federal court systems. His trial experience includes the defense of catastrophic injury and wrongful death suits. He also has broad experience in the handling of business and commercial disputes through trial and arbitration, including the representation of defendants in consumer class action litigation. For the past several years, Mr. Lynch has served as a columnist for the IDC Quarterly, the magazine of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, for which he writes the Recent Decisions column. His writings have also been published in the Tort & Insurance Law Journal and the Products, General Liability, and Consumer Law Newsletter of TIPS. In 2002, John was selected by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of the “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.