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James E. DeFranco  

James E. DeFranco, date of birth, October 31, 1956, received his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University, Magna Cum Laude in 1981. He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Joseph H. Goldenhersh of the Illinois Supreme Court (1981 - 1983). He is an advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a member of the Order of Barristers, Illinois Association of Trial Defense Counsel, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, The International Association of Arson Investigators, The St. Clair and Illinois Bar Associations, The Missouri Bar and The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He has tried over sixty-five civil jury trials to verdict in civil arson, products liability, premise liability, medical malpractice, insurance coverage, engineering malpractice, retaliatory discharge, employment discrimination, and breach of contract cases.