Edwardsville Accident Attorney Eric Carlson

Eric Carlson was born in Belleville, Illinois.  He earned a bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences cum laude from the University of Illinois.  He received his juris doctor, magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1995.

During law school, he served on the Board of Editors for the Southern Illinois University law review and published a case note titled, "Premises Liability: The Exception that Swallowed the Rule, Lee v. CTA," 19 S.Ill.L.J. 217.  He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi legal fraternity, the Order of Barristers and the Southern Illinois American Inn of Court.  He served on and was later captain of the national Products Liability Moot Court Team.  Mr. Carlson also clerked for John P. Womick & Associates in Carbondale, Illinois.

Following law school, Mr. Carlson began working as an associate for Jon G. Carlson in 1995.  He became a shareholder of ther firm in 1998 and a named partner in 1999.  Carlson & Carlson, P.C. concentrates its practice in products liability, medical malpractice, vehicular and trucking accident litigation and has secured multiple substantial verdicts and settlements.  The firm als represents injured railroad workers under the Federal Employer's Liability Act.

Mr. Carlson was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1995 and the Missouri bar in 1996.  He is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Illinois (1996), the Central District of Illinois (1996) and the Eastern District of Missouri (1996).  He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1996), the Eighth Circuit (1998) and the Sixth Circuit (2001).

Mr. Carlson is a member of the American, Illinois and Missouri Bar Associations.  He is also a member of the Madison County Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice, formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association.  He belongs to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association where he currently serves on the Board of Managers.  He has also previously served on the Board of Advocates and the Executive Committee for the Illinois Trial Lawyers, and was a co-chair of the Young Lawyers Committee.

Notably, Mr. Carlson was intricately involved in the cases that successfully challenged the Illinois Tort Reform Act of 1995 in the landmark decision of Best v. Taylor Machine Works, Inc., 179 Ill.2d 367, 689 N.E.2d 1057 (Ill. 1997).  As a result of the work performed in Best, Mr. Eric Carlson was recognized by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice as a 1998 Trial Lawyer of the Year finalist.  Another reported case of interest is Isbell v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 318 Ill.App.3d 1011 (Ill. App. 5th Dist. 2001).

Mr. Eric Carlson has successful trial experience in cases involving wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, automobile accidents and FELA matters. He has tried cases in State and Federal Courts in Illinois and Missouri.   

Eric J. Carlson was raised in the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Area, and graduated from Edwardsville High School in 1988.  After undergraduate and law school, Mr. Carlson returned to the Edwardsville area, where he currently resides with his wife and three children. 

Professional Associations and Activities

  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  • Executive Committee 2006
  • Board of Managers 2001-2009
  • Board of Advocates 2000
  • The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • American Association of Justice
  • American Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Madison County Bar Association
  • Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  • Bar Association of the Central and Southern Federal Districts of Illinois

Publications

  • Consulting Editor, Nichols Illinois Civil Practice, Vol. 5 (2004) "Enforcement of Judgments / Costs."
  • Consulting Editor, Nichols Illinois Civil Practice, Vol. 1A, (2001) "General Considerations / Summons and Appearance"
  • “Testimonial Evidence”, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2004
  • “Offensive Use of Supreme Court Rule 237(b)”, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2002
  • Author, Casenote, “Premises Liability: The Exception that Swallowed the Rule, Lee v. CTA,” 19 S.Ill.L.J. 217

Education

  • B.A. 1992, University of Illinois, cum laude
  • J.D., 1995, Southern Illinois University magna cum laude
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Order of Barristers
  • Member, Southern Illinois Inn of Court
  • Articles Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal
  • National Product Liability Moot Court Team (1993-1995)

Licenses

  • Illinois 1995 (S.D. Ill. 1996, C.D. Ill. 1996, 7th Cir. 1996)
  • Missouri 1996 (E.D. Mo. 1996, 8th Cir. 1998)

Our experienced Illinois personal injury attorneys handle cases in Edwardsville, Granite City, Alton, Collinsville, Highland, Troy, Bethalto, Woodriver, Belleville, O'Fallon, Fairview Heights, Cahokia, East St. Louis, and throughout Madison County and St. Clair County.

 

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