Now in his 25th year of law practice, John Roven still takes time to make “house calls”. The lawyers at Roven-Kaplan have adopted John’s strong belief in the importance of taking the time to know clients, even in routine cases… I still want to get to know each person who hires us…a few minutes at a client’s home, or at a diner over a cup of coffee  tells me  more about a man than simply reading his deposition testimony or looking at his medical records…”

In addition to successfully trying many asbestos injury cases, John has also handled a wide range of cases for the seriously injured involving FELA workplace injuries, defective medical devices , trucking and highway injuries, occupational hearing loss and toxic chemical exposures. Well known and respected by his peers, John has earned the advocate’s highest “AV rating” from Martindale-Hubbell. He is former head of the Occupational Disease section of the Academy of Rail Attorneys and is a plaintiff’s liaison counsel to the federal asbestos multi-jurisdictional litigation in Philadelphia. In 1998 , he became  the only lawyer to achieve a jury verdict against a former manufacturer of steam locomotives.

John received his law degree in 1981 from The University of South Carolina, receiving the Order of Wig and Robe for high academic achievement. He is a former law clerk to the Hon. G. Ross Anderson, United States District Judge . He is a sustaining member of the American Trial Lawyer’s Association and the father of two high school girls.

Private Practice Lawyer Profile for John D. Roven

Practice Areas: Occupational Disease Litigation; Products Liability; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Appellate Practice

Admitted: 1981, South Carolina; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1986, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D., 198l

College: Coker College, A.B., cum laude, 1974

Member: Houston Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (Chairman, Occupational Disease Section, 1989-1991).

Biography: Member, Order of Wig and Robe, 1981. Law Clerk to Hon. G. Ross Anderson, U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1982-1983. Formerly with: Jones & Granger, Houston, Texas, 1986-1995; Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, South Carolina, 1983-1985. Special Investigator, Office of Attorney General, South Carolina, 1976-1978. Appointed Plaintiff's Liaison Counsel to Judge Charles Weiner, Multi District Litigation, MDL Asbestos, 1990. Regional Appointed Advocate, Texas, 1990-1996.

Languages: Italian

Reported Cases: Scheiding, et at v. General Motors Corp., 993 P2d. 996 (Cal. 2000) cert, Den. 531 U.S. 958 (Amicus Curiae); Viad v. Superior Court 55 Cal.App. 4th 330 (1997); Bechtoldt, et al v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 722 Fed.Supp. 704 (D. Wyo. 1989).

Transactions: Panelist American Academy of Otolaryngology, July, 1994; Expert Testimony in Acoustic Trauma Cases; Annual Convention, San Diego, California.

Born: New York, N. Y., March 16, 1954

ISLN: 901969413. Email: John Roven