Jim Foster
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Member of CLM Since: 2009
Nominated By Michael Boutot , Stanley Greenspan , Adam Potter
CLM Committees
- Transportation
- Adjuster Training Courses
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2011 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2012 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2012 Transportation Conference
- Speaker - 2013 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2013 Illinois Event - Education
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference TEST FOR ANDROID
- Speaker - 2014 Nebraska Event
- Speaker - 2014 Ohio Event
- Speaker - 2015 Claims College
- Speaker - 2016 Claims College
- Speaker - 2017 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2017 Claims College
- Speaker - 2018 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2018 Claims College
- Speaker - 2019 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2019 Claims College
- Speaker - 2019 CLM Midwest Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Claims College
- Speaker - 2020 CLM Focus: Diversity and Inclusion, Product Liability, Transportation, Claims and Litigation
- Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2021 Claims College
- Speaker - 2021 CLM Focus: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Management Liability, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Transportation, Claims and Litigation Management
- Speaker - 2022 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2022 Claims College
- Speaker - 2022 CLM Focus: June
- Speaker - 2023 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2023 Claims College
- Speaker - 2024 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2024 Claims College
- Speaker - AC Test Event Zerone
- Speaker - Fundamentals of Litigation Management
- Speaker - Spotlight: Transportation (Atlanta)
- Speaker - Spotlight: Transportation (Philadelphia)
Articles
Practice Areas
- ADR
- Claims Management
- Construction/Real Estate/Surety
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Employment Liability/Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation Management
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Religious & Non-Profit
- Transportation
- Workers' Compensation
Biography
James A. Foster is a partner in the firm’s 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 Section's Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee; 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; Co-chair of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Transportation Committee; CLM regional chair; and member of Executive Council for the CLM Claims College's School of Transportation.
Education
No information available.
Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: IL