John Sheran is assistant chair of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Product Liability and Tort Litigation practice group, co-coordinates the firm’s Insurance Coverage Dispute practice group and has an active practice in the areas of personal injury and professional negligence.

• Named among The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Personal Injury, Product Liability
• Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® each year since 1992; Personal Injury and General Litigation
• Inducted as a fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Certified as a Trial Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association
• Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Selected for inclusion in Leading American Attorneys (Minnesota); Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation

John focuses his practice on serious personal injury, wrongful death and commercial litigation. He is admitted to practice in Minnesota State and Federal Courts and has litigated cases in 30 different states via pro hac vice admission, and has tried more than 60 cases to verdict.

Professional and Civic Activities

• American Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• American Arbitration Association
• Former area director and current member, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute

Education

• J.D., Creighton University School of Law, 1975
• B.A., Creighton University, 1972

Admissions

• State of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Eighth Circuit United States Court of Appeals