John T. Wagener

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Partner at Dressler Peters, LLC
70 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60654
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John T. Wagener, Attorney & Counselor at Law, Dressler Peters, LLC, devotes his practice to Products Liability & Tort Defense, Insurance Coverage, Commercial Litigation, Claims & Risk Management, Closely Held Corporations, Health Care Benefit Appeals and Regulatory Compliance. Mr. Wagener is an experienced trial attorney who understands what it means to be a valued client, experience he gained while managing litigation for a Fortune 500 retailer and also for what then was the largest pest control operator in the Southeastern United States. Knowing what was expected from the attorneys he had hired allows him to better tailor his services to the specific needs of the client while always remaining cost conscious.
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SPEAKER: October 2012 "Additional Insureds & Risk Transfer Strategies" lecture & webinar for Zurich Insurance NA, Overland Park, KS; October 2011 "Tender of Defense Program for Vendor's Endorsements & Additional Insureds" at REBEX 2011; April 2010 "Flip or Hold? Troubled Property Legal Checklist," as part of "Business Problems & Legal Solutions" presented by Willis Insurance; June 2009 "Sellers Breach of Contract Damages Under the UCC," Trial Attorneys of America, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. AUTHOR: Supplemental Interrogatories to Plaintiff, Based on a Loss of Consortium Claim, Callaghan's Ill. Civ. Prac. Fms. §23.48.52 (1992 Revised Volume); The Legal Process and Record Keeping Practices, §505, Managing for Products Liability Avoidance, CCH Inc. (3rd Ed. 2004).

Litigation
Products Liability Law
Risk Management
Insurance Coverage
Tort Law
Commercial Litigation
Regulatory Law
Insurance Defense
Landlord and Tenant Law

University Attended:

Spring Hill College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980

Law School Attended:

University of Illinois, J.D., magna cum laude; University of Illinois, J.D., 1983 Order of the Coif

Year of First Admission:

1983

Admission:

1983, Illinois; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas; 2009, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

Memberships:

Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Trial Attorneys of America (Director/Treasurer); CLM - Claims & Litigation Management Alliance.

Birth Information:

Chicago, Illinois, 1958

Reported Cases:

Bluewater Yacht v. Liberty Coach, Inc., 2009 WL 1684454 (W.D. Ark. 2009) (on-line only); Moore v. Motor Coach Industries, Inc., 487 F.Supp. 2d 1003 (N.D. Ill. 2007); Blake v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., 448 F.Supp 2d 635 (E.D.Pa. 2006); Hoffman v. Hercules Chemical Company, Inc., Case No. 03 C 5222 (N.D. Ill. 2004) (on-line only); Sears Auth. Term. & Pest Cont. v. Sullivan, 816 So.2d 603 (Fla. 2002).

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903023021

Hobbies & interests:

Almost 15 years of public service as a municipal government official in Lake County, Illinois; Trustee, Village of Green Oaks, Illinois, 4 terms, 1997 to present, Chairperson, Public Works Committee; Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, Board of Directors (2003 - present) & Executive Committee (2010 - present); Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, Alternate Delegate (2001-2005)

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