Mr. Kopon’s extensive trial work has been in a variety of matters, including wrongful death cases, product liability, insurance coverage, and employment law. He currently serves as national counsel for Christian Brothers Services and has worked as national and regional counsel for product manufacturers. Mr. Kopon’s trial experience includes the defense of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. His employment practice includes federal and state statutory and common law actions. He has served as a faculty member on prestigious national and state defense trial programs. He has tried high profile cases and has also successfully argued before the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of his clients.

 

Mr. Kopon is also a member of The Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board (LLNAB) whose members are selected based upon their reputation and professional ethics, in addition to their knowledge of the lawyers within their practice area and respective region of a state.

EDUCATION

The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
J.D.,1980
Graduate with distinction
Law Review Providence College
B.A., 1976

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

District Court, Northeast District of Illinois, Federal Trial Bar, 1984
New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1982
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1980
Illinois, 1980

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

International Association of Defense Counsel Member since 1991
Past Chairman
Product Liability Committee
Faculty Member, 2003 Trial Academy International Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Boulder, CO. Faculty Member
2003 Trial Academy
Former Faculty Member of the IDC Trial Academy Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC)
Selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer and Leading Lawyers Network on multiple occasions
Defense Research Institute

REPORTED DECISIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Clay v. Kuhl, 189 Ill.2d 603 (2000)

Comet Cas. Co. v. Holloman, 113 Ill.App.3d 271 (1983)

Murray v. Chicago Youth Center, 352 Ill.App.3d 95 (2004)

Ferrer v. Kuhl, 301 Ill.App.3d 694 (1998)

Indoor Environment: Regulatory Developments and Emerging Standards of Care. By Andrew Kopon Jr. and Joseph C. Gergtis, Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 62, No. 1, January 1995.

Encouraging Corporate Responsibility. By Andrew Kopon Jr., Robert W. Hickey, and Scott A. Kearns. IDC Monograph, Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 3, Third Quarter 1995.