John Jakuback is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1992 and practices in the litigation group. John represents clients in general and commercial litigation, medical malpractice defense, toxic tort defense, municipal law, and civil rights. John advises clients with respect to litigation strategy in the petrochemical, construction, retail, and health care industry.

He has particular experience in cases involving police and municipal liability, retail casualty litigation, and pharmacist malpractice claims.

Representative Experience

• Representation of retailers in casualty litigation, "slip and fall" cases and soft tissue personal injury cases throughout Louisiana.
• Representation of retailers in the diet drug and PPA class action litigation in both Louisiana federal court and through the nationwide multi-district litigation panel.
• Successful representation at trial and through settlement negotiations of numerous statewide municipalities in civil rights, police liability and general litigation matters.
• Representation of a Louisiana Fortune 500 company, the largest supplier of piping fabrication systems in the United States, in various commercial litigation and general litigation issues.
• Successful defense of a national timber company in a lawsuit involving the protection of the largest bald cypress tree in the United States, located in St. Francisville, Louisiana.
• Successful representation of numerous municipalities at trial and through settlement negotiations involving civil rights and general liability issues.

Education

John earned his B.A. from the University of Dallas in 1987. He earned his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1992.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana.

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations
• Board of Directors, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Community Service

• Board of Directors, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
• School Board, St. Joseph's Academy High School.
  
• Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge and Acadiana, Inc.
• Graduate, Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2003.
• Volunteer teacher, Jr. Achievement Program, St. Jude the Apostle School.
• Baton Rouge Business Report's "40 Under 40" (2002).
• Board of Directors, President, Association for Retarded Citizens, Baton Rouge, Inc.
• Member, Baton Rouge Symphony Young Patrons Organization.
• Member, Service Committee, St. Jude The Apostle Athletic Association.
• Member, Pro Bono Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association.
• Judge, LSU Law Center Appellate Advocacy Competition.
• Soccer Coach, St. Jude Intramural Athletic Program, Baton Rouge Soccer Association.
• Golf Coordinator, St. Jude the Apostle School, 5th-8th Grade (2006)

Reported Cases

• Young v. City of Plaquemine, 2002 Westlaw 963442, La. App. 1st Cir. 5/10/02.
• Perry v. City of Bogalusa, 2000-2281, 804 So.2d 895 (La. App. 1st Cir. 12/28/01.
• Hall v. Zen-Noh Grain Corporation, CA 01-766, 803 So.2d 203 (La. App. 5th Cir. 11/28/01).
• Doe v. Louisiana Municipal Association, 99-539, 746 So.2d 179 (La. App. 5th Cir. 10/26/99).
• Keller v. City of Plaquemine, 96-1933, 700 So.2d 1285 (La. App. 1st Cir. 9/23/97)
• Couvillion v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, 95-1186, 672 So.2d 277 (La. App. 1st. Cir. 4/4/96).
• Tugger v. Continental Casualty Insurance Company, 27-04047, 658 So.2d, 769 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 6/21/95).
• Black v. State through The Department of Public Safety & Corrections, 94-1305, 657 So.2d 270 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 5/17/95).

Lecturer

• Recent Developments in Municipal Law, Louisiana City Attorneys Fall Conference, 1999.
• Municipal and Government Liability—Recent Developments, Baton Rouge Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1996, 1997.
• Civil Rights Litigation, Baton Rouge Bar Association, CLE by the hour, 2006
• Civil Rights and Police Misconduct Litigation, LA. Association Defense Council Winter Meeting, 2007

Authorships

• What you need to know about Sec. 1983 Litigation – NBI Emerging Issues in Civil Rights Litigation in Louisiana (1998)