Charles Joern

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ABOUT CHARLES JOERN

Chuck Joern focuses his practice in the area of consumer product safety laws and product liability litigation. During his more than 30 years in practice he has served as lead trial counsel for a number of Fortune 500 corporations in high value product liability and commercial litigation cases, obtaining favorable results at both the trial and appellate levels. He has served his clients on a wide range of matters, including consumer product safety and recall issues, product liability litigation, punitive damages, RICO litigation and commercial claims, in jurisdictions across the country. A significant portion of his work involves counseling clients on the application of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act in the United States and Canada. He has assisted major corporations with nationwide product recalls, mandatory reporting matters, risk assessment evaluations, and regulatory compliance matters. Mr. Joern served as a regional trial counsel for a major international manufacturer in product liability cases in the Midwest and Northeast United States and has also acted as a major claims counsel for a leading national social service and fitness provider in significant personal injury cases. Mr. Joern has further served as coordinating counsel for numerous foreign accident cases filed in the United States involving high profile personal injury recall litigation. He was also a member of the Editorial Board of Product Liability Law360. In addition, he has acted as an arbitrator for the Cook County, Illinois Mandatory Arbitration Program and also served as a panel attorney for the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation. He has been a long time member of his local YMCA Board of Directors and is currently Vice Chair of the Greater LaGrange YMCA Board of Directors. He also served as an elected Village Trustee in his hometown of LaGrange Park, Illinois for 12 years.