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John has been assisting insurance companies and their policyholders since 1988. He focuses on representing insurers in coverage matters and defending companies and their insureds in third-party negligence claims. With over 30 years of insurance coverage and insurance defense experience, John's practice includes trials, appeals, mediations and arbitrations, assistance with and consultation on insurance claims, drafting coverage opinions and reservation of rights/disclaimer letters, examinations under oath, and consulting or co-counseling with other attorneys in insurance matters.
After obtaining his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1988, John was a trial attorney with Grzeca & Stanton, S.C., an insurance defense firm in Green Bay. In 1993 he joined American Family Insurance in Wausau as an in-house trial attorney. While at American Family, John tried cases on behalf of the company and its insureds, supervised outside counsel, and consulted with and advised insurance claims representatives in a variety of coverage matters. John returned to private practice with Zalewski, Klinner & Kramer, LLP, now Klinner Kramer Shull LLP.
Wisconsin, 1988
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1988
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1991
State Bar of Wisconsin, 1988 - Present
Defense Research Institute, 1995 - Present
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, 2012 - Present
Wisconsin Defense Counsel (formerly Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin), 1988 - Present
Marathon County Bar Association, 1993 - Present
Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, 1985 B.A.Major: Political Science
Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1988 J.D.