James A. Niquet serves as National Coordinating Counsel for a number of major manufacturing corporations, assisting with their litigation, risk management and process audits. He has a broad litigation background, and concentrates in the areas of product liability, toxic torts, and professional malpractice.
- Successful resolution of a wrongful death and multiple injury explosion case for a gas utility
- Dismissal of gas explosion case for a product manufacturer in Colorado involving multiple plaintiffs at a correctional facility
- Dismissal of playground manufacturer in a defect design case involving paraplegic injuries
- Summary judgment in Wisconsin for a treadmill manufacturer based on lack of product defect
- Summary judgment in Wisconsin for a Wisconsin utility based on Statute of Repose
- Summary judgment in Wisconsin for a Wisconsin contractor in toxic tort case based on Statute of Limitations
- Summary judgment in Virginia for an appliance manufacturer in the severe scald of a child
- Summary judgment in Chicago for a Wisconsin contractor sued under a successor liability theory
- Summary judgment for an appliance manufacturer in Iowa based on a Statute of Repose defense
- Summary judgment upheld by Texas Court of Appeals in favor of an appliance manufacturer involving severe scalds to two adults
- Summary judgment in favor of a water heater manufacturer in Alabama based upon lack of product defect
Admissions
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Civil Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- National Fire Protection Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
Education
- J.D., Marquette University, 1986
- Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1985-1986
- B.A., cum laude, Marquette University, 1983
*Not admitted to practice in Georgia or California