Background
Piegore, John Jay was born on September 12, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Piegore, John Jay was born on September 12, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1977). Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1981).
Hernon v. East.W. Corrgian Constr. Company, 149 Illinois. 2d 190 (1992); Casualty Insurance. Company versus East.W. Corrgian Constr. Company, 247 Illinois. Appendix 3d 326 (1st District 1993); Bass versus Cincinnati, Incorporated. (Bass I), 180 Illinois. Appendix 3d 1076 (1st District 1989); Bass v. Cincinnati, Incorporated. (Bass II), 281 Illinois. Appendix 3d 1019 (1st District 1996); Chuhak versus Kroll, 256 Illinois. Appendix 3d 6 (1st District 1994); Duncan v. Church, 278 Illinois. Appendix 3d 588 (1st District 1996); Knoblauch versus DEF Transport, Incorporated., 86 F. 3d 684 (7th Circuit 1996); Davis v. Pak-Mor, 284 Illinois. Appendix 3d 214 (1st District 1996).Worked at Kiesler & Berman (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice. Insurance, Corporation, Real Estate and Probate Law. Asbestos Litigation, Civil Rights Law, Estate Planning, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense Law, Medical Malpractice Law, Police Misconduct, RICO, Surety and Fidelity Bond Law, Tort Law, Toxic Substances Law and Toxic Torts.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Author: "Exploring the Limits of Wilson versus Clark," 5 DuPage County Bar Brief 16 (April, 1993).
"The Conflict Between Punitive Damages and the Right to Contribution," 78 Illinois Bar Journal 338 (July 1990).
Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Kiesler & Berman was founded April 16, 1963 by Robert L. Kielser and Marvin Doctorate. Berman, former classmates and graduates of the University of Illinois College of Law. The practice was started primarily as an insurance defense and subrogation firm with a sub-emphasis on corporate and real estate.
The firm now services the entire Cook County area, as well as the collar counties of Lake, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, Kane, DeKalb, LaSalle, DuPage, Will, Kendall, Grundy and Kankakee through its offices located in Wheaton, Illinois, Joliet, Illinois and Waukegan, Illinois.
The firm specializes in all phases of insurance defense and coverage work and continues its practice in corporate, real estate and probate.
Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.