Christopher Keleher, Shareholder

Christopher Keleher concentrates his practice in appellate litigation.  He also has experience in commercial litigation and insurance coverage.

Mr. Keleher has written briefs and presented arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and the Appellate Courts of Illinois.  He also drafted writs of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States.  Beyond the appellate realm, Mr. Keleher assists trial attorneys in writing motions for summary judgment and motions to dismiss.  Mr. Keleher also helped draft the complaint against Craigslist to close its erotic services section. 

Mr. Keleher was a clerk to the Honorable William J. Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Mr. Keleher graduated law school summa cum laude and was awarded the Order of the Coif.  He served as the Editor of Notes and Comments and the Business Manager for the DePaul Law Review.  He also received the CALI Award in Legal Writing II, Advanced Trial Advocacy, Criminal Law, Federal Income Taxation, and Pre-Trial Litigation.

Mr. Keleher passed the Illinois Certified Public Accountant Examination in 2000 on the first sitting. Mr. Keleher writes regularly for legal periodicals, and his article on anonymous juries was recently cited by the Associated Press.

Presentations

Speaker, Continuing Legal Education, Legal Writing For Illinois Attorneys at Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (June 14, 2011).

Speaker, Continuing Legal Education, Civility in Brief Writing at DuPage  County Appellate Bar Seminar (January 12, 2010).

Speaker, Continuing Legal Education, Insider's View on Effective Appellate Advocacy at DePaul University College of Law (September 18, 2009).

Speaker, Legal Strategies for Fighting Human Trafficking, hosted by Traffickfree.org (May 20, 2009).

Publications

Appellate Briefs

U.S. v. Clay, Sixth Circuit-Appellant's Opening Brief

U.S. v. Clay, Sixth Circuit-Appellant's Reply Brief

Arbodela Ortiz v. Thomas Webster, Doctor, Seventh Circuit-Appellant's Opening Brief
Arbodela Ortiz v. Thomas Webster, Doctor, Seventh Circuit-Appellant's Reply Brief

Law Review and Law Journal Publications

Judges as Jailers: The Dangerous Disconnect Between Courts and Corrections, Creighton Law Review (2011)

The Illinois Predator Accountability Act: A Sleeping Giant, Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 98 #11, (2010)

The Repercussions of Anonymous Juries, 44 University of San Francisco Law Review 531 (2010).

Becoming a Fit Lawyer, CBA Record (June 2009).

On Legal Writing, The Brief (DuPage County Bar Magazine) (May 2009).

District of Columbia v. Heller: The Death Knell for Illinois Handgun Bans?, Illinois Bar Journal (August 2008).

Businesses Should Take Heed Of Illinois Court's Novel Approach To Restrictive Covenants, Illinois Bar Corporate Newsletter (2008).

The Supreme Court's Foray into the Second Amendment Debate, 69 Mont. L. Rev. 113 (2008).

Will Parker v. District of Columbia Signal The End of Handgun Bans?, The Brief (DuPage County Bar Magazine) (March 2008).

The Illinois Employee Classification Act: A Primer, Illinois Bar Corporate Newsletter (2007).

Double Standards: The Suppression of Protestors' Free Speech Rights, 51 DePaul L. Rev. 825 (2002).

Qued In Newsletter Articles

No Duty To Defend Additional Insured (November 10)


Sheriff Dart and Querrey & Harrow Challenge Craigslist (June 09)


Liability Online: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (April 09)

Government Liability Update: Powell v. Barrett: The Road to Restoring Bell v. Wolfish (November 08)


When Does An "Occurrence" Occur (November 08)

News

• Markadontas v. Woodridge - Class Action Dismissed
• Sixth Circuit Reverses Federal Criminal Conviction
• Christopher Keleher Obtains Seventh Circuit Reversal
• Querrey & Harrow Obtain Important Victory of Taxpayers In Seventh Circuit Antitrust Decision
• Shareholder Christopher Keleher Published In Illinois Bar Journal
• Shareholder Christopher Keleher Published in the University of San Francisco Law Review
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on Two Title VII Lawsuits
• Querrey & Harrow Elects Dominick Lanzito and Christopher Keleher as Shareholders
• Chris Keleher to Speak on Professionalism in Brief Writing
• Chicago Associate Chris Keleher to Appear in Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation Documentary