Christopher Keleher | Chicago Appellate Lawyer
Christopher Keleher
Federal Appellate Practice, State Appellate Practice, Accident & Injury, General Practice, Sexual Harassment
https://www.appellatelawgroup.com
- Law Office: The Keleher Appellate Law Group, LLC
- Chicago Law Firms
- Law School: DePaul University College of Law, J.D. 2002
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Christopher has written briefs and presented arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and the Appellate Courts of Illinois. He also drafted writs of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States. Beyond the appellate realm, Christopher assists trial attorneys in writing motions for summary judgment and motions to dismiss.
He has been cited by numerous media outlets, including the Associated Press, New York Times, and Chicago Tribune. He also appeared on ABC News, where he was interviewed about the use of anonymous juries.
Christopher clerked for the Honorable William J. Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He passed the 2000 Illinois Certified Public Accountant Examination on the first sitting. Christopher was awarded first place in the 2012 Indiana State Bar Association Harrison Legal Writing Awards for his article "Class Inaction: The U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Class Actions.”
The Keleher Appellate Law Group utilizes Mr. Keleher's federal appellate clerkship and significant appellate experience to write briefs that are polished and persuasive. As a former client describes her experience, "Chris captures all the details of a brief with enormous accuracy and makes compelling arguments such that the appellate court agreed and reversed on every single issue."
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Experience
Position | Organization | Location | Duration |
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Partner | Querrey & Harrow | Chicago, Illinois | 2007-2012 |
Education
School | Degree | Major | Graduation |
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DePaul University College of Law | J.D. | Law School | 2002 |
Marquette University | B.S. | Business Administration, Accounting Major | 1999 |
Admission
State / Court | Date |
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Illinois | 2002 |
Associations
- -Appellate Lawyers Association
-Chicago Bar Association
Honors & Awards
- Christopher was awarded first place in the 2012 Indiana State Bar Association Harrison Legal Writing Awards for his article "Class Inaction: The U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Class Actions.”
Cases
In re Marriage of Andrew Rurak, 2012 Il App (1st) 112876-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2012) In a family law dispute involving the allocation of a child’s college expenses, the trial court found against the Respondent, Ms. Tajak. Mr. Keleher represented Ms. Tajak on appeal before the Illinois Appellate Court. He convinced the Court that the trial court erred in its allocation ruling by misapplying statutory requirements. He secured reversal of the trial court decision and obtained a new evidentiary hearing for Ms. Tajak on remand. Ortiz v. Webster, 655 F.3d 731 (7th Cir. 2011) Mr. Keleher represented Arboleda Ortiz, who had sued the federal penitentiary in Indiana where he was incarcerated. Mr. Ortiz suffered from an eye condition known as pterygium and claimed the federal penitentiary was deliberately indifferent to his medical condition. The District Court granted the federal penitentiary summary judgment. Mr. Keleher was then appointed for the appeal. He persuaded the Seventh Circuit, despite the difficult burden of establishing deliberate indifference, that the District Court erred and the federal penitentiary was deliberately indifferent to Mr. Ortiz’s condition.
Publications
- -Church & State: Blurring the Lines, Wisconsin Lawyer (December 2012)
-Oral Argument in the Appellate Court: A Primer, Bench & Bar of Minnesota (November 2012)
-Class Inaction: The U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Class Actions, Res Gestae-Indiana Bar Magazine (May 2012)
-Review, A Lawyer’s Guide to Writing, Wisconsin Lawyer (March 2012)
-Judges as Jailers: The Disconnect Between Courts and Corrections, Creighton Law Review (2011)
-The Illinois Predator Accountability Act: A Sleeping Giant, Illinois Bar Journal (Nov. 2010)
-The Repercussions of Anonymous Juries, University of San Francisco Law Review (2010)
-On Legal Writing, DuPage County Bar Journal (May 2009)
-Heller: The Death Knell for Illinois Handgun Bans? Illinois Bar Journal (Aug. 2008)
-Businesses Should Take Heed of Illinois Court's Novel Approach to Restrictive Covenants, Illinois Bar Corporate Newsletter (2008)
-The Supreme Court's Foray into the Second Amendment Debate, 69 Mont. L. Rev. 113 (2008)
-The Illinois Employee Classification Act: A Primer, Illinois Bar Corporate Newsletter (2007)
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