John McMeekin

Biography

John C. McMeekin II is a Partner of Rawle & Henderson LLP in the Philadelphia office and a member of the Firm's Executive Committee. He concentrates his law practice in the areas of aviation, environmental, toxic and mass torts, class actions, products and professional liability and insurance coverage litigation. He represents clients in the United States and abroad as National Coordinating Counsel and trial counsel in the defense of long-term latent injury and defect, chemical exposure and product liability cases. He is Liaison Counsel to the Court in the Philadelphia County silica litigation. He represents the Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund and its eligible owners and operators in groundwater, property damages and monitoring claims, as well as determinations of eligibility. He has represented clients in state and federal class actions, multi-plaintiff consolidated mass torts and multi-district proceedings for drug & medical device litigation, MTBE, asbestos, silica, latex gloves, orthopedic bone screws and FRTP.

He is active in the American Bar Association and its leadership in areas of practice, governance and public service. John has been elected Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section for 2018-2019. He is currently serving as Section Secretary of ABA TIPS.  He also served as a Council Member, the Section Revenue Officer, Chair of the Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Committee, Chair of the International Law Committee, Chair of the CLE Board and is currently co-Chairing the Corporate Counsel Initiative Task Force. He has chaired the Philadelphia Bar Association Environmental and Toxic Tort Law Committee and has been a member of the Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court. He is a member of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM).

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: PA, NJ, PA, NJ