JOHN J. WALKER, ESQ.

Partner

John is a graduate of the University of Southern California (B.A. Accounting & Finance, 1980) and Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1991). For over twenty-five years, John’s practice has been devoted to the art of trial advocacy and case management. John has extensive trial experience and is licensed to practice in both California (1991) and Illinois (1997). John’s extensive career includes working in the District Attorney’s office where he was part of the jailhouse informant litigation team which included gathering evidence and preparing habeus corpus cases for trial, after which he spent over 15 years with Wausau / Nationwide / Allied Trial Division, ultimately becoming the Managing Trial Attorney for Nationwide Insurance Company.  As Managing Trial Attorney, John managed offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, in excess of 40 litigation attorneys and their support staff and tried numerous cases to verdict in a variety of different venues and courthouses.

John is diligent and meticulous in his case handling and trial preparation and utilizes his background in accounting and finance as well as his years of legal experience in handling cases to develop case themes which begin in the discovery process and continue through effective cross-examinations of opposing parties and expert witnesses at trial. In addition to his former role as Managing Trial Attorney, John has been panel counsel for a number of large insurance carriers including Nationwide, Allied, Scottsdale, Farmland, Cal - Farm, James River Insurance, Markel Insurance Corp., Western Heritage and Farmers Insurance.

John specializes in civil litigation with a particular emphasis in personal injury, products liability, construction defect, general liability, premises liability, automobile, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith cases. 

John has received an AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest possible rating available in both legal ability and ethical standards. This rating reflects his high ethical standing and commitment to professional excellence as an attorney.

Email: john@walkerkirkpatrick.com