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John J. Lowrey - Illinois Malpractice Trial Attorney

Practice Areas:
Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Brain Injury; Business Litigation

Memberships and Societies:

  • Chicago Bar Association (Elected Member, Board of Managers, 1986-1988)
  • Committee Chairman, Continuing Legal Education, 1991-1992
  • Illinois State (Elected Member of Assembly, Illinois State Bar Assembly, 1984-1990) and Federal (Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter) Bar Associations
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Elected Member, Board of Managers)
  • Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association
  • Phi Alpha Delta

Academic Background:

  • University of Denver, J.D., 1969
  • Loyola University, B.S., 1961

Admissions:

  • Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado - 1969
  • Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar - 1970
  • U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit - 1977
  • U.S. Court of Military Appeals

Presentations:

  • Plaintiffs Perspective in Products Liability, IICLE, 1990
  • Opening Statements, Motions, Jury Instructions in Trial of Civil Lawsuit, CBA, 1990 and Economic and Financial Experts, ITLA, 1990. Lecturer: Midwest Deposition Program, NITA 1995
  • Effective use of Depositions at ISBA Trial 1991. Deposing Defense Experts, IlCLE, 1989
  • Opening Statements, CBA, 1989
  • Recent developments in medical malpractice litigation, ISBA, 1976. Coordinator and Speaker of CBA-Bench/Bar Symposiums, 1989-1991.
  • Pleadings after the Medical Malpractice Reform Act, ITLA, 1988
  • Packaging the Evidence, ITLA, 1987
  • Medical Malpractice Trials, Loyola University School of Law, 1986
  • Medical Negligence Practice under new statute, ITLA, 1986
  • Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, ITLA, 1986
  • Preparing the Expert for Deposition, ITLA, 1985
  • Medical Malpractice Reform Act, ITLA, 1985
  • Chancery Practice Seminar, CBA, 1985
  • Update on Professional Negligence, ITLA, 1984
  • Cross-examination of defendant's medical expert witness at trial, Young Lawyers Section, CBA, 1984
  • Update on Professional Negligence, ITLA, 1984
  • Deposing the medical expert, Young Lawyers Section, CBA, 1984
  • Comprehensive Evidence, ITLA, 1983
  • Current Practice in the First Municipal District, CBA, 1982
  • Direct and cross-examination of an economist in a personal injury action, IlCLE, 1982
  • Medical expert witnesses, What attorneys should understand about doctors, IlCLE, 1981
  • Illinois Civil Evidence Trial Skills Course, IlCLE, 1979
  • Experts in Federal Discovery, CBA, 1979
  • Evidence and Procedure in Professional Malpractice Litigation, De Paul University School of Law, 1976

Publications:

  • "The Trial Brief: an Aid to Preparation and Persuasion," Trial Talk: CTLA, Vol. 39, Issue 34, 1990
  • "Averbach Handling Accident Cases—Medical, Hospital and Dental Malpractice," §83B Interrogatories Regarding Insurance Policies, 1990
  • "Statutory Considerations," IICLE Medical Malpractice Handbook, Chapter 13, 1989
  • "Examination of Neurosurgeon in Neurosurgery Anesthesiology Quadroplegia Malpractice Case," Medical Trial Techniques Quarterly, Vol. 36, 1989
  • "Vicarious Liability and Corporate Negligence," Medical & Hospital Negligence, Chapters 13-14, 1988
  • "A Medical Malpractice Trial Analyzed," American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 11:1, Summer, 1987
  • "Making the Defense Expert Your Expert in Medical Malpractice Cases," Trial Diplomacy Journal, Vol. 9 #2, Summer, 1986
  • "Hospital Liability for Contract Emergency Room Physicians," Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal, Vol. 7, #2, Spring/Summer, 1985
  • "Trial Techniques in Medical Malpractice, Opening Statement," Medical Trial Techniques Quarterly, Summer, 1985
  • Julien Opening Statements, §1.01.27 and §3.02, 1985
  • Stein Closing Argument, §§312.50, 315.50, 405.50, 1985
  • "Presenting the Medical Evidence: Testimony of Neuropsychologist in Retrolental Fibroplasia Malpractice Case: $17 Million Structured Settlement," A Case History Report, Trauma, No. 2, August, 1985
  • "Limitations in Medical Malpractice Cases: A Plaintiffs View," Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal, Vol. 7, #1, Fall/Winter 1984

Military:

  • Col., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1958-1983, Retired