James Foster

James A. Foster is a partner in the firms Chicago office and chair of the Transportation practice group. Jim focuses his practice on civil litigation, with an emphasis on transportation and product liability litigation. He leads immediate response teams for trucking companies on catastrophic losses and has published articles on punitive damages and spoliation of evidence. Jim also frequently presents at industry conferences on topics relating to the Reptile Theory, early case analysis, mediation and electronic discovery. Jim represents trucking companies in complex personal injury and in breach of contract matters. He has successfully defended product liability cases at trial involving the design of an automatic door and a milling machine. Jim is actively involved and has held leadership roles with several industry organizations including, former chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Tort and Insurance Practice Sections Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee; former member of Board of Directors of the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA) and editor of the State Law Summary of Illinois; former dean of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) Graduate Program of Litigation Management College; former Chair of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) Hand and Power Tools Section; Chair of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Transportation Community; and Co-Dean of CLM Claims Colleges School of Transportation. Practice Areas Transportation Products Liability Education University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, J. D. University of Michigan, B. A. Bar Admissions Illinois Court Admissions Supreme Court of Illinois U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar Distinctions AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating (Martindale-Hubbell)Leading Lawyer- Transportation Defense, Product Liability Defense (Law Bulletin Publishing Company)Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters)Cassiday congratulates 24 Leading Civil Defense Lawyers & 3 Emerging Lawyers in 2022 Cassiday Schade Congratulates 16 Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Thomson Reuters Transportation Professionals Sound Off on Mediation Strategies Claims Litigation Management Alliance Magazine John Hackett, Jim Foster and Henry Ortiz Present Mock Trial at REBEX Speaking Engagement REBEX 2013 - Wheeling, IL